Between 2012 and today, the sale of radio frequencies (4G, 5G) alone has brought in almost CHF 1.4 billion for the Federal Council.
Despite the warnings raised in 2018 and again in 2019 by several members of Parliament (interpellations 19.3180 and 19.4496), and again in 2023 with motion 23.4244), the Swiss authorities remain silent. Several press articles, such as those in the “Beobachter” and the “Tagesanzeiger”, warned of the “Phonegate affair”, yet the Federal Council justified its inaction in protecting the health and safety of millions of cell phone users on the grounds of its “financial situation”:
“The Federal Council recognizes that there is indeed a gap in implementation, that there is no market surveillance for these products regarding their health impacts due to NIR. However, carrying out these tasks would require human and financial resources. Based on the cost/benefit analysis, and given the Confederation’s financial situation, the required resources could not be made available. The Federal Council therefore agrees to dispense with market surveillance for the time being, and therefore proposes to reject this motion.”
As a reminder, in 2019, the allocation of new 5G frequencies brought in no less than CHF 380 million for the Confederation. It should also be noted that in 2012, the allocation of 4G (LTE) frequencies brought in CHF 996,268,000, or almost CHF 1 billion for the Confederation. Added to these sources of income are the regular dividends from Swisscom, in which the Confederation is obliged to hold 51% of the shares, which in 2022 will represent CHF 581,218,440 (CHF 22.- for each of the 51,802,00 shares issued).
Against this backdrop, in 2024, MP Marionna Schlatter‘s motion 23.4244 should be debated on the fact that in Switzerland “no” authority controls and monitors cell phones on the Swiss market.
1/2 In 🇫🇷 hält fast jedes zehnte kontrollierte Handy die Strahlungsgrenzwerte nicht ein. Die 🇨🇭verzichtet auf Kontrollen. Die Recherche @ktipp_redaktion zeigt: Die heisse Kartoffen wurde zunächst in den Departementen hin und her geschoben und dann das Kostenargument vorgeschoben. pic.twitter.com/e3C8amkiXh
— Marionna Schlatter (@marionnasch) February 15, 2024
In a tweet published on February 15, 2024 on the X network, the Swiss politician reminds us:
“1/2 In France almost one in ten cell phones checked does not comply with radiation limits. Switzerland waives controls. The @ktipp_redaktion investigation shows: Hot potatoes were first pushed in the departments and then the cost argument was put forward.”
While since 2018 in France, under pressure from the NGO Phonegate Alert, 47 cell phones from various brands (Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi, Nokia, among others) have already been pinned for non-compliance with European regulations.
This inaction on the part of the Swiss authorities to protect the health of its population is unacceptable and totally unjustifiable on financial grounds!
For Dr. Marc Arazi, who sounded the alarm in France in 2016:
“In France today we are still a long way from properly protecting the health of millions of cell phone users. European standards still allow manufacturers to overexpose us to promote device connectivity. Worse still, no checks are carried out on the thousands of connected objects (tablets, computers, watches, glasses, etc.). So it’s high time Switzerland caught up and took the lead in controlling all connected objects in contact with the body.”
As electrosmog specialist Olivier Bodenmann also points out:
“A study by the University of Geneva, also reported in the press carried out on more than 2,800 men aged 18 to 22 during their military service, over a period from 2005 to 2018, showed that men using their phones more than 20 times a day have 30% fewer sperm than those who use them once a week.” Where the phone is carried is obviously also a risk factor, yet many men slip it into the front pocket of their pants, a place close to the testicles. With what happened with the iPhone 12, which had emissions outside the norm, this risk is further increased and no authority in Switzerland seems to care.” [source: https://www.unige.ch/medias/en/2023/le-telephone-portable-nuirait-la-qualite-du-sperme]
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