The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will initiate a new study into the effects of cellphone radiation.
According to an article posted in mid-January on the website of the Wall Street Journal, the HHS study follows the decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to remove pages on its website asserting that cellphone use is not dangerous to human health.
According to HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon, “the FDA removed webpages with old conclusions about cellphone radiation while HHS undertakes a study on electromagnetic radiation and health research to identify gaps in knowledge, including on new technologies, to ensure safety and efficacy.”
The Journal article notes that “many mainstream scientific institutions, including the FDA, previously concluded that there isn’t adequate proof to link health problems to cellphones or other wireless devices.”
“Large epidemiological studies have shown no link between cellphone use and cancer, and (that) cellphones don’t emit the type of radiation that causes cancer,” notes Elizabeth Platz, a cancer epidemiologist and professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The Wall Street Journal article on the FDA’s actions and HHS’s planned study of cellphone safety is available at https://www.wsj.com/health/rfk-jr-s-health-department-is-studying-health-effects-of-cellphones-b4c3a468.
