>The rodents in the studies were exposed to radiation nine hours a day for two years — far longer even than heavy users of cellphones.
What about one hour per day over 18 years?
What about one hour per day over 18 years?
I'd like to see the results of an experiment where they have a highly controlled pair of populations that are identical in every way except one group of rats is in a Faraday cage. It would be ideal if they were still exposed to natural radio frequencies--after all, radio is not an exclusively man-made phenomenon. But of course GSM doesn't get through the atmosphere easily. A long-term study like that might actually be useful.
These studies where they bathe the rats in a few thousand times the average ambient power of our cell network are utterly blatant examples of confirmation bias in science publishing. They cranked up the amplitude until it had to have an effect on biology--stopping just shy of "significant heating" of tissues. Basically it's a microwave on defrost, complete with a scattering reflector and turntable to make sure the rats cook evenly. Doesn't seem like good faith to me. And of course dumbed-down science journalism will immediately clickbait it into the headline "Cellphones Will Literally Kill You," as is tradition.
First off, many do in fact sleep with their phones close to their head these days, and second, what about the phone being close to the body/male testicles (in the pocket) throughout the day?
One other thing, wasn't the issue also not just with the phones themselves, but with the cell towers? I believe 5G towers need to be installed every 300 meters. If the towers are indeed dangerous due to how much power they radiate, then how many people will that affect in busy centers/apartment buildings?