ehtrust.org wildlifeandwireless.org March 27, 2024 TO: Senate Committee on Commerce,

FCC, 2021 wherein the court ordered the FCC to “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, and…the impacts of RF radiation on the environment.” The Court also ordered the FCC to “provide a re. [...] And federal spectrum activities should include education for the public and state and local decision-makers on the impacts of RF exposure on humans, especially children, and ways to mitigate these impacts.14 Electromagnetic related disability is recognized by the US government and multiple other entities.15 In addition, certain segments of the population are more vulnerable to radiofrequency impac. [...] The FCC interpreted the silence of federal agencies to mean agreement with the 1996 guidelines, stating in its 11/9/2020 brief that, “no other agency advocated tightening the limits” and “the agency reasonably concluded that the weight of the scientific and health evidence, and particularly the judgment of federal agencies expert in health matters, demonstrated that no changes were warranted.” As. [...] Veal, Director of the EPA Radiation Protection Division Office of Radiation and Indoor Air wrote34 Theodora Scarato, EHT Executive Director, that "EPA’s last review was in the 1984 31 In 1995 the EPA had briefed both the FCC and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration regarding its two Phases of activities related to the development of RF exposure safety standards. [...] The EPA does not currently have a funded mandate for radiofrequency matters.” Federal agencies have not shown a review of the totality of the science (including impacts to the nervous, reproductive and immune systems of humans and animals) to issue such a “judgment.” The reality is that federal agencies are not engaged in researching and evaluating the numerous biological effects of RF to humans,.