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#2081A disabled veteran reports bodily sensations attributed to nearby GWEN towers and requests investigation.by George Benavides » 2026-10-26
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A disabled veteran reports bodily sensations attributed to nearby GWEN towers and requests investigation.

  • Towers & siting: Hope this is investigated soon. I live about five hundred yards from a Gwen tower and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs has been in
  • Research & federal duties: of electromagnetic frequencies is enormous. Hope this is investigated soon. I live about five hundred yards from a Gwen tower and the Unite

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As a disabled veteran living in New Braunfels Texas I’ve been experiencing more electromagnetic frequencies all over my body to include under my skin. It’s seems as a small town the more Gwen towers we’re put up in this small town the electromagnetic frequencies I’ve. been it’s not a smart city but still the excessive amount of electromagnetic frequencies is enormous.

Hope this is investigated soon. I live about five hundred yards from a Gwen tower and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs has been informed.

#2082Reports a family member's severe physical and social limitations attributed to EMFs and asks that the pro…by Anonymous Anonymous » 2026-10-26
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Reports a family member's severe physical and social limitations attributed to EMFs and asks that the problem be addressed.

  • Housing, work & access barriers: has been adversely affected by EMFs. She is unable to travel, interact in public or cope with serious physical problems. This is a serious proble

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I have a family member who is tragically affected by EMFs. She is unable to travel or be a part of society where radiation affects her life.

I have a family member whose life has been adversely affected by EMFs. She is unable to travel, interact in public or cope with serious physical problems.

This is a serious problem that must be addressed.

#2084Reports lifelong electrosensitivity, loss of career and home and extensive avoidance measures; calls for …by Anonymous Anonymous » 2026-10-26
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Reports lifelong electrosensitivity, loss of career and home and extensive avoidance measures; calls for independent research, stronger standards and recognition of affected people's rights.

  • Electromagnetic sensitivity: ing as an "individual consumer" who has been electro-sensitive most, if not all, of my life. When I was 6 years old, I notice
  • Housing, work & access barriers: oing so. In the end, I had no choice but to give up my career, friends and home. I found out later that less than a year before I "crashed" (an
  • Neurological symptoms & sleep: yond my threshold of tolerance leave me with headaches, malaise and, worst of all, whole-body "crashing sensations". T
  • Research & federal duties: on the health effects of EMFs, findings from research done by or paid for by profit-driven industries of individuals must be removed from the database. Until then, o
  • Exposure limits & oversight: in skewed in favor of industry interests. * Safety standards in the United States (and many other countries) are woefully inadequate and need to a

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In response to: "Public Experiences and Reported Potential Adverse Health Effects" 10/14/26 To Secretary Kennedy and HHS Staff, Thank you for this opportunity. I am writing as an "individual consumer" who has been electro-sensitive most, if not all, of my life. When I was 6 years old, I notice that the fluorescent lights in my first grade classroom made me feel unwell, and that they made it difficult for me to concentrate. Over time, I noticed other things that bothered me, including TVs and computers. Nonetheless, up through young adulthood, I managed to avoid or endure what I needed to most for the time, and was able to live a more or less normal life. A big turning point for me came in 1998, when I was 41 years old. At that time, I began to feel ill most of the time, and became unable to function normally or even to 'fake' doing so. In the end, I had no choice but to give up my career, friends and home. I found out later that less than a year before I "crashed" (and moved to a rural area), cell towers had been installed in my old community. As wireless technology has proliferated (cell phones, cell towers, wi-fi, smart-phones, smart-meters, smart watches, etc.), my life has become more painful, challenging and restricted. I now live in near-isolation as an environmental refugee. Exposures to microwaves beyond my threshold of tolerance leave me with headaches, malaise and, worst of all, whole-body "crashing sensations". These episodes last between 2 1/2 and 3 hrs. For me, avoidance is imperative and constitutes a near-full-time job. To survive in today's high microwave environment, I had "low-E" windows installed in my home, wear metalized clothing when outdoors and avoid all contact with humans, unless they have agreed to accommodate me ahead of time, such as "no cell phones". These measures have worked well at preventing my worst symptoms, most of the time, but of course they only reduce exposures, they don't eliminate them. I am one of many who struggle with EMFs, but you will not hear from most of us. Many of use can't use computers or smart phones. I had to arrange for help getting this to you and nearly gave up on doing so. It is also a fact that a…

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#2085Attributes chronic pain and migraines in part to EMFs.by Anonymous Anonymous » 2026-10-26
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Attributes chronic pain and migraines in part to EMFs.

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I believe that EMFs have affected me negatively and contributed to my chronic pain and migraines.

