Below is a linked list of key materials regarding the health and environmental effects of radiofrequency radiation (“RFR”).

1984 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published a 278-page report finding evidence of biological impacts of RFR.

2008 – A congressional hearing highlighted scientific evidence on the health effects of cell phones. The hearing transcript can be found here.

2008 – The National Academies of Sciences workshop report identified data gaps and research priorities relevant to RFR.

2009 – A Senate hearing titled, “Health Effects of Cell Phone Use,” pinpointed deficiencies in U.S. research. The hearing transcript can be found here.

2012 – The U.S. Government Accountability Office issued a report recommending that FCC cell phone radiation testing procedures be reassessed to ensure that they reflect real-world use and the latest science.

2013 – The American Academy of Pediatrics sent a letter to the FCC supporting the reassessment of RFR standards for cell phones and other wireless radiating devices relevant to children.

2014 - The U.S. Department of the Interior wrote to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, criticizing the FCC for employing outdated RFR standards.

2018 – The U.S. National Toxicology Program completed a $25 million-dollar study finding “clear evidence” of cancer and DNA damage from RFR exposure. The study was replicated by the Ramazzini Institute that same year.

2018 – A study indicating that cell phone radiation can cause DNA damage to sperm and lower sperm count was published by Dr. Ashok Agarwal, Director of Research at the American Center for Reproductive Medicine.

2019 – The FCC decided not to update its 1996 RFR exposure limit. Following this, our organization, along with the Children’s Health Defense and twelve additional plaintiffs, sued the FCC for its failure to consider peer-reviewed scientific papers demonstrating non-thermal biological harm from RFR emissions at levels below the FCC’s current 1.6 W/kg limit.

2021 – The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals found the FCC’s 2019 decision was “arbitrary and capricious” because it had not provided a “reasoned explanation” for not revising its 1996 standards. The court remanded the case to the FCC to provide the missing justification. The agency has not yet responded to this request.

2020 – An official state commission in New Hampshire published a 390-page report which included 15 recommendations intended to raise awareness of the impacts of wireless radiation on public health and to offer policy guidance on how to reduce those impacts.

2021 – A three-part scientific review on the environmental effects of RFR was published in the Journal of Reviews on Environmental Health. The authors cite a robust body of research and urge the adoption of long-term, chronic low-level electromagnetic field (“EMF”) exposure standards for wildlife. Part One can be found here, Part Two can be found here, and Part Three can be found here.

2023 – The FCC released records to EHT in response to a Freedom of Information Act request submitted by Theodora Scarato, our former Executive Director. The records reveal that the FCC carried out secret testing of cell phones in 2019 at a distance of 2 mm from the body (in contrast to permitting testing at a distance of up to 2.54 cm (254 mm), finding that multiple popular cell phones exceed the FCC’s 1996 RFR exposure limit at 2 mm.

2024 – The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Microwave Magazine published Dr. James Lin’s commentary in which he raises multiple doubts regarding the validity of the “World Health Organization’s (“WHO”) EMF Project’s Systemic Reviews on the Association Between RF Exposure and Health Effects. Dr. Lin challenges the acceptance of this work by the industry-biased International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection.

2025 – Dr. Joel Moskowitz, Director of the Center for Family and Community Health at the University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health, published comments regarding conflicts of interest and industry influence within the WHO that have tainted the credibility of recent WHO reviews regarding the biological effects of EMFs.

April 25, 2025 – A major scientific review was performed by the WHO EMF Project which found that RFR exposure increases the incidence of cancer in experimental animals, with the evidence being strongest for malignant heart schwannomas and gliomas.