JRE #2461 - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Aired Feb 27, 2026
Claim summary · not a verbatim quotation
Wi-Fi and cell phone radiation damage children's brains and cause behavioral disorders.
The finding
What the evidence shows
The WHO does classify radiofrequency fields from phones as possibly carcinogenic, which is the category that means the question is open rather than answered. What it does not find is consistent evidence of harm below the levels that heat tissue, and nothing establishes damage to children's brains or behavioural disorders. Possibly carcinogenic is not the same as shown to cause harm.
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Quick answer
Is it true that Wi-Fi and cell phone radiation damage children's brains and cause behavioral disorders?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. The WHO does classify radiofrequency fields from phones as possibly carcinogenic, which is the category that means the question is open rather than answered. It was said on JRE #2461 - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., aired Feb 27, 2026, at 44:02. We haven't independently confirmed who said it. The supporting source is who.int, linked below.
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No separately verified on-air correction is recorded for this check. That is not a claim that nobody corrected it.
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