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Cell Tower Health, Safety & Property Value Risks Near Homes and Schools | Expert Webinar
Learn the basics in this expert webinar with Theodora Scarato, MSW, Director of the Wireless & EMF Program at Environmental Health Sciences. What You Need To Know To Protect Your Community Cell towers near homes and schools bring many health, safety, and liability risks. From fire to the fall zone, property value devaluation and increased…
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Science on Children, Cell Phone Radiation and Health Risk
Cell phones are ubiquitous in our children’s lives. They, along with the cell towers they connect to, emit a type of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation called radiofrequency or RF radiation. Due to their unique physiology, children absorb proportionally more cell phone and cell tower radiation than adults deeper into their brains and bodies. Scientists point to…
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RFK Jr.’s Health Department to Study Cell Phone Radiation Risk to Children: Recommended regulatory reforms to protect children
RFK Jr.’s Health Department to Study Cell Phone Radiation Risk Cell. Theodora Scarato states that cell phone radiation is an environmental pollutant that has been ignored for far too long. Hundreds of scientists and physicians are calling for stronger safeguards to protect children, based on an ever-growing body of scientific evidence pointing to cell phone…
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Environmental Health Sciences Calls on Congress to Hold FCC Accountable for Cell Tower Radiation Safety Failures
Environmental Health Sciences urges Congress to hold the FCC accountable for outdated cell tower radiation safety limits, lack of oversight, and failure to comply with a federal court order, as lawmakers consider proposals to fast-track cell towers despite growing scientific evidence of health and environmental harm. EHS is a leading voice on cell tower safety…
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Cities Representing Over 200 Million Americans Say No to FCC’s Plan to Fast-Track Cell Towers
Cities Representing Over 200 Million Americans Say No to FCC’s Plan to Fast-Track Cell Towers
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Science on Wireless, EMF and Health Risk Top Summaries 2025
In 2025, EHS published 21 science summaries on wireless and non-ionizing EMF health risks, translating key research studies into clear, accessible insights.
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Whatever Industry Wants: How the FCC Is Steamrolling Locals in the Cell Tower Rollout
Op-Ed published in Common Dreams January 2, 2026 Two new FCC proposals would render an already weak NEPA process largely meaningless, strip local and state governments of nearly all of their congressionally granted authority, and leave the agency even less accountable to the public. by Erica Rosenberg, assistant chief of the Competition and Infrastructure Policy Division…
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Policy Blog: The Latest News on Cell Tower and Cell Phone Health and Safety Issues
Insights by Theodora Scarato and EHS Experts Theodora Scarato, MSW, is Director of the Wireless and EMF Program at Environmental Health Sciences, where she works to elevate public and professional understanding of the scientific research on cell tower and cell phone radiation risks to advance evidence-based policy and transparency towards a safer technology future. Scarato,…
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Opposition Mounts Against FCC Cell Tower Fast-Track Proposal (25-276)
Over 2000 comments filed to preserve local government control for cell towers and wireless deployment. Nationwide opposition is rapidly mounting against the FCC’s proposed cell tower fast-track rules in Build America: Eliminating Barriers to Wireless Deployments (WT Docket No. 25-276). If adopted, the new FCC rules would shift significant power away from local city, state…
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Official Letters Opposing FCC Cell Tower Fast-Track Rules
Numerous Organizations and Local Governments Oppose the FCC Cell Tower Fast-Track Rules: Over 5,904Comments filed! This webpage lists key letters and is updated regularly by Theodora Scarato, Director of the Wireless Program at Environmental Health Sciences. It is not all of the submissions, however. See ALL submissions at the FCC website here. The FCC is…
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