Federal health agencies have quietly rolled back years of public-facing assurances that cellphone radiation poses no health risks, as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services launches a new review of the health effects of wireless technology. According to reporting by The Wall Street Journal, webpages maintained by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration stating that cellphone radiation is not linked to adverse health outcomes were recently taken offline, a move that coincides with a broader HHS-directed study into electromagnetic radiation.
The removal of the webpages was first identified by Children's Health Defense, which reported that the FDA had eliminated content asserting that the "weight of scientific evidence" does not support a connection between cellphone use and health problems. The agency now redirects users to a general landing page outlining its regulatory role over radiation-emitting products....<<<Read More>>>...
