FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trump’s “Make America Healthy Again Commission” Recognizes Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) as a Public Health Threat

For the first time in U.S. history, electromagnetic radiation (EMR) has been officially acknowledged in a federal investigation into America’s worsening chronic disease crisis, following President Donald J. Trump’s “Make America Healthy Again” executive order, signed on February 13, 2025.

The President’s Make America Healthy Again Commission has been tasked with studying the potential causes of chronic disease and health disorders in American children, and electromagnetic radiation is explicitly named among the environmental factors under investigation.

This groundbreaking recognition confirms what independent researchers, including RF Safe founder John Coates, have been warning about for decades: that FCC guidelines on EMR exposure are fraudulent and dangerously inadequate. Yet, government agencies and telecom companies have ignored the science for nearly 30 years.

Electromagnetic Radiation and America’s Health Crisis

Under Section 4(a) of the Executive Order, the Commission has been directed to investigate electromagnetic radiation alongside other toxic agents and government policies as potential contributors to childhood chronic diseases, including autism spectrum disorder, asthma, autoimmune disorders, and ADHD.

RF Safe’s John Coates stresses that this moment represents a turning point:

“For decades, the government has ignored the overwhelming evidence that non-thermal exposure to wireless radiation affects biological systems. The FCC, which has no medical expertise, set fraudulent guidelines in 1996 that completely disregarded research showing DNA damage and biological harm.”

Research ignored by FCC in 1996 includes:

✅ CTIA’s $25 million study – Commissioned by the wireless industry itself, this study provided evidence of biological harm.
✅ Dr. Henry Lai (1990s) – Showed that low-level EMR exposure causes DNA damage.
✅ Dr. Robert Becker – Pioneered research on the effects of electromagnetic fields on health.
✅ Dr. Arthur Guy (Air Force, 1984) – Conducted extensive military studies on EMR exposure.

Despite these findings, the EPA’s research into wireless radiation was defunded in direct violation of Public Law 90-602 (Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968), when regulatory control was handed over to the FCC—an agency with no medical oversight.

The National Toxicology Program (NTP) later conducted a multi-year, 30 million-dollar study that found “clear evidence” of cancer risk from EMR. Yet after publishing these results, the program was defunded in 2024, halting critical research on wireless radiation health risks.

RFK Jr. and the Legal Victory That Proved FCC Guidelines Were Fraudulent

The FCC’s safety limits on wireless radiation were officially proven inadequate when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Environmental Health Trust (EHT) won a landmark case against the FCC in 2021. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that the FCC failed to address evidence of non-thermal biological effects, including:

✅ DNA damage
✅ Oxidative stress and inflammation
✅ Neurodevelopmental disorders and cognitive decline
✅ Reproductive harm

Despite this legal victory proving that FCC guidelines do not protect public health, no corrective action was taken. Instead, when the National Toxicology Program (NTP) later confirmed “clear evidence” of cancer risk from wireless radiation, its funding was suddenly terminated, preventing further research from continuing. Another direct violation of Public Law 90-602

“The fact that the FCC lost a case proving its guidelines are fraudulent—and yet the government still refuses to act—is beyond reckless,” says Coates. “We now have a presidential commission investigating EMR, but unless we remove unconstitutional policies like Section 704 of the Telecommunications Act, local communities will remain powerless to protect their families from chronic illness.”

Outdated, Unconstitutional Laws Have Trapped Americans in a Radiation-Exposed Environment

📌 Section 704 of the 1996 Telecommunications Act – Signed by Bill Clinton the same year as the FCC’s fraudulent guidelines, this law makes it illegal for local governments or citizens to protest the placement of cell towers based on microwave radiation health concerns, even when studies confirm biological harm. As long as a tower complies with the FCC’s unsafe exposure limits, its health effects cannot even be considered for disputing the cell tower’s location to children—a clear violation of the First and Tenth Amendments.

📌No Minimum Safe Distance for Schools – According to the BioInitiative Report, over 1,500 scientific studies recommend a minimum 1,500-foot (500-meter) distance between schools and cell towers. However, Coates’ seven-year-old daughter’s school desk sits less than 500 feet from a cell tower, exposing her and millions of other children in America to chronic microwave radiation exposure.

“These unconstitutional policies have made it impossible for parents to protect their children from constant radiation exposure,” says Coates. “The same year they made it illegal to challenge cell tower placement based on electromagnetic radiation health effects, they installed fraudulent FCC guidelines that ignored all biological research on non-thermal EMR exposure. This must be overturned.”

