FDA Removes Web Content Saying Cellphones Are Harmless
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr has previously declared that cellphones are causing harms that are not yet fully acknowledged.
TL;DR
- FDA has removed web pages that previously asserted cellphones are not dangerous.
- This move occurs as HHS initiates a new investigation into the health effects of cellphone radiation.
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has long expressed concerns about cellphone radiation causing health problems, including tumors.
- An HHS spokesman stated the FDA removed old conclusions while HHS studies electromagnetic radiation and health.
- Previously deleted FDA pages included statements that scientific evidence had not linked cellphone radiation to health problems.
- RFK Jr. has a history of litigation and advocacy related to cellphone radiation and wireless technology.
- Kennedy has pointed to Wi-Fi radiation as a factor in children's chronic illnesses.
- In 2025, Kennedy supported school cellphone restrictions, citing potential neurological damage and cancer risks.
- The FCC website currently states there is no evidence linking wireless electronics to cancer.
- The National Cancer Institute and Johns Hopkins epidemiologists have also stated that evidence does not link cellphone use to cancer.
- The article notes that scientific consensus has been wrong in the past, supporting the need for skeptical re-examination.