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France suspends iPhone 12 sales, claiming high radiation levels
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| The iPhone 12 could have higher-than-safe radiation levels. Credit: Getty Images |
While Apple unveiled the iPhone 15, France halted production of the iPhone 12.
On Tuesday, the same day of the September iPhone event, French radiation watchdog agency ANFR (Agence Nationale des Fréquences) released a statement temporarily suspending sales of the iPhone 12 for exceeding radiation levels. ANFR conducted a test of specific absorption rate (SAR) close or in contact with limbs (e.g., in a user's hand or in their pants pocket). ANFR found SAR levels to be above regulatory limits. The agency called for a temporary suspension of iPhone 12 sales until it could be remedied.
In a statement to Reuters, Apple refuted the claims, saying the iPhone 12 "was certified by multiple international bodies as compliant with global radiation standards, that it had provided several Apple and third-party lab results proving the phone's compliance to the French agency." Apple continued to say it is contesting ANFR's findings and will work with the agency to find resolve the issue.
While it's certainly a scary to think the thing you carry around all day could have serious health consequences, it's not as bad as it sounds. According to the World Health Organization, which has conducted many studies on electromagnetic fields produced by mobile phones, "no adverse health effects have been established as being caused by mobile phone use."
Furthermore, in an interview with French news outlet Le Parisien, Jean-Noel Barrot, junior minister for telecommunications and the digital economy, said a software update could sufficiently lower radiation levels. So even if the iPhone 12 radiation levels are too high, there's likely a simple solution.
Coincidentally, as of Tuesday's launch of the iPhone 15, the iPhone 12 is longer directly sold through the Apple Store. However, that doesn't mean it's discontinued; it is still available through third-party vendors. If you want to learn more about radiation frequency measurements of Apple devices, it publicly lists exposure levels on its website.
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ReplyDeleteI would trust Apple more than France actually
https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/whatwestudy/topics/cellphones
DeleteThis is why democracy doesn't work.
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DeleteI'm sure you are the same guy who trusts Palestine more than Israel as well! 😆😆
Deletewhy exactly
DeleteSome people trust corporations more than the government of a country where the impacts of climate change are being seen.
DeleteThey're too unintelligent to have a voice.
But guess what, they don't even have a voice in the first place. You don't have a choice when you only can choose between 2 candidates. It's an illusion of choice. And you might have been to unintelligent to figure that out.
DeleteI'm not sure if it's a coincidence but my iPhone 12 ProMax gets razor hot all the time for no reason. I'm gonna check it!
ReplyDeleteThe government has stopped funding cell phone radiation research since the 90s.
ReplyDeleteWhen they conducted one study in 2018, they found clear evidence it caused tumors in male rats.
https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/whatwestudy/topics/cellphones
Ah yes, the dangerous levels of ionizing radiation from cell phones that’s been killing us since they came out.
ReplyDeletehttps://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/whatwestudy/topics/cellphones
Deletenot even peer reviewed yet. RF is a spectrum of light that is lower in frequency than the visible spectrum. Most danger is at the higher end of the spectrum except under certain conditions (ie microwaves that we cook with).
Deletethat study was from 2018 and shows clear evidence.
DeleteThe government has not funded studies since the 90s. People just want to stick their heads in the sand.
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DeleteYou’ve been dying from natural causes since before cell phones existed. You’re dead either way. Who cares.
Deleteif you look at the bottom, it states that it has not been peer reviewed.
Deletemy statement was meant to be sarcastic, there is no ionizing radiation coming from cell phones.
Delete“Data from these studies are being evaluated and interpreted and once complete, manuscripts will be written and submitted for peer review. Publications from these studies is expected to occur sometime in 2023-2024.”
DeleteThis is thorough scientific research conducted by the NTP in 2018, a reputable organization.
It seems “coincidental” there’s a “sudden” interest in cell phone radiation with this peer review also coming up.
it was all people talked about in the early days of cell phones too. Nothing came of it. Once peer reviewed, there may or may not be merit to it. Until then, I’ll keep using my iPhone 12.
