HHS-OASH-2026-0397-6899 https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-6899 'In fact, the EPA [Environmental Protection Agency] began the process of developing exposure guidelines but then never finished it as funding was cut off. The EPA drafted stage 1 RF exposure guidelines and sent them to comment prior to release in 1996. Stage 1 was only for thermal effects. The EPA announced that Stage 2 would protect against non thermal effects and would be ready in 1998. Then the Telecommunications Industry Association lobbied Congress to prohibit the EPA from releasing any guidelines. The 1996 Appropriations Bill that Congress passed defunded the EPA’s work in this area and contained language specifically prohibiting the EPA from increasing its regulations stating that “… EPA should not engage in EMF activities”. The 1996 Telecommunications Act gave authority over the health effects of wireless technology to a non-health agency–the FCC. The US Government Accountability Office published a report in 2012 urging the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to revisit the outdated safety standards for the exposures from wireless devices. The 2012 report states, “The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) RF energy exposure limit may not reflect the latest research, and testing requirements may not identify maximum exposure in all possible usage conditions.” The American Academy of Pediatrics, which represent over 62,000 pediatricians in the US has repeatedly called on the government to update its regulations stating that “Current FCC standards do not account for the unique vulnerability and use patterns specific to pregnant women and children." The California Medical Association (which is the California branch of the AMA), which represent over 40,000 physicians. passed a Wireless Resolution that states: Whereas peer reviewed research has demonstrated adverse biological effects of wireless EMF including single and double stranded DNA breaks, creation of reactive oxygen species, immune dysfunction, cognitive processing effects, stress protein synthesis in the brain, altered brain development, sleep and memory disturbances, ADHD, abnormal behavior, sperm dysfunction, and brain tumors; and…Resolved, That CMA support efforts to implement new safety exposure limits for wireless devices to levels that do not cause human or environmental harm based on scientific research.' https://ehtrust.org/policy/fcc-safety-standards/ 'In contrast to the dozens of EMF scientists who support the ICNIRP [International Commission for Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection] EMF exposure guidelines, more than 240 EMF scientists from 42 nations who published peer-reviewed research on EMF and biology or health totaling over 2,000 papers have signed the International EMF Scientist Appeal. The Appeal calls on the WHO, the United Nations and all member nations to adopt much stronger EMF exposure guidelines that protect humans and other species from sub-thermal levels of EMF exposure and to issue health warnings about the risks of EMF exposure.' https://www.saferemr.com/2018/07/icnirps-exposure-guidelines-for-radio.html