Over recent months, governments have increasingly acknowledged EMF-related health concerns and have taken stands to protect health. Three US Governors declared May 2009 "Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity
Awareness Month."

The Los Angeles Unified School District called for the return of state and local governments rights to limit antennas. The European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety voted overwhelmingly to recommend precautions be taken to protect human health with regard to mobile phones, Wi-Fi/Wi-Max, Bluetooth, DECT portable phones and cell towers.

The City Council of Portland, OR, asked its Congressional delegation to recommend that the FCC "work in cooperation with the FDA and other relevant federal agencies to revisit and update studies on potential health concerns arising from RF wireless emissions in light of the national proliferation of wireless use."

The LA County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to seek and support federal legislation that would repeal Section 704 of the Federal Telecommunication Act of 1996. The provision has prevented state and local governments from influencing the placement of telecommunications towers and antennas on health or environmental grounds.

A Queens, NY City Council Member has introduced a bill requiring; phone companies to give advance warning of their intent to install new antennas
before the permit is issued; the Buildings Department commissioner to establish rules for how and where antennas can be erected; and cell phone companies to demonstrate efforts to locate antennas in non-residential areas.

The US Fish & Wildlife Service issued a "Briefing Paper on the Need for Research into the Cumulative Impacts of Communications Towers on Migratory Birds
and Other Wildlife in the United States" (including crop pollinators, such as bees).

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