The RTBF is broadcasting another TV programme about the dangers of electromagnetic waves and microwaves on health.
They confirm that most of the studies on the effect on mobile phones on health were funded by the industry, and that all these studies negated the risks, while most of the independent studies found some health risks.
They also confirmed that about all insurance companies refused now to insurance health risks linked to electromagnetic waves, after having done studies on their own.
Many studies couldn't prove that mobile phones were harmful to health, but couldn't prove that they weren't harmful either.
The legislation in Belgium, like in most countries, prefers to allow something as long as it hasn't been proved to be harmful, rather than to forbid it as long as it hasn't been proved not to be harmful.
There were many interviews of Belgian people suffering from various health problems, all similar (headaches, palpitations, nausea...) soon after a mobile phone antenna was installed near their house.
A Swedish research showed that the risk to develop a brain tumour from using a mobile phone was 4x higher in the countryside than in an urban area, because the electromagnetic waves to connect to the nearest antenna had to be stronger in the country, due to the longer distance.
The same study found a strong correlation between mobile phone use and "acoustic neurinoma", a benign tumour developing around the auditive nerves, leading to deafness. They also found a link with malignant brain tumour, which inevitably lead to death within 6 months to 1 year.
The RTBF also mentioned that a company,
EMX, developed a biochip aimed at reducing electromagnetic waves in mobile phones. However phone manufacturers always refused to use it, as it would amount to admitting that mobile phones cause a health risk, and thus contradict what they have always said.