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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 patient and parent. I first became aware of the fact that EMFs, RF, and wireless radiation in our environment affect human health and well-being when I underwent a CT scan after sustaining a concussion. While I have had countless x-rays, sonagrams, and EKGs prior to this procedure, I noticed a strange feeling after I emerged out of the CT scanner--the vibrations in the scanner leaving residual echoes in my body that were unfamiliar to me. That was only the beginning of my initiation into the world of the electrically sensitive. Following this procedure, I quickly witnessed a barrage of symptoms that I still occasionally experience to this day-- twelve years later. I became aurally sensitive to Bluetooth and WiFi frequency to the point where I developed migraines, chest tightness, mental agitation, and myoclonus, or pulsatile tinnitus. While some might wonder if my electrical sensitivity is the result of concussion, there has not been enough unbiased review of how electromagnetic exposures can contribute to and lead to bodily sensitivities and disease to rule these out in the final assessment of how I got here. We cannot rule out at this time, or when my sensitivities surfaced, many likely other factors which may have contributed to the onset of my electrical sensitivity including the magnetism from the CT scan, additive synthesis of my overall EMF exposures at the time, and Mercury in the amalgam fillings I had in my mouth...in other words, the many singular, but potentially interactive, variables that can trigger a person's exposure tipping point at any moment in time. The personal toll my electrical sensitivity has taken on my life has been considerable. It cut short a promising career in technology, and in my work life in general, and affected every choice I make about my travel, social interactions, personal tech use, and daily and living arrangements. Sadly, I have also watched the effects increasing EMFs, RF, and wireless radiation have had on…

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My friend's son, 28, got a brain tumor right behind his ear where he always held a cell phone. He lived through the surgery but is now on disability, he cannot work or live alone.

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 [patient, parent, family member, caregiver, healthcare professional, researcher, advocate, concerned member of the public, or other].

I moved into a new place in 2021 and suddenly I was exhausted all of the time, even after a full night’s sleep. After some time I started to wonder whether it could be because the internet company had run the wifi into my bedroom. In my old place the internet came into the house from a cable that was run into the living room. I decided to move the wifi connection to the living room but was still not feeling 100% so I turned off the wifi on the router and plugged in our devices with an ethernet cable. This solved the problem. During that time I bought an EMF meter and before I made changes to the wifi I had a reading of 2.1 in my bedroom. After I made the changes the reading went down to .7 everywhere in the house. Outside walking through the neighborhood the reading was at a 1. I did some research to find out what a safe level of EMF exposure is so that I could change the setting on my EMF meter to reflect the official safe level only to find that there wasn’t an official safe level of EMF exposure. This is a serious health concern.

I support HHS taking an active role in examining the potential health and environmental effects of wireless radiation. Questions about human health should be addressed by federal agencies with appropriate expertise in medicine, biology, epidemiology, and public health, and the experiences of individuals and families who report being affected should be considered alongside the scientific evidence.

I urge HHS to carefully evaluate these experiences and the scientific evidence, identify gaps in current research, give particular attention to children and other potentially vulnerable populations, and establish appropriate federal research priorities regarding wireless radiation and public health.

Thank you for providing individuals and families with an opportunity to be heard.

Stop the explosion of towers. EMF extremely harmful to humans.

Since understanding the influence of electrical/RFR devices and mitigating their use in my home, I am now more clear on the symptoms they cause when in other, non-mitigated, high radiation areas (like shops).

Symptoms experienced:

Numb face

unpleasant tingling in finger tips if touching phone/laptop

'airplane ears' as though taking off/landing in a plane

sore, sensitive/itchy ears

chronic inability to cognitively function, esp find the right words

chronic fatigue

stiff, aching body

palpitations

innate stress/anxiety - physical feeling of having had too much coffee, stress even when there is nothing to be stressed about

When 5GHz band was added to router I felt extreme tension, unpleasant ill-=at-ease feeling, heavy, disorientated head, dyspnoea, giddiness, pre-syncope low blood pressure - nearly fainted - better for being outside/off site symptoms dissipate quickly

Since 5G added to mast nearby I have not been able to sleep properly since. even if I fall asleep I seem to bounce back up instead of resting or going into deep sleep. I was sleeping well before and could have restorative afternoon naps but even though i am tired and fall asleep, my naps are unsettled too and I wake up again within 10mins whereas before I could fall into deep sleep and catch up on sleep if needed.

headaches and also a horrible sensation in my chest/heart area like dyspnoea

very dry skin. I look and feel unwell

I am very hypersensitive to Radiofrequency Radiation, all wireless radiation and to electromagnetic fields. Long tube fluorescent lights are the worst and LEDs and curly fluorescents can be tolerated a bit longer. The closer the lighting is the harder it is on me. The old incandescents are the best for me. Cellphone are horrible. I can't use them or be around them. Even if they are on airplane mode they make me ill. I have a landline telephone and get ill even if I'm using that for a long time or if the line is not very clear and static free. My computer is ethernet and I need to limit my time using it as well.This has all impacted my life severely.

