Study of Cognition, Adolescents and Mobile Phones<\/em>, or SCAMP, the authors said.<\/p>\nIn the study, the team of 11 researchers \u2014 including Martin R\u00f6\u00f6sli, Ph.D., associate professor of environmental epidemiology at the University of Basel in Switzerland, and head of the environmental exposures and health unit at Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute \u2014 estimated the daily \u201cdose\u201d of RF-EMF that adolescents received from their daily activities, such as using a phone, laptop, tablet or sitting near a Wi-Fi router.<\/p>\n
Using reports from the participants and statistical analyses, the researchers estimated the adolescents\u2019 daily RF-EMF dose \u2014 by measuring the specific absorption rate (SAR) in millijoules per kilogram per day (mJ\/kg\/day) \u2014 for eight tissue areas of the participants\u2019 bodies at two different times.<\/p>\n
First, they made a \u201cbaseline\u201d assessment between November 2014 and July 2016, when the adolescents were roughly 12 years old. About two years later, they completed a \u201cfollow-up\u201d assessment.<\/p>\n
The researchers then compared the baseline and follow-up numbers to get an estimate of the change in daily RF-EMF dose the adolescents received \u2014 both in their body overall and in specific areas of the body \u2014 over the two-year period.<\/p>\n
They noted, however, that while initially there were 6,605 adolescents in the study, they were able to get both baseline and follow-up data only for 3,384 of the teens, mostly due to attrition.<\/p>\n
The researchers noted that the RF-EMF dose was highest in the right temporal lobe of the brain, at the beginning of the study and again two years later.<\/p>\n
Moreover, they noted that while the whole-body dose was similar at the two time points, they saw a 32% increase in RF-EMF dose for the temporal lobe of the brain at the two-year follow-up.<\/p>\n
Making and receiving phone calls were the main activities contributing to participants\u2019 daily RF-EMF dosage, the researchers said, both at baseline and two years later. The teens were for the most part making calls on the 2G network, before the 5G rollout.<\/p>\n
U.K. study is \u2018industry-friendly,\u2019 critics say<\/strong><\/p>\nCommenting on the U.K. study, Alasdair Philips, scientific director of Powerwatch, a forum for \u201cknowledgeable engineers, scientists and medical researchers who are concerned about the consequences of irradiated \u2018blue world\u2019 we are creating<\/em>,\u201d told The Defender<\/em> he had \u201cproblems with the approach and understanding of the authors<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/s3-e1675801545171.jpg\")
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\u201cIn my view, it is industry and government\u2019s way of finding no cognitive, behavioral or health problems related to wireless device use<\/em>,\u201d Philips, an electrical and agricultural engineer who worked in industry and academic research for more than 50 years, said.<\/p>\nPhilips is not alone in pointing to collusion between the telecom industry and the study\u2019s authors, including R\u00f6\u00f6sli.<\/p>\n
In July 2020, Hardell wrote a letter \u2014 endorsed by seven additional researchers \u2014 to the president of the Swiss Federation alerting her that R\u00f6\u00f6sli, who chaired the Swiss advisory expert group on electromagnetic fields and non-ionizing radiation, had verifiable \u201cconflict of interest<\/em>\u201d and a \u201chistory of misrepresentation of science<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\nAdditionally, Eileen O\u2019Connor, co-founder and director of the EM Radiation Research Trust in the U.K. and board member of the International EMF Alliance, also characterized the study as \u201cindustry-friendly<\/em>\u201d and noted that its authors made \u201cno mention of non-thermal biological effects associated with pulsed microwave radiation<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cThe keywords for the paper are \u2018estimate and assumed\u2019 with the focus placed on the specific absorption rate (SAR), which only refers to emissions from mobile phones that can heat biological tissue<\/em>,\u201d she said.<\/p>\nIndeed, in 2013, a team of researchers evaluated SAR as a method for quantifying the possible biological effects from electromagnetic fields and concluded that \u201cSAR actually refers to thermal effects, while the vast majority of the recorded biological effects from man-made non-ionizing environmental radiation are non-thermal<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cEven if SAR could be accurately estimated for a whole tissue, organ, or body, the biological\/health effect is determined by tiny amounts of energy\/power absorbed by specific biomolecules, which cannot be calculated<\/em>,\u201d they added.<\/p>\nSimilarly, Philips questioned the researchers\u2019 choice of methodology. \u201cAre 24-hr. whole-body SAR totals (assuming they are realistic which is dubious) a relevant exposure metric for exposures under ICNIRP [International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection] levels?<\/em>\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n\u201cI think not<\/em>,\u201d Philips added.<\/p>\nCommenting on the researcher\u2019s finding of increased radiation in the temporal lobe of the brain, Philips noted, \u201cThe temporal and frontal lobes are where most GBM [glioblastoma] tumors arise.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\nThe researchers did not discuss the risk of tumors in their study.<\/p>\n
Philips also pointed out that the researchers did not take into consideration RF-EMF exposure during the night. \u201cMany have their handset on standby under the pillow or next to them overnight so that they don\u2019t miss messages from friends<\/em>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\nAccording to O\u2019Connor, the study also fails to address and reference official U.K. guidance for children on reducing RF-EMF exposure from cellphones.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Connor said, \u201cThe time has come and as a matter of urgency to demand the inclusion of truly independent scientists<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\nShe added: \u201cIt is not acceptable to exclude scientific research that exposes the inconvenient truth when making critical and important decisions while accepting flawed industry-funded poor quality papers to support the short-term economic interests of today.<\/em><\/p>\nDelay and denial may hold enormous ramifications beyond imaginable proportions for public health and the environment.<\/em><\/p>\nIt is not just the citizens at risk today, but future generations due to the epigenetic properties this agent carries. Ignoring this situation today will lead to a false economy and a public health crisis due to the impact this technology is having on public health and the environment.<\/em><\/p>\nThe public may have no alternative but to make a criminal complaint against decision makers and seek prosecution and claims for compensation. Decision makers who fail to protect public health should be held personally responsible for this serious breach of duty and put on notice for betraying the public trust by ignoring the overwhelming evidence on the hazards of RF-EMF<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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