Describes electromagnetic sensitivity among people with ME/CFS, reports personal phone-related head pain,…

HHS public comment #3444 · HHS-OASH-2026-0397 · 2026-10-17

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Describes electromagnetic sensitivity among people with ME/CFS, reports personal phone-related head pain, and recounts another person's need for shielded shelter.

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I help to run a registered charity for people suffering from the illness M.E. (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis), in England, UK.

Electromagnetic sensitivity including wifi is not uncommon as a co-morbidity with ME/CFS. Multiple Chemical Sensitivity appears to be more common as a co-morbidity with ME/CFS sufferers.

I know personally of two M.E. sufferers who cannot use mobile phones and react badly to other electrical products, e.g. televisions.

I myself cannot use a mobile phone unless I use shielding for my head, otherwise the pain I experience is like being hit on the head with a hammer.

I know of a lady who does not have M.E., but she is extremely electrically sensitive, especially to mobile phone masts. At times she is so ill that she has to live in a shielded hut in a garden.

submitted by Mrs. Catherine Ashenfelter, The Grace Charity for M.E., Kent, England, UK

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