---
title: "Nonprofit Sues FCC for Ignoring Science on Cell Phone Radiation"
description: "A nonprofit is suing the Federal Communication Commission in an attempt to force it to reconsider the impact of cell phone radiation on human health."
date: "2020-02-05"
modified: "2020-02-05"
authors:
  - name: "Kristin Houser"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/kristin"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/nonprofit-sues-fcc-ignoring-science-cell-phone-radiation"
categories:
  - "FCC"
  - "Future Society"
tags:
  - "federal communications commission"
  - "radiation"
  - "telecommunications"
  - "the digest"
---

# Nonprofit Sues FCC for Ignoring Science on Cell Phone Radiation

![A nonprofit is suing the Federal Communication Commission in an attempt to force it to reconsider the impact of cell phone radiation on human health.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/nonprofit-sues-fcc-ignoring-science-cell-phone-radiation.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Victor Tangermann\</em\>*

## Update Required

The Federal Communication Commission keeps ignoring new [evidence](<https://futurism.com/neoscope/cell-phone-cancer-rats>) that cell phones and other telecommunication devices can harm human health — at least, that's according to a nonprofit called the Environmental Health Trust.

To that end, the EHT has now filed a [lawsuit](<https://www.scribd.com/document/445591201/FCC-Cell-Phone-Case>) against the FCC in an attempt to force it to reconsider how it regulates the telecom industry.

## Damning Evidence

There's no shortage of evidence linking telecom devices to health problems in humans, according to the EHT's attorney Edward Myers.

"This evidence includes numerous peer-reviewed scientific studies showing that radiation from cell phones and cell phone towers and transmitters is associated with severe health effects in humans," he [told *Law & Crime*](<https://lawandcrime.com/administrative-law/scientists-sue-fcc-for-dismissing-claims-that-cell-phone-radiation-causes-cancer/>), "including cancer, DNA damage, damage to the reproductive organs, and brain damage (including memory problems)."

## Safety First

While the EHT seems convinced that cells phones harm human health — and that the evidence supports this conviction — the jury is still out for the scientific community at large.

The American Cancer Society, for one, said that studies on whether [cell phones cause tumors](<https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/radiation-exposure/cellular-phones.html>) have had "mixed results." The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, meanwhile, [wrote in 2017](<https://www.fda.gov/radiation-emitting-products/cell-phones/health-issues>) that "the weight of scientific evidence has not linked cell phones with any health problems."

Still, with 96 percent of Americans now [owning cell phones](<https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/mobile/>), it's vital that the FCC at least consider all credible evidence on the potential health impacts of the devices.

**READ MORE:** [Scientists Sue FCC for Dismissing Studies Linking Cell Phone Radiation to Cancer](<https://lawandcrime.com/administrative-law/scientists-sue-fcc-for-dismissing-claims-that-cell-phone-radiation-causes-cancer/>) \[*Law & Crime*\]

**More on cell phone radiation:** *[Your Cell Phone Could Cause Cancer — Under Very Specific Conditions](<https://futurism.com/neoscope/cell-phone-cancer-rats>)*

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinjhouser>)