Deleteyou’re right. It also took several decades to find out cigarettes cause cancer, probably 50 years or more.
DeleteSo I guess you’ll wait to get your answer in 2040+.
The difference is that there were stats that showed increases in deaths from smoking related cancers and there hasn't been an increase in brain tumours that would suggest an issue. Peer review should give us an answer though as other labs are testing to see if they get similar results.
Deleteit took several decades for the evidence of cigarettes and cancer to become overwhelming.
DeleteAlso, cigarette smoking involves direct inhalation while the mechanisms in which cell phone radiation might affect health are still being explored.
Personally, I myself will be more cognisant of my use going forward(such as how far away it’s from me when I sleep, using airplane mode more often, not using a device known to emit higher radiation ect).
Bottom line, is these preliminary studies do not look good and I don’t intend to be some radio frequency Guinea pig.
If you want to be the equivalent of a smoker in 2023 and take more of a laissez-faire approach, by all means.
I’ve had cell phones since the 90s and have so far avoided cancer as far as I can tell.
Deletetumours/schwannomas may not show symptoms for some time and not all may necessarily turn into cancer.
DeleteIf you want to be that smoker who lives to 100, good for you.
by all means, play it on the safe side until we have a definitive answer. The general science would say there’s no worries as low frequency light emissions don’t cause harm. It’s the high end (ultra-violet and beyond) that are damaging to our cells.
Deleteso far the science on RF non ionizing radiation is preliminary and concerning as opposed to ionizing radiation which is extremely concerning.
DeleteI’m going to Melbourne in 2 weeks to be homeless and I can’t wait
DeleteWait for the i15.... then you will know radiation.
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Are you kidding? Ban sales??? You missed the train by three 3 generations. 🤣🤣🤣
ReplyDeleteWhat’s next, banning floppy drives, or dialup internet?
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ReplyDeletemaybe it isn't for the sake of the human's health moron. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4b2XOi5TKc
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Delete"Electromagnetic radiation" covers everything from dangerous gamma rays, dangerous x-rays, to visible light, to harmless radio waves and micro waves. How about someone clarify if these are dangerous gamma rays or something harmless?
ReplyDeletewell that should be good news for sales, better short the stock
ReplyDeleteThey measure the output by ONE phone.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is, when you go out anywhere other people are, like a grocery store - you're in the vicinity of HUNDREDS of phones.
Food for thought.
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Europeans once again showing how stupid they are. The California, “Prop 65” of the world. Never let good growth or innovation get in the way of oppressive regulation and taxation!
ReplyDeleteditch your iphone 12 the iphone 15 can be purchased today
ReplyDelete"...the potential risks of cellphone radiation, a fraught topic on which decades of scientific research remains inconclusive..."
ReplyDeleteOh, come on. Anyone with two brain cells to rub together knows that this is code for "stay the H away from these devices, they're toxic to humans and you'll eventually pay the price for using one."
Why is France fretting over iPhone 12 when Apple launched iPhone 15? Has the French tested later models? Or is this another of France’s passive aggressive stances agains the US? If you can’t innovate, regulate, as the saying goes.
ReplyDeleteThe French government has looked into the issue of the biological research on cell phone radiation, and they have become alert to SAR (specific absorption rate) non-compliance in phones (as a starter). They have also banned cellphones and tablets from pre-school and elementary schools. High schools do not have a ban.
DeleteKeep in mind, cell phone companies contract their own compliance testing---there's no watchdog here in the US that oversees it. They only have to test a small number of any given model. And here in the US, the FCC granted them a waiver so that they can measure body SAR at a distance of several millimeters, which significantly underestimates the radiation when next to the body.
There's so much capitulation to the industry worldwide that you just can't trust any of their measurements or the studies they fund and claim as proof of safety. It's been a rotten area for a long time that the biggest news media don't want to touch.
As a physicist, I would have to say that this is all nonsense, because there is no way that cellphone radio waves can break or rearrange DNA. The energy levels are millions of times too low. See my 2011 column on the subject at https://www.npl.washington.edu/AV/altvw160.html.
