FeganScott Law Firm Confirms PhoneGate: New FCC-Accredited Lab Results Show Apple & Samsung Smartphone RF Radiation Levels Ex...
December 06 2019 - 12:44PM
Business Wire
Third-party test results show radiation
exposure exceeds five times the federal limit
National consumer-rights law firm FeganScott consolidated its
two proposed class action suits against Apple (AAPL) and Samsung
Electronics (SSNLF) after independent testing from a Federal
Communications Commission-accredited laboratory confirmed that
radio-frequency (RF) radiation levels from popular Apple and
Samsung smartphones far exceeded federal limits when the devices
are used as marketed by the manufacturers.
Beth Fegan, managing partner of FeganScott and the attorney
representing the consolidated suit, which was filed after the firm
hired the industry-recognized lab, says that smartphone
manufacturers must take responsibility for misleading consumers
about the levels of RF radiation emitted by their smartphones when
used against or in close proximity to the user’s skin.
“Apple and Samsung smartphones have changed the way we live.
Adults, teenagers and children wake up to check their email or play
games and do work or school exercises on their smartphones. They
carry these devices in their pockets throughout the day and
literally fall asleep with them in their beds,” Fegan said.
“The manufacturers told consumers this was safe, so we knew it
was important to test the RF radiation exposure and see if this was
true,” Fegan noted. “It is not true. The independent results
confirm that RF radiation levels are well over the federal exposure
limit, sometimes exceeding it by 500 percent, when phones are used
in the way Apple and Samsung encourage us to. Consumers deserve to
know the truth.”
The FCC-accredited lab tested six different brand-new smartphone
models at various distances, ranging from zero to 10 millimeters to
measure the amount of RF radiation released when touching or in
close proximity to the body. When tested at two millimeters, the
iPhone 8 and Samsung Galaxy S8 were more than twice the federal
exposure limit. At zero millimeters, the iPhone 8 was five times
more than the federal exposure limit, and the Samsung Galaxy S8 was
more than three times the federal exposure limit.
The consolidated suit filed by FeganScott includes a
comprehensive list of all named plaintiffs and includes the
extensive FCC-accredited lab test results from all the smartphones
tested: iPhone 7+, iPhone 8, iPhone XR, Galaxy S8, Galaxy S9, and
Galaxy S10.
The test settings reflected the smartphones’ actual use
conditions, rather than the conditions set by manufacturers in
order to produce results that appear to be safe for consumers.
“Smartphone owners across the country deserve to know that the
RF radiation levels from smartphones when touching the skin or used
close to the body may be unsafe,” Fegan noted. “The emails and
calls from concerned consumers have increased as more research
comes to light, and it is our goal to show that Apple and Samsung
were aware of the alarmingly high radiation levels when their
products arrived on the market.”
According to Pew Research Center, 96 percent of Americans own a
cell phone, and of those, 81 percent own a smartphone. Common Sense
Media, a nonprofit organization, reports that 29 percent of
American teens sleep with their phones in bed with them, which
makes the radiation level findings especially alarming.
Filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in the Northern District
of California, San Francisco Division, the lawsuit seeks to
represent Apple and Samsung smartphone owners. The suit asks the
court to order the defendants to pay for medical monitoring and
damages.
FeganScott is a nationwide class-action law firm dedicated to
helping consumers. The firm’s partners have successfully recovered
$1 billion on behalf of consumers and victims nationwide.
FeganScott is committed to pursuing successful outcomes with
integrity and excellence, while holding unjust parties accountable.
To learn more, visit www.feganscott.com.
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