Following the initiative of Mathieu Lefèvre, now Minister of Ecological Transition, Sandrine Lalanne, Member of Parliament for the 5th constituency of Val-de-Marne, is now publicly taking a stand alongside the NGO Phonegate Alert.
Through a letter sent on March 9, 2026, to the Minister of Health and a written question to the Minister of the Economy filed on March 24, 2026, on the National Assembly website, the MP alerted the Government to:
- The lack of transparency of the National Frequency Agency (ANFR) in publishing Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) test reports;
- Repeated exceedances of regulatory thresholds for several models (66 to date);
- The opacity of proprietary software used by manufacturers during inspections, as denounced by the European Commission‘s implementing decision of August 19, 2025.
Towards a “Dieselgate” for mobile telephony
Similar to the automotive scandal where cheating software detected test phases to artificially reduce polluting emissions, the mobile phone industry uses algorithms to throttle emission power during official compliance checks.
The European Commission has officially confirmed that using proprietary tools, whose algorithms are not disclosed during testing, is inappropriate for conducting an independent assessment. This opacity allows manufacturers to hide real-world exposure that far exceeds European standards once the phone leaves the laboratory.
“The persistent gray areas during the tests carried out by the ANFR to monitor the real exposure levels of mobile phone and connected object users are unacceptable. We call on public authorities not to tolerate that public health be sacrificed on the altar of industrial secrecy and opaque throttling software that distorts SAR test results.”
A documented public health concern
The MP also pointed to concerning signals from Public Health France: a 233% increase in glioblastomas among young adults over twenty years.
She also questions the independence of the expertise provided by the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) (“Radiofrequencies and Cancer” report published in December 2025), noting that the international Mobi‑Kids study (co-funded by the Agency and considered in its Opinion) was designed with the participation of employees from the operator Orange, without this potential conflict of interest being clearly disclosed.
Phonegate Alert calls on Parliamentarians to mobilize
The NGO calls on all elected officials to join this civic battle by:
- Submitting written questions to the relevant ministries;
- Demanding public hearings of the ANFR, the Directorate General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF), ANSES, and the manufacturers.