Masters of Health Magazine September 2021 | Page 32

https://ehtrust.org/in-historic-decision-federal-court-finds-fcc-failed-to-explain-why-it-ignored-scientific-evidence-showing-harm-from-wireless-radiation/

EHT Wins in Historic Decision, Federal Court Orders FCC to Explain Why It Ignored Scientific Evidence Showing Harm from Wireless Radiation Aug 16, 2021

 

Doctors and Scientists Call For Protective Policy After Historic Court Ruling on Wireless Radiation

 

Washington DC: Doctors and scientists are calling for action after the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit August 13, 2021 decision found the Federal Communications Commission failed to explain why it ignored science showing harmful effects from wireless radiation in a press conference now posted online. 

 

The Court Decision

The landmark ruling in the case Environmental Health Trust et al. v the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) found the FCC violated the Administrative Procedure Act because it’s 2019 decision

•   failed to address impacts of long term wireless exposure;

•   failed to address unique impacts to children;

•   failed to address the testimony of people injured by wireless radiation;

•   failed to address impacts to wildlife and the environment;

•   and failed to address impacts to the developing brain and reproduction.  

 

The court remanded the issue back to the FCC for reasoned decision-making. The court specifically ordered the FCC to: 

1.       “provide a reasoned explanation for its decision to retain its testing procedures for determining whether cell phones and other portable electronic devices comply with its guidelines”

2.       “address the impacts of RF radiation on children, the health implications of long-term exposure to RF radiation, the ubiquity of wireless devices, and other technological developments that have occurred since the Commission last updated its guidelines” 

   3.   “address the impacts of RF radiation on the environment.”

 

The Environmental Health Trust and scientific advisors had submitted extensive evidence to the FCC and when the FCC clearly ignored it, they took legal action. 

 

Expert participants in the press conference include:

•         Devra Davis, PhD, MPH, EHT President

•   Dr. Hugh Taylor, MD Chair of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital, president of American Society of  Reproductive Medicine

•         Edward B. Myers, EHT attorney

•  Theodora Scarato, MSW, EHT Executive Director

•    Frank Clegg, CEO of Canadians for Safe Technology and former President of Microsoft Canada

•         Paul Ben Ishai, PhD, Professor Physics at Ariel University

•         Cindy Franklin, founder Consumers for Safe Cell Phones

•     Elizabeth Barris, Director of the People's Initiative Foundation

Bios of Press Conference Panelists