Groups advocating wireless safety say they plan to protest...

Groups advocating wireless safety say they plan to protest Thursday outside FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s scheduled speeches in California’s Mountain View and Oakland. The groups, which include the California Brain Tumor Association and Stop Smart Meters!, are rallying to highlight perceived health risks related to wireless technology, as well as what they believe is a conflict of interest between Wheeler’s past as an industry lobbyist and his current role at the FCC. The groups claim Wheeler “has a long history of sabotaging and burying research unfavorable to the industry,” particularly research that claims cellphone use causes brain tumors. The groups seek Wheeler’s resignation from the FCC, health warnings on wireless devices and a ban on wireless radiation in public schools. The FCC declined to comment.