The Environmental Health Trust was founded in 2007 to identify and reduce environmental health hazards and promote a healthier environment by advancing critical research, education, and policy. EHT is the only nonprofit organization in the world that carries out cutting-edge research on environmental health hazards in addition to working directly with communities, health and education professionals, and policymakers to understand and mitigate these hazards. Past multi-media projects include local and national campaigns to ban smoking and asbestos; exploring high rates of fibroid tumors, breast cancer, and endometriosis in young African American women; and building environmental wellness programs to address the environmental impacts of energy development. EHT’s first decade of accomplishments featured expert appearances on CNN, citations in print news, and hearings before Congress. 

Founded by author and researcher Devra Davis, PhD, and Dr. Ronald Herberman of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI), EHT has grown to include a leadership team and scientific advisory board of respected researchers, doctors, engineers, and other pioneering scientists from around the globe, including: 

• EHT President Kent Chamberlin, PhD in Electrical Engineering, who also serves as the past chair and professor emeritus in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) 
• Vice President of Scientific Research and Clinical Affairs Robert R. Brown, MD, FACR, a board-certified diagnostic radiologist with a sub-specialization in musculoskeletal imaging 
• Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and General Counsel Joe Sandri, JD, who is a former co-president of FiberTower Corporation, which was a key player in 5G infrastructure development, and a legal and regulatory expert with over 30 years of experience in telecommunications, spectrum management, environmental research, and development and advocacy 

For the past several years, EHT has worked to increase focus on the issue of the harmful effects of wireless radiation and other electromagnetic fields. EHT scientists testified in congressional hearings on cell phone radiation in 2008 and 2009—the last hearings ever held at the federal level. Thousands of pages of evidence submitted to the FCC by the EHT team helped lead to a historic 2021 court decision in a lawsuit brought against the FCC by EHT and other groups. The court ruled that the FCC’s decision to retain its 1996 safety limits for human exposure to wireless radiation was “arbitrary and capricious.”  

EHT continues to conduct its own research into the effects of wireless technology on the environment and on human health, to shine a light on other consequential research, to assist policymakers in accessing key information to effect legislative change, and to support individuals and communities in their goals to improve human and environmental health.