#2086Reports behavioral and mental-health changes in someone living near a tower after a 4G-to-5G upgrade.by Anonymous Anonymous » 2026-10-26
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Reports behavioral and mental-health changes in someone living near a tower after a 4G-to-5G upgrade.

  • Towers & siting: e first part of this year. As soon as it got upgraded from 4g to 5g the guy completely lost his mind. Didn't act right after that st
  • Neurological symptoms & sleep: ind. Didn't act right after that stated have mental health issues.

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I had to deal with a guy that lived next to a cellphone tower last year and the first part of this year. As soon as it got upgraded from 4g to 5g the guy completely lost his mind. Didn't act right after that stated have mental health issues.

#2087Reports behavioral and mental-health changes in someone living near a tower after a 4G-to-5G upgrade.by Anonymous Anonymous » 2026-10-26
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Reports behavioral and mental-health changes in someone living near a tower after a 4G-to-5G upgrade.

  • Towers & siting: e first part of this year. As soon as it got upgraded from 4g to 5g the guy completely lost his mind. Didn't act right after that st
  • Neurological symptoms & sleep: ind. Didn't act right after that stated have mental health issues.

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I had to deal with a guy that lived next to a cellphone tower last year and the first part of this year. As soon as it got upgraded from 4g to 5g the guy completely lost his mind. Didn't act right after that stated have mental health issues.

#2088Suggests that some frequencies can be weaponized to damage cells and others used for healing.by Dawn Sun Tzu » 2026-10-26
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Suggests that some frequencies can be weaponized to damage cells and others used for healing.

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Some of these frequencies can be weaponized and cause damage to the cells in the body and brain. Some frequencies can be used for healing. - dawn sun tzu

#2089Reports a recurring breast lump associated with resting a phone nearby and a child's sleep changes during…by Anonymous Anonymous » 2026-10-26
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Reports a recurring breast lump associated with resting a phone nearby and a child's sleep changes during phone use, and describes reducing use.

  • Other concerns: some time using my phone at night, I found a hard lump in my right breast. That would become painful from time to time. I couldn't figure
  • Children & vulnerable groups: and can sleep and the second I grab my phone my daughter starts moving and getting upset in her sleep.
  • Neurological symptoms & sleep: daughter starts moving and getting upset in her sleep.

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After some time using my phone at night, I found a hard lump in my right breast. That would become painful from time to time. I couldn't figure out why, because I live pretty clean life (at least I try). And once a realized that usually when I use my phone at night it technically rest on my right breast because I lay on my side. And stopped doing that and within couple of weeks it was gone. And I wasn't sure if that truly was my phone. But when I had insomnia again and was using my phone next to my eight breast for some time, the lump came back. So I completely stop using my phone next to my breast and had no issues since. Also, just I am trying to minimize my phone time since there's clearly a correlation. I even noticed the days I wake up at night and can sleep and the second I grab my phone my daughter starts moving and getting upset in her sleep.

#2090Describes acquaintances with reported electromagnetic hypersensitivity, symptoms and isolation, and reque…by Anonymous Anonymous » 2026-10-26
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Describes acquaintances with reported electromagnetic hypersensitivity, symptoms and isolation, and requests emission controls and warnings.

  • Electromagnetic sensitivity: research conclusively found out that she was hypersensitive to electric magnetic frequencies. A strange as that sounds, she found that when she isolated hers
  • Neurological symptoms & sleep: a few years. She couldn't think straight had trouble sleeping her heart, flattered, and occasionally had cramps and was tired
  • Housing, work & access barriers: e similar malady. He even asked if he could sleep in my tool shed way in the back of my yard. That's desperation! It would be good
  • Exposure limits & oversight: peration! It would be good if there could be some type of control on this electromagnetic frequency being admitted by these device

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I had a friend who suffered from strange symptoms for quite a few years. She couldn't think straight had trouble sleeping her heart, flattered, and occasionally had cramps and was tired all the time. After deep investigation and testing many different things and seeing doctors, a research conclusively found out that she was hypersensitive to electric magnetic frequencies. A strange as that sounds, she found that when she isolated herself out in the woods away from the devices that emit these frequencies, her symptoms abated. The last year we met a neighbor that moved in to the neighborhood, and after some canceled discussion found out that he too suffered from the similar malady. He even asked if he could sleep in my tool shed way in the back of my yard. That's desperation! It would be good if there could be some type of control on this electromagnetic frequency being admitted by these devices, in addition to having warnings on them for people who are not able to research and find out what's causing their symptoms.

