GSMA claims scientific consensus supports ICNIRP exposure limits; Joel Moskowitz disputes it

📡 GSMA claims scientific consensus supports ICNIRP exposure limits; Joel Moskowitz disputes it

October 14, 2026 (EMFS)

Oct 13, 2026 (original)

Source: Electromagnetic Radiation Safety

Source category: Voice

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Joel M. Moskowitz

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Joel Moskowitz, director of the Center for Family and Community Health at the University of California, Berkeley, reports on a GSMA report urging governments to adopt the ICNIRP 2020 RF exposure limits and IEC/ITU methods based on actual base-station transmissions. The global mobile-industry association claims a scientific consensus that the limits protect against established health hazards, and says harmonisation would improve service and reduce extra sites. Moskowitz disputes that consensus supports ICNIRP. He argues that truly independent experts instead agree the limits are inadequate, pointing to the International EMF Scientist Appeal, ICBE-EMF and other groups calling for biologically based limits.

Quotes

"The consensus among independent scientific experts is that the ICNIRP limits provide protection for all people against all established health hazards from short- or long-term RF-EMF exposures."

— GSMA

"Mobile technologies, including 5G, and the emerging 6G, are designed for compliance with the international RF-EMF limits. Therefore, services can be more efficiently delivered where countries adopt those limits."

— GSMA

"The consensus among truly independent scientific experts is that the current ICNIRP exposure limits are inadequate to protect public and environmental health."

— Joel M. Moskowitz

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📡 GSMA claims scientific consensus supports ICNIRP exposure limits; Joel Moskowitz disputes it

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