27th August 2026
A major development in the fight over wireless safety: In 2019, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) declined to update its 1996 RF radiation exposure limits and terminated its inquiry into whether those guidelines should be modified, despite evidence submitted concerning reported adverse biological and health effects. CHD, the Environmental Health Trust and other petitioners sued, submitting 11,000 pages of evidence concerning reported harms from 5G and wireless technology. In 2021, the D.C. Circuit ruled that the FCC’s decision was “arbitrary and capricious” because the agency failed to provide a reasoned explanation for its determination that its guidelines adequately protect against harmful effects of RF radiation unrelated to cancer.
Now, the court has given the FCC 30 days to respond to a new petition filed by CHD, asking the court to compel the agency to comply with its 2021 ruling.
The Radiation Research Trust is watching this case closely. The UK currently relies on ICNIRP guidelines for public exposure to electromagnetic fields, and we believe the evidence demands much greater scrutiny of whether those guidelines provide adequate protection.
Our politicians need to take note, ask the difficult questions and put public health ahead of assumptions. The public, too, must demand that governments take the evidence seriously and ensure that protection keeps pace with the science.
Full News Report here: https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/court-gives-fcc-30-days-respond-chd-petition-wireless-harms/?utm_id=20260826