#2091Reports coughing and headaches associated with workplace towers, plans to vacate the space, and requests …by Deborah Campbell » 2026-10-26
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Reports coughing and headaches associated with workplace towers, plans to vacate the space, and requests research with concern for a neighboring school.

  • Occupational exposure: ed to the numerous towers with the 5G and 6G surrounding our office in the Manor Shopping Center there is 6 total. The shopping cent
  • Towers & siting: th my lungs and do think it’s related to the numerous towers with the 5G and 6G surrounding our office in the Manor Shopping
  • Neurological symptoms & sleep: aryland in the last 4 years. At times I have unexplained headaches and am a healthy person. I have had to be on various medicine wi
  • Children & vulnerable groups: mediately is Jacksonville elementary school. Hope it’s not affecting the kids Gratefully, Deborah Campbell
  • Research & federal duties: 3421 Sweet Air Road Phoenix, Maryland 21131 Please research and it’s a wonderful area to test unfortunately next door immedi

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I have developed a persistent cough since I work in Phoenix, Maryland in the last 4 years. At times I have unexplained headaches and am a healthy person. I have had to be on various medicine without explanation what’s going on with my lungs and do think it’s related to the numerous towers with the 5G and 6G surrounding our office in the Manor Shopping Center there is 6 total. The shopping center is owned by a lawyer named Tritt Farley, I will be vacating my space intent in end of November unfortunately to not work near them.

Manor Shopping Center

3421 Sweet Air Road

Phoenix, Maryland 21131

Please research and it’s a wonderful area to test unfortunately next door immediately is Jacksonville elementary school. Hope it’s not affecting the kids

Gratefully, Deborah Campbell

#2092Reports a sister's palpitations, brain fog, sleeplessness, cramps and isolation attributed to radiation e…by Anonymous Anonymous » 2026-10-26
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Reports a sister's palpitations, brain fog, sleeplessness, cramps and isolation attributed to radiation exposure.

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My sister’s life has been severely impacted from exposure to radiation.

She suffers from many negative side effects, including heart palpitations, cramping in her feet and hands, brain fog, sleeplessness, cramping in her legs and fatigue. She is forced to isolate to survive in this world.

#2094The attached file is an account of the series of events that occurred after a smart meter installation on…by Anonymous Anonymous » 2026-10-26
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The attached file is an account of the series of events that occurred after a smart meter installation on our home on November 30, 2015.

Thank you for your attention to this very significant matter regarding the harms associated with non-ionizing radiation.

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#2095Reports severe RF-associated pain and suspected underlying neurological vulnerabilities, describes barrie…by Tove Kristine Jensen » 2026-10-26
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Reports severe RF-associated pain and suspected underlying neurological vulnerabilities, describes barriers to medical care, and requests research, recognition and wired clinical accommodations.

  • Electromagnetic sensitivity: ndependent of thermal heating. 2. De-couple EMF sensitivity from psychosomatics and investigate underlying organic vulnerabi
  • Neurological symptoms & sleep: ignals. I cannot hold a mobile phone without immediate, shooting nerve pain. My pain fluctuates heavily based on external signals: • The 5G
  • Smart meters: Impact and Technical Mapping In autumn 2018, a smart meter was installed in my small rented home, causing my symptoms to escalate violent
  • Housing, work & access barriers: ganic vulnerabilities. 3. Mandate analogue, radiation-free examination spaces and wired medical device programming options. Regards, Tove Kri
  • Exposure limits & oversight: ld European citizen (Norway) documenting how current thermal safety guidelines (ICNIRP) fail to protect individuals with compromised or hyperse
  • Research & federal duties: uple EMF sensitivity from psychosomatics and investigate underlying organic vulnerabilities. 3. Mandate analogue, radiation-free examination spaces and wir

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I am a 57-year-old European citizen (Norway) documenting how current thermal safety guidelines (ICNIRP) fail to protect individuals with compromised or hypersensitive central nervous systems due to underlying physical vulnerabilities. 1. Case History and Suspected Physical Causes Since my 20s, I suffered from frequent headaches. My family has long owned a cabin in one of the heaviest tick-infested coastal regions in Telemark, Norway, and I strongly suspect that the root cause of my broken "nerve filter" is chronic, untreated Neuroborreliosis (Lyme disease). While a hospital record from 2021 documents positive Borrelia IgG antibodies, an official neurological diagnosis is pending. I also have structural nerve vulnerability originating from a childhood fall that left my nasal bone crooked, followed by three complex sinus surgeries with substantial scar tissue. This structural trauma likely affects my right ear, which suffers from chronic pain and significant hearing loss. Because of these suspected infections and physical traumas, my nerve pathways have lost their structural insulation, creating severe central sensitization. 2. Environmental Impact and Technical Mapping In autumn 2018, a smart meter was installed in my small rented home, causing my symptoms to escalate violently overnight. This drove me to search for answers; some of the first experts I listened to were Dr. Devra Davis and Jeromy Johnson in their TED Talks, and since then, I have studied many independent researchers. Today, my body registers ambient RF/EMF microwave fields as immediate, excruciating physical pain waves. To avoid pain, I must constantly navigate life to completely bypass locations with the strongest wireless signals. I cannot hold a mobile phone without immediate, shooting nerve pain. My pain fluctuates heavily based on external signals: • The 5G Impact: The rollout of 5G signals inflicts noticeably more intense pain, and it takes several days of total isolation for my nerve tissue inflammation to recover. • Objective Technical Mapping: To verify my environment, my father—a telecommunications civil engineer—provided me with a TES-92 Electrosmog Meter and helped me systematically…

