Robert F. Kennedy Jr. campaigned passionately, promising to dismantle corporate capture and protect our children from harmful industries. Now, as Secretary of Health and Human Services, he has officially taken his place inside the very system he vowed to reform. The outsider has become the gatekeeper.
Yet, his first notable act isn’t confronting corporate interests directly, but instead banning children from using cell phones in schools. On the surface, this might seem responsible, but history shows this tactic clearly: it’s a proven distraction from the real issue.
Big Tobacco’s Playbook: A 100-Year Delay
In the 1880s, states banned minors from purchasing tobacco. The tobacco industry happily agreed—it made them appear responsible without impacting their profits. However, the government didn’t explicitly warn the public about cancer until 1985, one hundred years later. During that century, over 100 million lives were lost because regulators delayed confronting the truth.
Kennedy’s ban on children’s phones repeats this mistake. It distracts us from the towers broadcasting radiation nonstop near schools—towers we can’t legally oppose due to the 1996 Telecommunications Act’s Section 704, an unconstitutional law passed in a corrupt political era.
1996: The Year Corruption Triumphed
In 1996, under President Bill Clinton—when Jeffrey Epstein visited the White House 17 times—the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had its authority over radiation safety stripped away and handed to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Unlike the EPA, the FCC has no medical professionals or scientific expertise in public health, yet it controls radiation safety standards for wireless technology.
The standards set in 1996 remain unchanged today—outdated, based only on thermal effects, ignoring decades of research showing biological harm. This regulatory capture is blatant fraud, and our children are paying the price.
Public Law 90-602: Enforcing Protection, Not Ignoring It
RFK Jr. now heads HHS, the agency explicitly charged under Public Law 90-602 to:
- Fund ongoing research into radiation hazards.
- Update public safety standards as new science emerges.
- Inform the public clearly and officially about health risks.
But the Biden-Harris administration cut off funding to the National Toxicology Program (NTP), which found clear evidence of cancer from wireless radiation. Secretary Kennedy has done nothing yet to reverse this. Each day of inaction violates federal law and directly endangers children nationwide.
My Family’s Tragic Loss and Ongoing Risk
My first daughter, Angel Leigh Coates, lost her life because the government hid the truth and failed its responsibility. Today, her sister, my only surviving child, Melanie, attends a school just 465 feet from a cell tower—one-third of the safe distance recommended by independent experts like the BioInitiative Report.
Kennedy’s response? Restrict Melanie’s use of a phone rather than move the tower away from her school. This isn’t leadership; it’s a betrayal.
Real Solutions: Li-Fi and True Corporate Accountability
Banning kids from using phones doesn’t solve the root problem—the harmful wireless infrastructure itself. Real solutions require forcing corporations to produce safe technology from the start. Government mandates should require:
- Li-Fi-compatible devices, replacing harmful wireless radiation with safe, high-speed, light-based communication.
- Li-Fi systems in schools, public spaces, and transportation.
- Immediate restoration of funding to the NTP and a transfer of radiation safety regulatory authority back to the EPA, staffed by medical and scientific experts, not telecom lobbyists.
We should not be managing when children can use unsafe technology. We should mandate safe technology that children can use anytime without risk.
Secretary Kennedy’s Choice
Kennedy promised to be a liberator from corporate corruption. Now he stands at the heart of the government, with the power—and legal obligation—to enforce change. He can:
- Restore funding to critical research.
- Enforce Public Law 90-602.
- Transfer radiation regulation back to the EPA.
- Repeal Section 704 and empower communities to protect children.
Or, he can keep following the tobacco industry’s playbook, delaying accountability, distracting the public, and sacrificing millions more lives to protect corporate interests.
A Parent’s Plea—Enough Is Enough
My daughter Angel paid the ultimate price. Melanie and millions of other children still at risk cannot wait a hundred years for the truth. Secretary Kennedy, you prayed for these children. Now it’s your responsibility to protect them.
You have become the system you vowed to dismantle. Choose wisely. Protect our children, enforce the law, and tell the truth. Our children deserve nothing less.
