Amy Goodman
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How Big Wireless War-Gamed the Science on Risks, While Making Customers Addicted to Their Phones
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We continue our conversation with Mark Hertsgaard, The Nation’s environment correspondent and investigative editor, who coauthored a major new exposé“How Big Wireless Made Us Think That Cell Phones Are Safe.” He discusses how wireless companies “wargamed the science” by funding friendly studies and attacking critical ones; the potential dangers of the pending expansion of 5G with the “Internet of Things”; the role of the telecommunications industry officials turned federal regulators; and how companies deliberately addicted customers to this technology through the addition of social media.
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