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#2096Asks HHS to collect historical military medical records and studies concerning RF and microwave effects o…by Anonymous Anonymous » 2026-10-26
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Asks HHS to collect historical military medical records and studies concerning RF and microwave effects on soldiers.

  • Research & federal duties: ds of the us government. It is your agencies responsibility to collect it. And this comment is notice.
  • Occupational exposure: military after the wwii era and the us army effects on soldiers of ionizing and radio frequency transmission and microwave radia

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Please look at the us army 1940-1955 medical command as well as field manuals discussion of the effects of known radio frequency at 1000 mhz and lower affect on white blood cell counts. As well as other health effects. The information is available and the microwave signal strength. The FCA is a commercial congressional committee that has ignored the medical data provided by the us military after the wwii era and the us army effects on soldiers of ionizing and radio frequency transmission and microwave radiation.

Included is the Cold War veterans in in 1968 Germany following the invasion of the Czech Republic.

All of which was declassified in 2012. The data is in the hands of the us government. It is your agencies responsibility to collect it. And this comment is notice.

#2097Reports longstanding headaches near wireless sources, relocation, wired-home adaptations and costly meter…by Kathy Gaston » 2026-10-26
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Reports longstanding headaches near wireless sources, relocation, wired-home adaptations and costly meter relocation, and supports further HHS research.

  • Neurological symptoms & sleep: in a city surrounded by towers, I lived with headaches every day and night. So I had to move to a place in a tiny village where I had no ce
  • Housing, work & access barriers: ved with headaches every day and night. So I had to move to a place in a tiny village where I had no cell phone service i
  • Smart meters: ing it. I had to pay thousands of dollars to remove the smart meter from the side of my home (the utility company refused my request
  • Wi-Fi & indoor exposure: rience problems with EMFs, RF Radiation, and WI-FI. I discovered these as the source of my headaches about eighteen
  • Li-Fi, fiber & alternatives: computer and Internet, not WI-FI, and I have hard wired phones, no walk-around phones. I also have no microwave. I do own a cel
  • Research & federal duties: ther potentially vulnerable populations, and establish appropriate federal research priorities regarding wireless radiation and public health. Thank you for pr

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I am submitting this comment in response to HHS’s Request for Information on Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs), Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation, and Wireless Radiation Exposure. I am responding from the perspective of a person who has experienced and continues to experience problems with EMFs, RF Radiation, and WI-FI. I discovered these as the source of my headaches about eighteen years ago and I have had to take numerous steps in my life to avoid these things. When I lived in a city surrounded by towers, I lived with headaches every day and night. So I had to move to a place in a tiny village where I had no cell phone service in the house. When I moved here, there was only one cell tower within half a mile of my house, now there are three. I have hard cabled computer and Internet, not WI-FI, and I have hard wired phones, no walk-around phones. I also have no microwave. I do own a cell phone but I only use it when I am away from home, and then I use it with a shield covering it. I had to pay thousands of dollars to remove the smart meter from the side of my home (the utility company refused my request to replace it with an analog meter), have it mounted on a power pole away from the house and bury the lines from the meter to the house, because whenever I was in the room where the smart meter was mounted on the outside, I could not stay more than several minutes before I got a headache and had to leave the room. When driving across the country, I can point out the location of cell towers and commercial broadcast towers because of the location of the pain drilling into my head (left side, right side, front or back). When I am somewhere that has WI-FI, I get a headache (and almost everyplace has WI-FI!). When traveling, I have to request a motel room as far away from the WI-FI router as possible, and even then I have sometimes had to leave in the middle of the night because of a severe headache. I’ve even had to leave some stores because of the headache I get from their WI-FI. When these things are strong, I sometimes also get nauseous. When I get away from the sources of EMFs and RFs, I feel fine. I am not the only person I know who is affected in this way. One of my…

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#2098Describes the family's financial and social restrictions, headaches, brain fog and palpitations attribute…by Lori Kehoe » 2026-10-26
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Describes the family's financial and social restrictions, headaches, brain fog and palpitations attributed to towers and phones, and difficulty finding tolerable work and public spaces.

