Fierce Wireless “Court orders FCC to revisit its safety guidelines for RF radiation”

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit has ruled that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) must reexamine its health and safety guidelines for 5G and other wireless based technologies

The case was filed in early 2020 by the Environmental Health Trust. Another petitioner, the Children’s Health Defense, which is chaired by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., filed its own lawsuit but decided to file joint briefs with Environmental Health Trust as recommended by the court. Last Friday, the court ruled that the FCC’s decision in 2019 that its 1996 radio frequency emission guidelines adequately protect the public was capricious, arbitrary, and not evidence-based, in violation of the Administrative Procedures Act. The court also found that the analysis provided by the U.S. Federal Drug Administration, on which the FCC relied for its decision, was also not evidence-based.
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Final Court Ruling 

• Read August 13, 2021 United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TRUST, ET AL., PETITIONERS v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION AND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Briefs and Evidence 

• Full Opening Brief of Petitioners, August 14, 2020
• FCC Reply Brief to Petitioners, September 22, 2020
• Petitioner’s Reply to the FCC  and Addendum to Petitioners Reply to the FCC,October 19, 2020
• Submissions the January 25, 2021 oral argument
  • FCC Submission to the Court 
  • EHT and petitioner's response to the FCC

• Link to evidence used in the case, including referenced studies and court cases. 

Amicus Briefs 

• Amicus of NRDC: Natural Resources Defense Council 
• Amicus of Attorney Joe Sandri, including the declaration of Dr. Linda Birnbaum, former Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
• Amicus of Catherine Kleiber 
• Amicus of the Building Biology Institute 

Docket Links

• FCC 2013 Notice of Inquiry re human exposure limits
• FCC 13-84 Submissions 
• FCC Item 19-226 (includes the FCC decision NOT to update regulations and to terminate the 2013 inquiry) 
• Sampling of Published Research Submitted to the Docket
• EHT Submissions to 13-84