WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court here rejected the latest challenge to the Federal Communications Commission’s radio frequency radiation standard for mobile phones and base stations.
In 2001, the EMR Network-pointing to new research-petitioned the FCC to re-examine whether to revise its regulations to address non-thermal effects of RF radiation from wireless facilities and products.
The FCC last year affirmed a bureau-level ruling dismissing the request.
“As the commission’s decision not to initiate an inquiry neither violated NEPA [National Environmental Policy Act] nor was otherwise an abuse of discretion, the petition for review is denied,” stated a three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the FCC’s RF radiation exposure guidelines in 2000.
“We are considering a Petition for Certiorari to the Supreme Court as the next step in this challenge to current U.S. RF radiation safety policy,” stated Janet Newton, president of the EMR Policy Institute.