Deleteread up on epigenetics and go beyond industry citations and read through the biological literature on non-ionizing radiation. Nature is showing us in these studies that the thermal
Deletethreshold of harm is a paradigm that has fallen apart. For whatever reason, bioeffects occur at extremely low intensities and the majority of the last 25 years of bioeffects research have shown this.
This comment is complete blather.
DeletePlease cite sources from refereed journals to back your claims.
I find it hard to believe a physicist can't learn HTML. that webpage is borderline unreadable.
DeleteJudging from a lot of comments, the article should have made a better effort to distinguish the kind of radiation that cell phones, microwaves, etc., from x-ray and ionizing radiation
ReplyDeleteYour wireless ear buds emit radiation from inside your head to communicate with that phone in your purse, That’s got to be the most harmful persistent portable communication danger that people should be worried about.
ReplyDeleteOh for Pete's sake. I hate it when scientific ignoramuses' weigh in on scientific matters. Ear buds use Bluetooth, which is extremely weak. So weak, in fact, that 10 meters is the maximum distance to connect, usually less. Compare that to MILES of connection available on celular.
DeleteWhat about iPads?
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone have a clue about all these waves we are putting into the air, in so many spectrums?
ReplyDeleteWhat doctors and scientists are saying: https://phiremedical.org/2020-nir-consensus-statement-signatories/
Deletehttps://phiremedical.org/2020-nir-consensus-statement-press-release/
Yes. The non-industry funded scientists who have been in this field for a long time, have a clue. See icbe-emf.org emfscientist.com bioinitiative.org
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Does France really believe folks are going to put it down.
What about all the other brands of cell phones out there? Are they doing the same thing?
ReplyDeleteThey all underestimate the Body SAR (specific absorption rate) to one degree or another when a phone is up against the body, because they all test phones at some distance (of their choosing) from the test dummy, and radiation falls off quickly at a distance.
Deletehow small are the rat cell phones? Do these phones include common apps such as Google Maps and Spotify? Did the vermin consent to participation in the study?
ReplyDeleteThese and other troubling questions need to be answered.
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ReplyDeleteIt's not ionizing radiation...this is pure superstition. It physically cannot and does not blow atoms apart as would be needed to induce cancer. For RF, it is nonsense to be worried about a few watts here or there when you are already a percolating mass of flesh at nearly 100 degrees F, and putting out over 100 watts every second of every day yourself.
ReplyDeleteIt's not a matter of blowing atoms apart. Your understanding has been outmoded, though it is still taught in physics classes.
DeleteTaking the word of large corporations regarding the safety of their products seems unsettling to me. These same corporations often pay doctors and scientists to produce data that favors their products. I don't put much faith in such research for those reasons. Why believe such folks when they are fine using products in our food that are toxic to our bodies, farm with products that are toxic, etc. We are left to decide for ourselves, by investigating research and determining who paid for said research and who was conducting it. What a mess we have due to corporations and money being the basis for what goods we receive.
ReplyDeleteThe result of having a society structure based on greed rather than the common good.
DeleteSee the Union of Concerned Scientists' "Disinformation Playbook"---that is what happened with tobacco, and it is what has been happening, and continues to happen with wireless. Every bit of that playbook has been employed.
Delete"They also say the way cellphones are used now — often with headsets or for texting or social media — reduces exposure because the phones are held at a distance from the head and body."
ReplyDeleteWhat?
Simple, well known for several hundreds of years science. Electromagnetic radiation....and that includes light...diminishes at the square of the distance. Double the distance, the radiation is cut by a factor of four. Quadruple the distance, it drops by a factor of 16.
DeleteWe really need to teach more science in schools.
Is the I-phone 12 even still being sold?
ReplyDelete"Should I worry about radiation from my cellphone?"
ReplyDeleteNot if you live in France!
France is worried about cell phones? How do they feel about their high smoking rate, did they ban cigarettes yet?
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