Checking Fact Checkers: MBFC’s Reliance on a Now Removed FDA Page @MBFC_News
Independent Voices
RF Safe
Jan 25, 2026
RF Safe criticizes Media Bias/Fact Check (MBFC) for rating it “medium credibility,” arguing MBFC relied on an FDA webpage that was later changed/redirected and on a Harvard T.H. Chan School commentary. The post claims the FDA removed categorical reassurance language about cell phone safety and frames this as…
Building the gulf of opinions on the health and biological effects of electromagnetic radiation
Research
RF Safe Research Library
Jan 1, 2025
This narrative article examines how opposing views formed regarding health and biological effects of electromagnetic radiation, focusing on ELF and RF exposures. It highlights historical controversies (e.g., childhood leukemia and ELF fields) and disputes over thermal versus non-thermal effects and reliance on SAR.…
Inclusion of mobile phone usage guidelines in universal hypertension management protocol: an opinion
Research
RF Safe Research Library
May 30, 2024
This opinion piece discusses the global and India-specific burden of hypertension and frames a problem of mobile phone use by patients while waiting for care. It references standard blood pressure measurement guidance recommending refraining from talking for a few minutes before measurement, noting that this may…
Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks
Research
RF Safe Research Library
Jan 1, 2009
This SCENIHR Opinion updates earlier 2009 SCENIHR documents on EMF health effects and research needs, focusing on new information and remaining knowledge gaps. The abstract primarily characterizes sources and patterns of exposure across static, ELF, IF, and RF fields in both public and occupational settings. It notes…
[Reports on electromagnetic field strength measurements issued for occupational health and safety needs in the opinion of radio communication station users].
Research
RF Safe Research Library
Jan 1, 2007
This paper describes a modified approach for assessing occupational EMF exposure during work on radio and television towers and masts, where exposure can be high and tasks/routes are not fixed. The method calculates maximum admissible dwell time at different mast levels while incorporating the EMF dose accumulated…