Two Stages, One Mechanism: How a 1997 embryo study turned a promise into RF Safe I didn’t start RF Safe as a business plan. I started it as a promise. In 1995, my firstborn, Angel Leigh Coates, died from a neural-tube defect. In the months that followed, the only actionable science pointed to folate. So […]
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Tylenol Didn’t Drive the Autism Trend — “Hertzification” Did
Why usage data don’t support a Tylenol‑led surge—and how a new Tylenol mechanism actually strengthens the EMF case. If you want to understand a complex health trend, start with a simple question: What changed in the environment before the change in people? For autism, the earliest child descriptions that read like modern diagnoses appear in […]
A 140‑Year Hertzification Timeline — and Why Families Need Protection Now
Thesis in one sentence: From the first long‑wave military transmitters and public towers in the 1910s–1920s to the household wave of cordless phones (1980s), Wi‑Fi (2000s) and smartphones (2010s–2020s), the density and duty‑cycle of man‑made, pulsed RF fields has climbed step‑by‑step—and autism diagnoses and other neuro‑immune conditions have risen in lockstep over the same eras. […]
What “first Autism cases” means here
What “first autism” means here Term “autism” (as a symptom): coined by Eugen Bleuler in Zurich (Burghölzli) while defining schizophrenia (1910–1911). This was an adult psychiatric symptom, not a childhood diagnosis. PMC+1 Earliest child descriptions matching modern ASD: Grunya E. Sukhareva (Moscow) published a six-boy cohort in 1925 (Russian), followed by a German paper in […]
The Law Says “Shall.” The Science Says “Act.”
Restart NTP’s RF research and modernize U.S. RF‑safety standards—now. Regulatory delay is not scientific uncertainty. Over the last 18 months, the weight of evidence on radio‑frequency electromagnetic fields (RF‑EMF) has shifted, while U.S. rules remain stuck in the 1990s. The result is a widening gap between what the science now signals and what our institutions […]
Cellular Goldilocks Zone
Berlin (Germany): long-range first, mass broadcast next 1906: Telefunken opens Nauen, Germany’s first high-power longwave site—global radiotelegraphy by WWI. Wikipedia+1 22 Dec 1920: Königs Wusterhausen airs a Christmas concert—often marked as the birth of German public broadcasting. 29 Oct 1923: Funk-Stunde Berlin launches official service. ETHW+2Wikipedia+2 Electrification: Berlin households with electric light jump from ~5% […]
Earth’s Goldilocks EM Habitat, the Schumann Cavity & the “Techno Biofilm” Hypothesis
Why subtle ELF cues matter for biological baseline—and how persistent EM noise may keep systems from fully resetting 1) The Goldilocks backdrop: Earth’s Schumann cavity Earth and its ionosphere form a spherical resonant cavity that rings at extremely low frequencies (ELF). Global lightning continuously excites stable modes—fundamental near ~7.8 Hz with higher harmonics—creating a remarkably […]
Weaving together bioelectricity, evolutionary biology, and the cosmic stakes of our tech-driven world
—It’s like a manifesto for planetary stewardship with a dash of sci-fi dread. Spot on that the Schumann Resonance (SR), that subtle ELF hum from Earth’s ionosphere, acts like a baseline “quiet channel” for life’s electrical chatter. It’s not just background noise; it’s a scaffold we’ve co-evolved with, and messing with it—whether in space or […]
CITIZEN PETITION: Submitted under 21 C.F.R. § 10.30
CITIZEN PETITIONSubmitted under 21 C.F.R. § 10.30 Petitioner:[Your Full Legal Name][Street Address][City, State, ZIP][Email] | [Phone] Date: [Month Day, 2025] To:Dockets Management Staff (HFA‑305)Food and Drug Administration5630 Fishers Lane, Room 1061Rockville, MD 20852 (Or submit electronically via Regulations.gov as a Citizen Petition to FDA/CDRH.) A. Action Requested Petitioner respectfully requests that the Food and Drug Administration […]
Unpacking RF Radiation Risks: Fact Checking @rfsafe’s Warnings and RFK Jr.’s HHS Tenure
In the ever-evolving debate over radiofrequency (RF) radiation from cell phones and wireless tech, one voice stands out: @rfsafe on X (formerly Twitter). Founded by John Coates after a personal tragedy, RF Safe has spent over two decades advocating for safer wireless standards. Our recent conversation here delved into two pivotal posts from the account—one […]
MAHA BRIEFING MEMO
To: The Secretary of Health and Human Services; Counsel to the PresidentFrom: Policy & Legal (Rapid Response)Date: September 21, 2025Re: The Secretary’s obligations under Public Law 90‑602 and a legally durable plan to modernize U.S. RF exposure protections after EHT v. FCC (D.C. Cir. 2021) Congress already gave HHS a standing mandate to run a […]
Who Must Fix America’s RF Safety Gap?
