The FCC Wants to Hear From You!
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is asking for public comments about the adverse health and environmental impacts of wireless radiation. This is our chance to remind the FCC it's time to update its 30-year-old human exposure guidelines regarding radiofrequency radiation.
Commenting is easy. See our simple steps below. Comments must be received by October 21st, so get writing!
The FCC's request for comments comes in response to the lawsuit filed in 2019 by our friends at the Environmental Health Trust and Children's Health Defense. The court ruled that the FCC did not properly consider the scientific evidence available when it made its decision NOT to update its human exposure guidelines.
Therefore, to have your comments properly considered, it is very important that you include at least one specific reference to a scientific study in your comments. We've made it easy for you. See below for help.
(And please don't just copy the link or include a long list of studies with your comment. Pick one study that the FCC will have to respond to.)
If you are part of the growing group of individuals who suffer with EMR Syndrome, talk about how exposure to cell phones, antennas, smart meters, routers, and other wireless devices has disrupted your life, even though those devices meet the old FCC guidelines. To find a study to cite, see the section on EMR Syndrome here.
If you have kids in school, you might remind the FCC that NO ONE is measuring the amount of radiation kids are being exposed to day after day as they sit in their classrooms. And by the way, the FCC guidelines were never intended to protect children (and they don't). For a list of studies regarding kids and wireless radiation, click here.
If you're pregnant, you might mention that animal studies from Yale University demonstrate that exposure to FCC-approved levels of wireless radiation during pregnancy can disrupt normal brain development. (And we're animals too!) For a list of studies to choose from, click here.
If you lost your job because of your inability to tolerate high levels of wireless radiation in the workplace, you might mention that recent studies demonstrate that red blood cells clump together after even a brief exposure to electromagnetic fields. Read the study here.
The FCC's request for comments comes in response to the lawsuit filed in 2019 by our friends at the Environmental Health Trust and Children's Health Defense. The court ruled that the FCC did not properly consider the scientific evidence available when it made its decision NOT to update its human exposure guidelines. Therefore, to have your comments properly considered, it is very important that you include at least one specific reference to a scientific study in your comments. We've made it easy for you. See below for help. (And please don't just copy the link or include a long list of studies with your comment. Pick one study that the FCC will have to respond to.)
And whatever else you write, be sure to make the point that the world has changed dramatically since the FCC adopted its human exposure guidelines in 1996, based on science from the 1980s.
It's inconceivable and outrageous that the FCC claims to be protecting public health while it ignores the large and growing body of science showing biological harm even at non-thermal levels. Please submit your comments today!
STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILING COMMENTS
There are two ways to submit: Express (very easy) and Standard(a little more complicated, but will probably have more impact).
For Express Comments:
1. Click on this link:
https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/express?proceeding%5Bname%5D=13-84
2. Enter your name, email and other information, then type your comments in the "Brief Comments" box.
3. Click the box to acknowledge you are submitting your comments publicly.
4. Click "Continue to Review Screen," make sure your information is correct. Then Click "Submit."
For Standard Comments
1. Take your time and write your comments using whatever text program you prefer. When you're done, save the document as a .docx, .doc, or .pdf file.
2. Click on this link: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/standard?proceeding%5Bname%5D=13-84
3. Enter your information as required.
4. Under "Type of Filing" select "Comment"
5. Attach your document.
6. Click the box to acknowledge you are submitting your comments publicly.
7. Continue to "Continue to Review Screen." Make sure your information is complete and correct. Then click submit.
Note: You may also want to respond to a similar request for information issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
We note for the record that ART has waited more than six years for a response to a FOIA request for FDA records supporting its public announcement that the National Toxicology Program finding of "clear evidence of cancer" from cell phone radiation did not apply to humans. We have never received a response.
In 2025, ART petitioned the FDA to investigate unnecessary radiation in school classrooms from over-powered routers, putting kids at risk, but the FDA declined. Learn more.