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Phonegate Alert founder calls EU 0 mm phone testing standard a victory, criticises the 18-month transition

October 17, 2026 (EMFS)
Oct 16, 2026 (original)
Source: Children's Health Defense
Source category: Advocacy/NGO
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Children's Health Defense's news site The Defender reports Phonegate Alert founder Marc Arazi welcoming the European Commission's new 0 mm phone radiation testing standard while criticising the 18-month transition to 7 March 2028. Arazi says the Commission confirmed to him in December 2025 that France's 2020 objection to testing at 5 mm triggered the change. It cites 2019 data from French frequency agency ANFR showing 76 percent of phones exceeded the European limit at body contact, and a 2 September study in Physics in Medicine & Biology where child body models absorbed 1.5 to 1.9 times more below 6 GHz than adults.

Quotes

"historic victory for European consumer protection and the culmination of nearly 10 years of campaigning against cellphone radiation testing protocols that failed to reflect real-world conditions of use."

— Marc Arazi

"Why give manufacturers another 18 months when regulators have known about this problem for years?"

— Marc Arazi

"Our whistleblowing and advocacy played a decisive role in bringing about this victory and compelled French health and political authorities to take action at the European Commission."

— Marc Arazi

"The United States needs to catch up with the rest of the world on this. For years manufacturers could choose what distance they radiation test their phones at."

— Theodora Scarato

"Now the FCC is signaling a shift with interim guidance that restricts the distance to 5 mm. However, companies can still choose the older guidance and hotspot radiation tests can use up to 10 mm."

— Theodora Scarato

"We are rolling out technology with higher and higher frequencies, having very limited data on the health impacts — especially when it comes to children."

— Miriam Eckenfels

Location

📍 United States

Map: United States

Source

Europe to Require Big Change in How Cellphones Are Tested for Radiation childrenshealthdefense.org

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