Department of Health and Human Services, As a healthcare professional, an RN with over 40 years of experience, I know the dangers and benefits of exposure to non-ionizing and ionizing radiation. I know the science behind radiography and the science behind microwave radiation. In the clinical setting, measures are taken to reduce exposure, however, in the general environment, there are no safety controls, nor is there any formal data collected on symptoms related to RF, or radiowave exposure. Wireless radiation from tech devices and the advent of the installation of Smart Meters has increased ambient EMFs, or electromagnetic fields. As a public health nurse, I am attentive to the effects such environmental changes have caused. One of the effects of exposure of EMFs on the body is a clustering or aggregation of red blood cells. There has been an increase in the incidence of strokes over the last decade since the Smart Meters replaced the Android meters for utility use monitoring. Strokes have been occurring more frequently among younger people. Exposure to EMFs can cause a rise in blood pressure. Knowing this, at the time the Smart meters became ubiquitous, I collected BP readings from many people in my community. I consistently saw higher blood pressures in elderly who were positioned near a wall with a Smart meter attached. I tried desperately to appeal to leaders and politicians to take notice of these deleterious health effects, but the subject of health effects from EMFs seemed to be completely off the agenda, out of their purview. Regardless of the data I could demonstrate, no official would respond to my concern. My care, expertise and preventive efforts were completely ignored. My authority as a public health professional was rendered inert. Over the years since the advent of Smart Meters and pervasive WiFi, I have continued to watch people become ill with chronic conditions. Non-ionizing radiation represents oxidative stress on the body, which is well-known in science and can cause a wearing down of the immune system, as well as many other cellular changes. For the Federal government to ignore, to refuse to study this issue is clearly a disservice to…

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I am submitting this comment in response to HHS's request for information on Electromagnetic Fields (EMF), Radiofrequency Radiation (RF), and Wireless Radiation Exposure. I am responding in the perspective of a patient. My reaction to EMF exposure: I couldn't sleep for a month - a strange pain in my back and shoulders, a shaking/vibrating sensation would keep me awake, my knees ached, hands and wrists swelled. I lost muscle in my shoulders and arms. My knees began to hurt and fail.I needed a knee brace to walk. I am a hiker! I couldn't dress myself-my arms couldn't function. I was almost cripple. My D.O. couldn't find any physical cause for the symptoms. My chiropractor couldn't find a cause. I have no disease or cormorbidity. I started weekly Acupuncture treatment. I called an EMF expert to evaluate the home. She found: *Strong WI-FI signal for home computer. *High Frequency Cell Tower emitting strong waves directed at the house. *Dirty wiring in bedroom walls We addressed these with help from our electrician: *Switched all computers to Ethernet only, turned off all WI-FI in house and cars. *Installed Whole House Filter and repaired dirty wiring *I don't sit on the front porch (hot spot)or other areas in direct line of Cell Tower. *I purchased an EMF meter, clothes ,Faraday Fabric, sheets to protect from EMF from 2 catalogs (One USA,one Canadian). Before theses changes and treatments we took a pre-planned trip to a remote mountain Lodge. I was almost cripple the first 2 days. By the 3rd and 4th days I was significantly improved and walking well. On a return trip to the Lodge I took my meter - the WI-FI signal is weak throughout, and weakest in our room. In about 8-10 months of these treatments and changes, I finally regained most of my mobility and muscle,my wrist swelling abated,I slept well. When I travel,I carry the meter and protective bedding and clothes. If the WI-FI is strong we can't stay, it may take days to recover after exposure. I don't know if it is safe for me to fly. I support HHS taking an active role in examining the potential health and environmental effects of wireless radiation. I urge HHS to carefully evaluate these experiences and the…

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I am surrounded by 5G towers (2 blocks in each direction) in the City of Marysville, CA 95901. I now have tinnitus, trouble sleeping, and intestinal problems. I was fine before 5G. I am 77...

