🚨 Action Alert 5/21/26
FCC Still Ignoring Court Order on RF Radiation Guidelines
In 2021, a Federal court ruled the FCC's decision to keep its 30-year-old Radio Frequency radiation exposure guidelines was arbitrary and capricious — and ordered a review. The FCC still hasn't complied.
On May 18, 2026, Children's Health Defense and co-petitioners filed a Petition for a Writ of Mandamus to force the FCC to act. Tens of thousands of peer-reviewed studies show harm from wireless radiation at levels below current FCC limits — yet local governments are barred from regulating cell tower placement on health grounds, and the wireless industry faces no liability.
🚨Take Action: Demand that President Trump, Congress, and FCC Commissioners halt wireless infrastructure expansion until the FCC complies with the court order and updates its RF exposure guidelines. Take 30 seconds to fill out the form to demand that safety comes before convenience. Cell towers do not belong next to homes.
What This Means for Nevada County Residents
Your Health: Decades of peer-reviewed research links wireless radiation to immune stress, sleep disruption, neurological harm, DNA damage, fertility problems, and increased cancer risk — often at levels well below current FCC limits.
Your Home's Value: Studies show proximity to a visible cell tower or 5G antenna can reduce property values by up to 20%.
Your Voice: Proposed federal "streamlining" of cell tower permitting would eliminate public notice and hearings, auto-approve towers after 150 days, and strip away existing community protections.
New Towers and 5G Antennas Headed Your Way — Here's Why
Despite comprehensive legal and technical guidance, the Nevada County Board of Supervisors passed a Communications Facilities Ordinance on April 14th that deliberately waived protections they had every legal right to enforce. What it means for your community and what you can do: NEW BLOG
