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Advocacy groups call on the FDA to address radiation exposures from electronic products
The Food and Drug Administration is failing its duty to protect the public from unnecessary exposure to harmful radiation from smartphones and other electronic products, says an advocacy group...
Protecting kids from wireless radiation in school and at home
EWG letter published in JAMA Oncology: 'Evidence Base on the Potential Carcinogenicity of Radiofrequency Radiation'
Does cell phone radiation affect men’s fertility?
Five ways to protect kids from cellphone radiation during holiday travel
5 Tips for Safer Cell Phone Use During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Despite Health Concerns, FCC and States Clear the Way for Next-Generation Wireless Networks
The wireless communications industry is rushing to blanket the nation with next-generation networks whose health effects are unknown. Despite studies linking radiation from existing networks to cancer...
It’s Official: California Issues Caution on Cell Phone Use
EWG’s News Roundup (12/15): EPA Toxics Nominee Bows Out, Cell Phone Safety in Calif., Pruitt’s “Partnership” with Toyota and More
EWG's News Roundup (12/15): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Cellphone Safety: Industry Pushes to Strip Local Control of High-Speed Networks
The cellphone industry is pushing laws to take away local governments' rights to decide whether or where to allow facilities for high-speed wireless networks that use a technology whose health effects...
Six Questions About Cellphone Radiation and Your Health
In April, the city of Berkeley, Calif., won a major decision in a federal appeals court, allowing the city to go forward with its ordinance requiring cellphone retailers to provide consumers with...
California Cautions Cell Phone Users: Keep Your Distance
Under a court order, last week California public health officials released draft guidelines advising cell phone users to keep phones away from their bodies, use speaker phone and limit use.
Easy Ways to Reduce Kids’ Exposure to Cell Phone Radiation
You never leave home without it. You might even be holding it right now: your cell phone. But could this essential device be harming your health?
Your Cell Phone Case May Increase Your Radiation Exposure
When I bought my first iPhone 3G, one of the first things I did was research the best (and cutest) cases on the market. Even though I had worked on the issues of cell phone radiation and transparency...
Belgium Boosts Cell Phone Radiation Safeguards
Belgium recently adopted new cell phone regulations that bar mobile phone models designed for, and marketed to children ages 7 and younger. Under Belgium's new rules, slated to take effect next March...
10 Top Environmental Health Stories of 2012
Cell Phone Radiation May Alter Brain, DNA
New research by Russian scientist Igor Belyaev, Ph.D., and Turkish researcher Nesrin Seyhan, Ph.D., shows that radiation emitted from portable devices may damage DNA and disrupt the process of DNA...
EWG, Public Citizen Seek Court Backing for S.F. Cell Phone Radiation Law
The Environmental Working Group and Public Citizen have asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to support a San Francisco law that would require cell phone retailers to distribute a...