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France Orders End to iPhone 12 Sales Over Radiation Level Concerns
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I was just in France recently and I was more worried about getting mugged than the iPhone 12. Although if the above is true and I did get mugged I would of had the last laugh as the mugger would of had slow painful death by the sounds of it lol
And your degree is in what professor.
An article I just read in the Figaro says it only concernes the iPhone 12 . If you read french , here it is :
L’iPhone 12 retiré du marché français en raison d’ondes trop puissantes, Apple conteste
Le géant californien annonce qu’il prévoit de contester les conclusions de l'Agence nationale des fréquences (ANFR).
Timely. Just the other day I was wondering why I have 2 heads
Good for France and the EU!
Glad to see some governments and regulators are now taking this threat seriously. One thing we've learned over the decades is that government safety thresholds are typically set too high — often due to lobbying by corporate interests — and, over time, as scientists discover that there are cancerous effects at even lower levels, the thresholds are reduced.
In other words, just because a cell phone's radiation is less than a current threshold doesn’t mean it's safe. In this case, they've found the iPhone 12's radiation is higher than a likely too high standard. That's concerning.
I took a gander at the WHO site linked to in the article — and its supposedly glowing, cell phones are safe conclusion. Major problems.
1. The report is from 2014! It's nearly a decade old—quite outdated.
2. One of the top key facts highlighted — in bold — at the top of the report was this:
3. WHO planned a follow-up report for 2016. Where is that and why wasn't it the one being reported on?
4. The CDC reports
www.cdc.gov
5. Some public health experts are warning of the dangers.
news.berkeley.edu
6. In the U.S., it's not the FDA that sets the radiation levels or limits but the incredibly politicized FCC.
In 2020, the FDA reported favorably yet with the usual hedges:
That, too, however, is based on outdated research — 2008-2018.
Cell phone use has skyrocketed in recent years — with people spending more hours with them — meaning the radiation impact is now more severe and not captured by older studies. We also know that cancerous effects can take decades to manifest themselves.
Thus, it is far too early to be dismissive of the potentially serious effects of cellphone use or to take a head-in-the-sand Alfred E. Neuman stance on this,
Glad to see some governments and regulators are now taking this threat seriously. One thing we've learned over the decades is that government safety thresholds are typically set too high — often due to lobbying by corporate interests — and, over time, as scientists discover that there are cancerous effects at even lower levels, the thresholds are reduced.
In other words, just because a cell phone's radiation is less than a current threshold doesn’t mean it's safe. In this case, they've found the iPhone 12's radiation is higher than a likely too high standard. That's concerning.
I took a gander at the WHO site linked to in the article — and its supposedly glowing, cell phones are safe conclusion. Major problems.
1. The report is from 2014! It's nearly a decade old—quite outdated.
2. One of the top key facts highlighted — in bold — at the top of the report was this:
- “The electromagnetic fields produced by mobile phones are classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as possibly carcinogenic to humans.”
3. WHO planned a follow-up report for 2016. Where is that and why wasn't it the one being reported on?
4. The CDC reports
”Some organizations recommend caution in cell phone use. More research is needed before we know if using cell phones causes health effects.”
CDC - Radiation: FAQs about Cell Phones and Your Health
Frequently asked questions about cell phones and your health. Provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
5. Some public health experts are warning of the dangers.
See Moskowitz: Cellphone radiation is harmful, but few want to believe it
Moskowitz: Cellphone radiation is harmful, but few want to believe it - Berkeley News
The telecommunications industry insists cellphone technology is safe. But the director of UC Berkeley’s Center for Family and Community Health is determined to prove it wrong.
6. In the U.S., it's not the FDA that sets the radiation levels or limits but the incredibly politicized FCC.
In 2020, the FDA reported favorably yet with the usual hedges:
“To date, there is no consistent or credible scientific evidence of health problems caused by the exposure to radio frequency energy emitted by cell phones (see Review of Published Literature between 2008 and 2018 of Relevance to Radiofrequency Radiation and Cancer)”
That, too, however, is based on outdated research — 2008-2018.
Cell phone use has skyrocketed in recent years — with people spending more hours with them — meaning the radiation impact is now more severe and not captured by older studies. We also know that cancerous effects can take decades to manifest themselves.
Thus, it is far too early to be dismissive of the potentially serious effects of cellphone use or to take a head-in-the-sand Alfred E. Neuman stance on this,
”What, Me Worry?”
Indeed they wants this. Retiring all iPhone 12 models are impossible. Do you really believe this non sense? Cmon
How? How a software update can make this value higher? Only explanation is to boost reception, 5G speed. This sounds like wanted panic
It's all about how loud the radios inside are screaming. They can dial that up and down through software. It's important to mention that these SAR values reflect edge case scenarios like the phone's radios screaming at max while searching for reception in an area where there's none, while at the same time bluetooth wifi etc. literally every radio is at its peak. Highly unlikely you're being exposed to this amount constantly during normal use.
Europe this and that, I'm thankful to have such organs policing such things as we're still studying how RF affects us. This is a matter of health and in a world where corporations can get away with anything, as much trust as I have for Apple, this is needed.
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Apple must find it must be a PITA to deal with some of these Euro countries. Apple does their compliance and suddenly one country says "You must be more compliant". How exhausting.
If this is true, then Apple may have some huge lawsuits on their hands & deservedly so.
Wondering what Mother Nature will say about this…
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We have to take caution with how the test was conducted as it could be a false finding, but in this case it looks like they haven't been doing their compliance after launch, which gives the respective organs the right to pull the certificate you need to distribute the device. The values haven't changed on the part of the countries, it's changed after launch for the device. The US has the same thing, except it's the FCC.
Oh no the word was used by a bad man. Plus Chinese medicine is not medicine. Sun YatSen even said it was backwards BS and it’s simply a state run scam in modern China that is used for nationalistic purposes. “Hey this grass treats Covid and cancer! Let’s go kill some endangered animals to grind their genitals up for magic powder”
That sounds painful for the professor.
Don’t you mean we were wondering? 😂
Why? Every credible scientist (infusing the WHO) says that cell phone emissions are not ionizing and pose zero additional risk compared to normal background radiation.
I don't understand what the AMFR is trying to accomplish here but public health/safety isn't it.
Congratulations on employing the same cookie cutter predictable responses used by corporate news media propagandists.
"Chinese medicine is not medicine" I like how you discredit an entire system by citing a single fringe anecdote about genital magic powder. I noticed you made zero mention of ayurvedic medicine, because you know it works. You must not know about the fact what has been imported into the west as TCM is a neutered version that is missing the most important components, which is the connection to the heart and spirituality.
But it gets better, you cite a politician as your source, which I'm sure you are well aware, are literal professional liars.
You also must be unaware to the fact many of the available drugs which you so strongly believe in are synthetic derivatives of natural products. The same natural products which have been deemed unworthy by the same people you place in such high regard, such as politicians, and multi national pharmaceutical manufacturers who have paid out billions in fines and settlements for bribing doctors and falsifying clinical trial data.
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The French really showed them - they ban sales one day after the phone was discontinued! LOL talk about just making headlines with little substance.
Are you also concerned about Leprechauns? Cause there’s just as much evidence they are dangerous for you.
I hate to break it to you but unless you live in the middle of nowhere your being bombarded by cellphone radiation all the time whether you use it for phone calls or not.
Is it merely my well-founded paranoia bursting forth or is it a real possibility the conforming 4W/kg was sort of deliberately preset to conform but the company knew a higher 5.7W/kg could be slid in there over three years for better performance? I mean I carry my iPhone 12 in my front trousers pocket - mere inches away from ground zero.