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WPCNR WHITE PLAINS LAW JOURNAL. Special to WPCNR from Children’s Health Defense WASHINGTON, DC—JAN. 26, 2021—

Today at 5 p.m. EST, Children’s Health Defense (CHD) will hold a press conference regarding the oral arguments yesterday in its landmark case against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. 

During yesterday’s hearing, the honorable Judge Henderson, a chemical engineer by training, told the FCC, “I am inclined to rule against you.”

The honorable Judge Patricia Millet consistently pushed the FCC to answer why the FCC and/or the U.S. Food and Drug Administration didn’t review the evidence on non-cancer effects of wireless technology; why they addressed only cell phones when there is evidence on effects from various other devices and infrastructure; and why they didn’t address the cumulative effects from the chronic exposure for numerous devices.

“This is a landmark case and it is of the utmost importance to Children’s Health Defense, which works relentlessly to eliminate the epidemic of sickness in children,” said the CHD’s Chairman Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. 

“The overwhelming experimental and human evidence which the FCC has ignored leaves no doubt that wireless technology is a major contributory factor to this epidemic. The FCC has shown that its chief interest is protecting the telecom industry and maximizing its profits. Its position, as put forward in its brief, and as we saw today in court, is simply indefensible.”

CHD’s case challenges the FCC’s refusal to review its 25-year-old obsolete wireless “health guidelines” and to adopt scientific, biologically based radio frequency emissions rules that adequately protect public health from wireless devices and infrastructure, including 5G. The petitioners filed 11,000 pages of evidence. 

Children’s Health Defense and the Environmental Health Trust (EHT) filed separate cases against the FCC, but filed joint briefs. While EHT has been represented by attorney Ed Meyers, because of a court decision that only one attorney would be allowed to present in the Oral Arguments, Scott McCollough, CHD’s attorney, argued for both CHD and EHT Petitioners. 

Today’s press conference speakers include: Robert F Kennedy, Jr., CHD’s chairman and co-counsel in the case; Scott W. McCollough, CHD’s attorney; Dafna Tachover, attorney and CHD’s director of the 5G and Wireless Harm Project who spearheaded the lawsuit.

WPCNR SCHOOL DAYS. By John F. Bailey. January 26, 2021:

The White Plains Schools continue to monitor students closely to evaluate whether the combination of 2 days of classroom and three days of remote learning is effective in teaching students the skill advancement that earns them advancement to the next grade.

The District is applying to have schools become vaccination hubs to facilitate vaccinations of staff and public to get all staff and teachers vaccinated to reopen schools fulltime in spring and summer (for “robust” summer school, if needed).

WPCNR asked : “Do you have schools being vaccinated  where entire staff populations at a time, or is it “shotgun,” meaning no school would be completely vaccinated. All teachers and staff are eligible for vaccination, right, so there should be no vaccination delay except for the supply?”

Dr. Ricca gave WPCNR this statement:

At present, our faculty/staff are being vaccinated through the 1B phase opportunities offered by the State. We are working with the County/State to (hopefully) become a vaccination hub. We are ready to assume that role, if allowed. As you mention, supply (from the federal level) has been the initial challenge.

I queried about the effectiveness of this school year instruction:

“How will level of proficiency of students in each grade be determined as deciding whether every grade automatically advances to their next year or be held back? What academic measurements will be used? Or is the current thoughts are that next year will be a substantial review year or perhaps a summer school for students not being up to standard?

Dr. Ricca outlined the plan:

“Despite the pandemic, we continue to assess and monitor our students’ growth and progress as in the past. Depending upon the grade level, different assessments/bench marking programs are used.

While there are certainly challenges associated with the format of the in-person experience and dealing with the pandemic, our children continue to progress. We plan to offer a robust summer opportunity to our children.

Additionally, as soon as we are able to return in-person, every day, our professional staff will continue to assess student growth and support our children where needed.

Grading and expectations for student engagement have not been substantially altered this academic year. Still, we know that our children will need supports – everything from social/emotional to academic.

We will be ready to give that support.