Earlier this year, Tucker Carlson made the case that contrary to popular opinion, Donald Trump is not the most hated politician in America. That title, he argued, belongs to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
When the Democratic presidential candidate announced he was entering the race, the knives immediately came out. Mainstream outlets wasted no time smearing the Democrat for being a "threat to democracy" and having views about vaccines (and other topics) that are "misleading and dangerous."
Carlson said the ire directed at Kennedy Jr. began in 2005 when he wrote a magazine article suggesting there could be a possible connection between the schedule of mandatory childhood vaccines and the rise in autism cases. The attempt to cancel him since then hasn't let up.
But Kennedy, used to the treatment by now, joked last week that France appears to have fallen for another one of his dangerous "conspiracy theories."
Uh oh, France has fallen for my "conspiracy theory." #Kennedy24 https://t.co/WlwtdLTfDs
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) September 15, 2023
The article he shared was a report on how regulators in the country ordered Apple to stop selling the iPhone 12 over concerns about radiation.
France's National Frequency Agency (ANFR) notified Apple of its decision to ban sales of the iPhone 12 after conducting tests that showed that the smartphone's specific absorption rate (SAR) was slightly above the legal limit, Minister for Digital Transition and Telecommunications Jean-Noel Barrot told Le Parisien.
That means the iPhones, which have been sold by Apple since 2020, were emitting more electromagnetic waves susceptible to be absorbed by the body than legally permitted.
In a press release, the regulator said 141 cellphones were recently tested by an accredited laboratory, allowing them to ensure the SAR values comply with European regulations.
However, regulators found absorption of electromagnetic energy by the body at 5.74 watts per kilogram during tests in which the device was held in the hand or placed in the trouser pocket.
The EU standard for SAR is 4.0 watts per kilogram.
SAR values were found to be compliant for iPhone 12 devices being carried at a distance of 5 mm from the body, like in coat pockets or bags, regulators said. (Epoch Times)
In a podcast interview with Joe Rogan back in June, the environmental attorney was accused of "spreading misinformation again" for his claims that "WiFi radiation does all kinds of bad things including causing cancer."
"I'm representing hundreds of people who have cell phone tumors behind the ear, it's always behind the ear you favor with your cell phone," he continued. "But cancer's not the worst thing. WiFi radiation opens up your blood-brain barrier and so all these toxins that are in your body can now go in your brain."
While those claims have been picked apart by fact-checkers, France's decision has brought the topic to the forefront again.
Apple, for its part, disagrees with the French authorities and said its phone is in compliance with regulations and radiation standards around the world.