The Lack of Governmental Protection
The FCC & Lack of U.S. Government Protection
The current “safety guidelines” in the U.S. have not changed since they were developed by the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) in 1996.
These 26 year-old guidelines account only for the immediate heating of the skin (thermal effects), as tested on a 220-pound mannequin. No long-term studies were done on the non-thermal, cumulative effects to develop protective policies for U.S. citizens before cell phones were released onto the market.
U.S. standards vs other countries
Harvard’s Safra School of Ethics Report
Harvard’s Safra School of Ethics published a ground-breaking investigative report in 2015, Captured Agency, detailing how the FCC is run by the industry it presumably regulates.
The Moscow Signal Experiment also indicates our military was knowledgeable of the harm caused by EMFs as early as 1962, long before this technology was deployed in the commercial sector.
The Good News
The U.S. Court of Appeals in D.C. found the FCC (and its 26 year-old “safety standards”) guilty in August, 2021 of ignoring scientific evidence showing harm from wireless radiation, despite thousands of pages of scientific evidence entered into the public record.
New Hampshire Leads the Way
While the U.S. government’s policies lag far behind, there are fortunately states like New Hampshire that have introduced legislation to creating healthier environments, as highlighted here. See highlights of EMF protective polices from other U.S. states and many countries around the world at this link.
The Nation magazine published an outstanding investigative report in 2018 that is an excellent overview of the wireless industry’s conflicts of interest, “How Big Wireless Made Us Think That Cell Phones Are Safe: A Special Investigation.”
Here in NC, our public health and education leaders continue to lean on the FCC’s flawed “safely standards” as their reasoning to keep things “as they are,” while dismissing the peer-reviewed science.
We need this to change!