I urge HHS to carefully evaluate personal experiences and scientific evidence, identify gaps in current research, give particular attention to children and other potentially vulnerable populations, and establish appropriate federal research priorities regarding wireless radiation and public health. I am currently 73 years old. In 2005, I moved to Kirkland WA and spent time in a local herbal shop and apothecary, learning about organic plants' healing properties and specialized tinctures and teas. I learned about EMF's emitted by microwaves and how food composition and nutritional values are changed and destroyed. I resorted to heating food on stove top in stainless steel pots. In 2019, a friend encouraged me to remove my laptop and printer from my bedroom, explaining "blue light" was affecting my body and brain and keeping me from truly resting as I slept. I turned on my wifi at bedtime and immediately felt an ease in my brain and down my spine! I soon moved the equipment to another room but continued turning it off at night. I questioned why I wanted to have EMF's emitted "all the time" and began turning on wifi only when I needed to use it and off when I was done. In that same year, Kirkland residents made a presentation to our City Council to delay installation of a 5G tower one block from an elementary school. We requested 1-2 years to learn more about effects of 5G waves on human brains, especially young childrens' brains. Our request was denied and the 5G was installed across the street from my home. I had reduced EMF's in my home and was unwilling to live where 5G would be emitted ALL THE TIME! I am a Licensed Massage Therapist and work from a home studio, so massage clients would be directly affected as well. I sold my Kirkland WA home and moved to SC. In 2023, I was experiencing dizziness for over a year and was encouraged by my homeopathic physician to request an analog meter from my electric utility. They no longer have analog meters, but offered to set my digital meter to "On Demand". My meter is "Off" except for 2 minutes each Sunday morning to allow the utility to log my weekly usage. The digital meter is on the outside wall of my bedroom, behind…

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I’m going to keep this simple because there probably a lot of long highly technical comments here as there should be so I’m going to point to an experiment done by 5 ninth grade girls in Denmark. They wondered if their I struggle to concentrate in class as well as trouble sleeping might have to do with keeping their cell phones at close distance by their bedside while sleeping. The experiment involved exposing 400 cress seeds to cell phone radiation for 12 days. The experiment has gained attention and acclaim among established researchers and scientists throughout Europe.

Please search: (9th Graders in Denmark Expose Plants To Cellphone Radiation In Experiment)

Thank you,

Dave

I am submitting this comment in response to HHS’s Request for Information on Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs), Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation, and Wireless Radiation Exposure. My comment is to explain the details of what I have to go through to live in this contaminated EMF environment. This is what I have to do what I can to protect myself from EMF radiation: I moved to the country on acreage so that I have no neighbors close to me which reduces my exposure. I refused the Smart Reader (which fortunately Oregon allows) and now have to pay an additional $3 per month as meter reading fee even though they do not read the meter monthly. They only read the meter once a year. My router does not have a separate WiFi on/off switch and Century Link says they do not have a router with this feature that is compatible with this capability. Therefore, I turn off my router and only turn it on when I access the internet which I do only on a hardwired laptop. I do not have a Smart TV so that it is not adding to my exposure. I watch tv with an antenna and record programs with the software on my Hauppauge tuner that is in the desktop computer attached to my TV screen. All hardwired. However, when my tv monitor goes out I understand that there are no TV’s without WiFi available anymore. I do not have any appliances with WiFi capabilities but I understand that it is becoming increasingly difficult to find any appliance without WiFi which will become a problem in the future. I do not have space for a printer near my computer so I have to use WiFi. I keep that printer turned off so that it is not searching for a WiFi signal except when I need to print something. On my cell phone I keep Bluetooth, WiFi, Data and Location off at all times. Every couple days, I try to remember to turn on WiFi for a few minutes in order to receive any text messages that were sent to me by RCS. I keep my cell phone in a far corner in my house and when I am outside, I keep it away from my body. I use a stylus to text. I use Airplane mode, Farraday bag, turning my phone off as other methods to reduce EMF. I have an in-ground landline phone line to my house, and I have corded phones. I installed LED lights in…

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Hello,

Wireless radiation is harmful and I urge you to protect the lives of children and adults!

Respectfully

Dr Joanie McCann, LPC, PsyD

I became electro hypersensitive after being over exposed to a mobile phone mast while on holiday back in 2017. Since then I have become steadily worse with regards to the symptoms I experience when exposed to anything emitting non ionizing radiation. I become dizzy with headaches, tinnitus, numbness in my face, a heavy weight on my body, extreme fatigue, chest pain and breathlessness. I cannot use a mobile phone for calls and just holding my old basic mobile (with no wifi) can cause shocks and numbness in my hands. Despite my internet router having wifi turned off and in a sliver bloc YFry bag I have to limit my time online. I also place silver bloc material over my laptop. I sleep in a silver bloc canopy which is grounded as my flat is surrounded by masts. One 4G monopole (80 meters from my flat) and two 5G monopole's one 100 meters the other 50 meters. My flat is in a line of sight. I had to get a financial loan to shield my living room with EMF shielding paint so I could use it. Every day I am affected as masts are everywhere. Even visiting friends with wifi or going into a cafe or library is difficult and at times impossible. I fear for my future and worry I will become worse the more this technology is rolled out. My home phone is now very difficult to use since I was forced onto digital voice. I can only use it on speaker in a YFry bag and only for around 10 minutes. I miss chatting with my family and friends. I live in Scotland and I have traveled a great deal in my country but there are few places if any to escape from this. The odd time I have found somewhere with no mobile phone signal or masts in sight my tinnitus has reduced significantly as well as my other symptoms.