Key Findings That Challenge Conventional RF Exposure Thinking:

• Microwave-Induced ROS Peaks at 1 Hour: A 2023 study on microwave exposure in hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells found that reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels peaked at 1 hour of exposure but were no longer evident after 3 hours. This suggests that biological damage may be highest in the short term, before adaptive responses can mitigate the stress.
• The Four-Hour Effect in Sperm Study: In male rats, 4-hour exposure to 2.45 GHz Wi-Fi radiation caused the most severe damage to sperm quality, while longer exposure (8-24 hours) resulted in partial or near-complete recovery due to adaptive cellular responses.
• NTP Study on Nonlinear RF Dose-Response: The NTP’s research found that RF radiation can cause biological effects even at low SAR levels and that these effects do not necessarily follow a simple dose-response model. Lower doses caused greater biological impact than higher doses, indicating nonlinear non-thermal effects at play.

Children at Risk

Coates highlights the plight of his own daughter, who attends a school with a cell tower only 465 feet away—far below the BioInitiative Report’s recommended safe distance of 1,500 feet:

“We have known for years that proximity to high-powered transmitters heightens exposure levels. Kids should never be in such close range, especially when their developing bodies and brains make them more vulnerable.”

Call for Regulatory Reforms and Technological Solutions

RF Safe urges a systemic overhaul comparable to regulating the automotive industry’s shift to stricter emissions standards.

The Make America Healthy Again Commission presents a rare opportunity to demand meaningful reforms. Just as the automotive industry was required to reduce toxic hydrocarbon emissions, the wireless industry must be mandated to reduce toxic microwave emissions:

🔹 Mandating Li-Fi for Indoor Wireless Connectivity – Light-based communication (Li-Fi) can replace hazardous microwave radiation indoors, where people spend most of their lives.

🔹 Transitioning to Space-Based Broadband – Direct-to-cell and space-based networks can relocate high-power transmitters away from residential areas—significantly reducing the need for densely placed terrestrial towers that create chronic exposure to harmful microwave radiation.

🔹 Enforce Public Law 90-602 – The government must restore funding to the National Toxicology Program and require continuous safety research on wireless radiation exposure.

“We need to update safety standards and ensure our children are protected as technology evolves,” says Coates.  “Chronic RF exposure is an escalating public health issue, and we must act with the same urgency we’ve shown in other industries to control dangerous emissions.”

The Fight for Safe Technology Begins Now

For the first time, a federal commission will investigate electromagnetic radiation’s role in America’s health crisis, thanks to the explicit mention of EMR in President Trump’s executive order. However, acknowledgment alone is not enough. Americans must demand action:

✅ Repeal Section 704 of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, restoring the right to challenge harmful cell tower placements.
✅ Update the FCC’s fraudulent guidelines to include non-thermal biological effects of EMR.
✅ Mandate safer wireless alternatives like Li-Fi and space-based broadband to minimize RF exposure.

“The chronic disease epidemic in America will never be solved without addressing electromagnetic radiation exposure,” Coates warns. “This is just the beginning of a fight to reclaim our health and our rights.”

About RF Safe

Founded in 1998 by John Coates, RF Safe is a global leader in electromagnetic radiation safety solutions. The company was founded after a 1997 study linked electromagnetic radiation exposure to neural tube defects—the birth defect that took the life of Coates’ firstborn daughter shortly after birth in 1995. Determined to prevent others from suffering such an environmental tragedy, Coates dedicated the last 30 years of his life to researching and mitigating the dangers of RF exposure.

RF Safe provides cutting-edge research, advocacy, and technology to reduce EMR exposure

✅ Research-backed solutions for reducing wireless exposure

RF Safe’s innovations go beyond technology to reduce EMR exposure—they are transitioning us from the “Microwave Age” to the “Light Age.”

Coates is the inventor of a revolutionary Li-Fi system with bio-defense mode, patented under US11700058B2. This far-UV light communication system demonstrates how wireless data can be transmitted without harmful microwave radiation, offering:

✅ Higher data speeds than traditional Wi-Fi
✅ Radiation-free indoor connectivity
✅ Bioelectric integrity protection

“This shift to light-based communication is, I believe, one of the most important leaps humanity can make,” says Coates. “By embracing Li-Fi, photonic networks, and even carefully managed far-UV for disinfection, we stand to gain not just faster connectivity but true harmony with our biology. Still, to fully realize this vision, we must first repeal Section 704—only then can local communities reclaim their rights, scientific debate can thrive, and the path to the Light Age will be upon us.”

For press inquiries, please contact:
📞 John Coates
Founder, RF Safe
Phone: (727) 610-1188