  • Housing, work & access barriers: ho carry cell phones, which is everyone. He cannot get disability coverage for this disability, so my husband and I are supporting him with
  • Neurological symptoms & sleep: en I need to use it. My debilitating issues (headaches, severe brain fog, heart palpitations) with cell phones and cell towers began as w
  • Heart symptoms & implanted devices: itating issues (headaches, severe brain fog, heart palpitations) with cell phones and cell towers began as we all emerged from t
  • Towers & siting: am not exaggerating when I say that cell towers, cell phones, wi-fi, etc. are ruining the quality of my life. Ou

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am not exaggerating when I say that cell towers, cell phones, wi-fi, etc. are ruining the quality of my life. Our adult son is so debilitated by EMFs he cannot work or even socialize with people who carry cell phones, which is everyone. He cannot get disability coverage for this disability, so my husband and I are supporting him with our dwindling retirement money and part-time jobs. We've already moved once to get away from cell towers, but they are EVERYWHERE. I am a 73-year-old retired dietitian, in excellent health, take no medications, 90% of my diet is organic, pasture raised, and grass-fed. Our home has a landline phone, no satellite dishes for years, and we've never had Wi-Fi. I own a cell phone but only turn it on when I need to use it. My debilitating issues (headaches, severe brain fog, heart palpitations) with cell phones and cell towers began as we all emerged from the covid lockdown. I'd heard rumors that telecom companies would be taking advantage of fewer people on the streets to begin putting up a large number of cell towers. I thought this was silly because they seemed to have carte blanche to put cell towers up wherever and whenever they chose. I've since learned to pay more attention to "rumors". My first major hit from a new cell tower was in the parking lot of our local Loveland, Colorado county building when I went in to register a new car. I had been to this building many times in prior years and had no issues. On this day as I walked across the parking lot to the building, I quickly developed a crushing headache. I'm not a person who gets headaches. Later, as I left the building and got in my car, I looked up to see a huge, new cell tower that wasn't there the year before. It's so powerful that I can no longer drive along that road without getting a headache. That was the beginning of my very restricted, and not-feeling-well life because of cell towers and other people's cell phones. Last year we moved to a smaller town nearby that we had visited often in the past thinking we would get some relief. It's WORSE because it's the tourist town of Estes Park, Colorado and they did their own maximizing of cell towers to "enhance" the visitor…

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#2099Reports EMF sensitivity and symptoms in a smart-meter-equipped home, displacement to other housing, and a…by Amber Ostrom » 2026-10-26
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Reports EMF sensitivity and symptoms in a smart-meter-equipped home, displacement to other housing, and an unsuccessful request for an analog meter.

  • Electromagnetic sensitivity: I am extremely sensitive to EMF fields. Since moving to a new home with a smart meter, I’ve had to liv
  • Smart meters: I have asked my gas and electric company to remove the smart meter and put an old-school analog reader on it and I will pay the ext
  • Housing, work & access barriers: o a new home with a smart meter, I’ve had to live in people’s basements that don’t have them. It’s the only way I feel good. When I’m in
  • Neurological symptoms & sleep: y way I feel good. When I’m in my home I get headaches, dizziness, nausea, and eventually my muscles feel very weak. It’s hard to

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I am extremely sensitive to EMF fields.

Since moving to a new home with a smart meter, I’ve had to live in people’s basements that don’t have them. It’s the only way I feel good. When I’m in my home I get headaches, dizziness, nausea, and eventually my muscles feel very weak. It’s hard to stand, and I have an overall feeling of sickness.

I am a career woman. I work very hard. I enjoy supporting myself and my children. I fear my future and my health.

I’d like to feel good in my home and be able to work and look forward to the future. I beg that there be some kind of parameters around certain electromagnetic fields that are stronger and can have serious declining health, risks. I have asked my gas and electric company to remove the smart meter and put an old-school analog reader on it and I will pay the extra monthly fee for them to read it and they have declined. Please help.

#2100Reports a friend's brain tumor near the usual phone position and subsequent loss of balance.by Charlene West » 2026-10-26
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Reports a friend's brain tumor near the usual phone position and subsequent loss of balance.

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A good friend of mine got a brain tumor right where he always held his phone to talk. He was a dancer and taught dance and as a result of the tumor he lost some of his sense of balance.