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 concerned member of the public.

When I was in college, Write State University, I wrote a paper on EMF radiation. This was back in the 90's. At that time my report showed how dangerous even a clock radio or electric blanket was to a human. I can only imagine with the 5G + today, how much damage this radiation is doing to the human body today, not to mention to children.

I support HHS taking an active role in examining the potential health and environmental effects of wireless radiation. Questions about human health should be addressed by federal agencies with appropriate expertise in medicine, biology, epidemiology, and public health, and the experiences of individuals and families who report being affected should be considered alongside the scientific evidence.

I urge HHS to carefully evaluate these experiences and the scientific evidence, identify gaps in current research, give particular attention to children and other potentially vulnerable populations, and establish appropriate federal research priorities regarding wireless radiation and public health.

Thank you for providing individuals and families with an opportunity to be heard.

Please read the research by Dr. Joseph Mercola as well as A Midwestern Doctor on Substack, and so many more who have poured over the research saying how the EMFs from many technologies, but especially wireless, jeopardizes brain health(esp in young children) and bodily health. Researchers who compare the radiation around the globe 20 years ago with today’s radiation levels find astoundingly distressing thick radiation nowadays. Cell towers need to be severely limited and should have a shield to protect the people from harm. We need to consider wired options but truly curtail wireless technology or put more safeguards in play until we know more about its adverse effects on health.

In 2006, I moved into an apartment complex in Aurora Colorado, just East of Denver. It was quiet and friendly. Then Smart Meters were installed. Residents began waking up in the middle of the night, fighting and screaming. That woke the dogs up, and it got much worse. The energies of those things are turbulent and hurtful. They are also horrific privacy violators, collecting data neither the companies nor government has any right to without a warrant.

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 have an M.D. degree and am also a graduate of Harvard Medical School's Global Clinical Scholars Research Training program. and have read some of the research to date on possible adverse effects of EMFs, RF radiation, and wireless radiation exposure and have concerns for my own health and the health of my family.

Based on research that I have read to date, I believe that HHS should further investigate. Because of my concerns about 5G wireless radiation, when I needed a new phone recently, I purchase a 4G phone which was somewhat difficult to obtain because almost every company has "upgraded" to 5G, and I have read that we are rushing toward 6G now, without sufficient research on the human health effects, though what is available to read is highly concerning in my opinion. Although I have not been personally involved in radiation research, my research training at Harvard has trained me to read research critically, and I believe what we do know to date should urge us to investigate the potential for harm before we rush headlong into an even higher potential level of risk..

I support HHS taking an active role in examining the potential health and environmental effects of wireless radiation. Questions about human health should be addressed by federal agencies with appropriate expertise in medicine, biology, epidemiology, and public health, and the experiences of individuals and families who report being affected should be considered alongside the scientific evidence.

I urge HHS to carefully evaluate these experiences and the scientific evidence, identify gaps in current research, give particular attention to children and other potentially vulnerable populations, and establish appropriate federal research priorities regarding wireless radiation and public health.

Thank you for providing individuals and families with an opportunity to be heard.

My older sister has been dealing with EMF related problems for approximately 10 years. It has escalated into such a debilitating disease that she has difficulty going anywhere public. Cell phones, electronics, etc. will stimulate pain in her face and cause havoc with her body. I also was exposed to other people with this condition when I worked in a health food store that sold supplements. Cell towers every where exacerbates problems for these folks. I personally struggle with chemical sensitivities and have heard/read that it can lead to EMF problems so I am very aware of this situation. We are all fooling ourselves into thinking that this stuff doesn't affect us and I wonder about the younger generation who are exposed 24/7. Regulation is definitely needed and all this equipment surrounding us is going to have consequences.

Wireless radiation has caused headaches and other negative health effects in my family. Some i know believe cancers were caused by these towers. There have been schools where many children and teachers have fallen ill after installation of the 5g towers near them. Please stop and take look into the effects of these towers. Frequencies affect us all.