RFK Jr. Was Right to Pull FDA’s Blanket “Cell Phone Radiation Is Safe” Assurances

AI: Melanie Independent Voices RF Safe Jan 19, 2026 CONCERN LOW

This RF Safe commentary argues that HHS, under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was correct to remove FDA webpages that gave broad assurances that cell phone radiation is “not dangerous.” It claims blanket safety messaging is scientifically indefensible given animal toxicology findings (notably the U.S. National Toxicology Program studies), a WHO-commissioned systematic review of animal cancer studies (Mevissen et al., 2025), and references to federal court findings. The piece frames the change as a precautionary, science-based correction rather than an anti-science move.

Key points

Reports that HHS announced a new government study on cellphone radiation while FDA removed older webpages that provided broad safety assurances.
Argues that well-conducted animal carcinogenicity studies should weigh heavily in public health messaging and regulation, even when human epidemiology is uncertain.
Cites NTP findings as reported by the author, including “clear evidence” of malignant schwannomas in the hearts of male rats at high exposures and “some evidence” of malignant gliomas.
Cites a WHO-commissioned systematic review (Mevissen et al., 2025) as assessing high certainty of evidence for increased glioma risk and for malignant heart schwannomas in male rats (as characterized in the article).
Mentions follow-up animal work reporting increased DNA damage in certain tissues and notes challenges in extrapolating animal exposure conditions to typical human use.
References the Ramazzini Institute rat study (Falcioni et al., 2018) as reporting increased heart schwannomas and brain glial tumor findings under GSM-modulated exposures.

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