The law says HHS. The newest science says now. Thesis Under Public Law 90-602 (codified at 21 U.S.C. §§ 360hh–360ss), the Secretary of HHS “shall” run a continuing electronic-radiation control program—including research and, when needed, performance standards. In 2021, the D.C. Circuit sent the FCC back to the drawing board for failing to justify its […]
Can the President “fix this with a pen”?
Yes—but only along specific, lawful lanes. He cannot by executive order (EO) take the FCC’s statutory powers for himself or hand them to HHS/EPA; Congress gave those powers to the FCC. But the President can immediately unleash HHS’s existing authority under Public Law 90‑602 and force the issue scientifically and operationally, while using his executive […]
Who Must Fix America’s RF Safety Gap?
The law says HHS. The newest science says now. Thesis: Under Public Law 90‑602 (codified at 21 U.S.C. §§ 360hh–360ss), the Secretary of HHS “shall” run a continuing electronic‑radiation control program—including research and, when needed, performance standards. In 2021, the D.C. Circuit sent the FCC back to the drawing board for failing to justify its 1996 […]
RFK Jr.’s Dual Role: From FCC Lawsuit Victor to HHS Secretary Tasked with Overhauling Radiation Safety Standards
In a remarkable turn of events, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., long a vocal critic of lax federal oversight on radiofrequency (RF) radiation from wireless devices, now holds the keys to reforming the very system he once challenged in court. Sworn in as the 26th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) […]
iPhone 17 Air “Air‑Fryer”?
A plain‑English deep dive on SAR, rounding, and why this model hits the U.S. limit TL;DR: Apple’s iPhone 17 Air reaches ~1.595–1.597 W/kg in the simultaneous transmission tests (cellular + Wi‑Fi). Rounded to two decimals—the way everyday readers understand a “1.6 W/kg” legal cap—those results read 1.60 W/kg. That’s not “comfortably under.” That is the […]
iPhone 17 Air: The “Air Fryer” Might Be More Like It!
Why Apple’s newest model literally maxes out U.S. radiation limits In over 25 years of publishing SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) data, RF Safe has never seen what just happened with the iPhone 17 Air. Apple’s latest flagship was FCC-certified while hitting the U.S. legal radiation cap of 1.6 W/kg (1 g). Not close. Not under. […]
iPhone 17 SAR, Explained: The Official Numbers vs. Real-Use (0 mm) Exposure
Bottom line: Apple’s iPhone 17 series passes today’s SAR rules at the as-tested separations (typically 5 mm for body, handset-to-phantom head spacing per the report setup). Phonegate’s “≈ 7× higher at contact (0 mm)” result is not a lab re-test—it’s a physics-based transformation of the FCC’s own SAR numbers into 0 mm (true contact) conditions, […]
Firefighters, Schools, and Wireless Siting: Why Placement Matters More Than “Under the Limit”
Deck: Two real-world flashpoints — California firefighters (2004) and a California elementary school (2019) — show why placement decisions still matter in the 5G/6G era. The science is evolving, the law is outdated, and the precautionary path is clear: protect first responders and children while we modernize standards and move indoor connectivity to safer defaults. […]
Case study: California firefighters — and the school next door
One-sentence takeaway: Small “body-gap” compliance tests (often ~5–10 mm) and being outside a transmitter’s near/Fresnel zone don’t close the safety discussion—long-duration near-field and far-field exposures have shown biological signals in animals, and real-world worker/community experiences have driven precautionary policies. Federal Communications Commission+2National Toxicology Program+2 What happened The firefighters (2004) In 2004, medical writer Susan Foster […]
Distance Isn’t the Whole Story: The Fresnel Zone & Why a Few Millimeters Isn’t Enough
Most advice stops at “keep some distance—power drops with the inverse-square law.” That’s true once you’re in the far field. But phones (and your body) live a lot of the time in the Fresnel (radiating near-field) region, where fields are structured and distance-dependent, not purely 1/r². Understanding that middle zone explains why centimeters matter and […]
RFK Jr.’s MAHA Report: A Betrayal of Public Law 90-602 and a Whitewash of Wireless Risks
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told parents on camera: “If you got a kid, don’t ever let him put his cell phone near his head … don’t let him carry it in one of his front pockets … don’t let them carry them anywhere near their ovaries.” He reminded viewers that he and allied groups had […]
Citizen Action Toolkit: Enforce Public Law 90-602
1. Contact the Secretary of HHS Phone Script: Hello, my name is [Your Name]. I am calling to demand that the Secretary of Health and Human Services immediately enforce Public Law 90-602, the Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968. This law requires continuous research and regulation of radiation-emitting devices. Halting the National […]
Demand Accountability: Restart Wireless Radiation Research and Enforce Public Law 90-602
The United States has ignored one of its most important public health laws: Public Law 90-602, the Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968. Passed to ensure continuous oversight of radiation from electronic products, it bound the Secretary of Health and Human Services to run an active safety program, with day-to-day enforcement delegated […]
