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I am commenting as a concerned public citizen. Wireless radiation exposure and EMF's, although invisible, just like carbon monoxide, are very harmful. It's common sense that humans, as electrical beings, would be affected. Personally, I have done what I can to shield myself, and am considering more measures. I have Ethernet connections for my laptop and my phone, and shielding paint on one wall because my roommate has WiFi in her room. Since taking these steps I have experienced far less headaches. Also, it has already been demonstrated that cell towers near schools negatively affect young brains.

I appreciate that HHS is considering this issue, and I support any actions that can be taken to identify gaps in understanding these dangers and establish appropriate research priorities to protect human health, and especially children's health.

Re: HHS-OASH-2026-0397, Request for Information on EMFs, RF Radiation, and Wireless Radiation Exposure Thank you for asking. Federal RF exposure limits date to 1996, and in 2021 the D.C. Circuit found the FCC had not adequately explained why it kept them. Since then wireless has moved from 3G to 4G to 5G, with 6G planned around 2030: more antennas, closer together, more of the time. It doesn't stop. HHS should give the public, and the FCC, a real health record to work from. 1. Update the limits on modern science. Revisit the 1996 limits using current research, with special attention to children and long-term, close-to-body exposure. HHS should lead the health review and hand the FCC a record that answers the court. 2. Take public reports seriously. Many Americans report real symptoms they connect to wireless exposure. Their experiences should not be dismissed simply because no one has funded a peer-reviewed study to examine them. Absence of funded research is not evidence of safety. HHS should collect these reports systematically and fund independent studies, free of industry money, designed to test them. 3. Review each generation before and after rollout. Every new wireless generation should get an exposure assessment before broad deployment and ongoing monitoring afterward, rather than riding on decades-old assumptions. As another commenter noted, most instruments were built to check heating limits, not to record everyday exposure continuously. HHS should fund continuous, real-world measurement where people live, work, and sleep. 4. Set device efficiency standards. For most people the closest source is their own phone. Push for standards that make phones and wearables connect at lower transmit power, whether to towers or satellites, and publish real-world exposure data for each model. 5. Study satellite connectivity as a lower-exposure path. Satellites with large antenna arrays, paired with more efficient phones, could cover rural and remote America with fewer towers near homes and schools. HHS should study this side by side with dense 5G and 6G networks, including the higher power phones may use to reach orbit, and communities should be able to choose it…

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I've suffered from Seizures almost all my life, and its stolen near everything from me, agitated by EMFs and RFs and Dirty Electricity. It wasn't until I was 28 after seeing world renown specialist from across the globe that I on my own tried EMF reduction tactics like filtering powerlines, shielding wireless, using grounded devices and hardline connections that I recovered enough to walk and have my eyesight repair, migraines that never ended recovered. I'm the canary in the coal mine growing up in southern CA and later near Scilicon valley since my pre-teen years of age in the late 90s into the 00s. We'll all suffer more and more as signals add up and pollute each other. We need to use software on wireless that puts the device when not in use like the JSR-eco Router, saving our cyber security and electricity as well as our bodies. Education in this field will spur on not only engineering but biological intelligence in the coming generations too, demystifying this technology through its physical and biological interactions. It took almost a decade to repair my lifetime of nerve damage to the extent I have which isn't total, but 7 seizures a week is much more than now 2-3 a year. I remained HYPER sensitive to foods and wireless radiation swelling and having radical inflammation so great I can have a seizure or not process food the next few days, small scale seizures for a few days that burn and hurt and make it dangerous just to stand and go to the bathroom are then common after being on a train or near a cell tower too long. Please consider Xemes coating on the towers that exist and angle them up away from residential zones, school, hospital, ect. just like radio and airplane tower signals are supposed to be. I have an IQ tested by Sandford of 138-147 and studed neurology and computer science, I was an olympic level swimmer too, now i'm and unemployed cripple and try everywhere I go to help those I see with mounting symptoms and they're getting worse. Powerlines aren't being well maintained and conduict standards are being lowered to pvc instead of steel, most houses I've lived in I've called power companies and they find the power pole to not even have a…

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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 have experienced health problems from wireless radiation exposure. I first experienced problems when cell phones came out, years ago. I had dizziness and feelings of pressure in my head. I thought it was just the phone originally. As more wireless became available in computers and streaming TV, I realized I was continuing to have problems with the head pressure and dizziness.

I do not think we know all the dangers associated with these technologies and that the government should do much more research before allowing them. I think children can be especially affected since their bodies are still developing.

I support HHS in studying this issue more carefully. Please give particular attention to the research of scientists and any gaps in research. I appreciate your willingness to hear comments from the public.

My name is Sarah Aminoff, and I am a member of Safe Tech International, and a San Francisco, California educator. San Francisco has been a key test ground for driverless robotaxis, and being part of that experiment was not what I was thinking during student field trips to Golden Gate park. People are able to opt out of TSA Airport Scanners due to cumulative radiation concerns, but not Waymo robot taxi exposures, yet both use millimeter frequencies. Since 2024 onwards, it has been hard to reduce exposure to Waymo, given California Public Utilities Commission has also approved expansion. Waymo Robotaxis send out millions of radar sensors to create a 3D picture, using millions of radar millimeter sensors or laser pulses that impinge on an automobile or pedestrian and its a complex EMF soup. The Robocars use three primary sensors: cameras, LIDAR and radar. Radar uses millimeter wave frequencies to provide Waymo with crucial details like an object's distance and speed. LiDAR uses laser beams to create dense, accurate 3D maps. The Waymo 5th Generation, has 29 cameras, six radar sensors tracking larger objects and four LiDAR sensors, which use laser pulses to "see" the car's surroundings in 3D. To answer HSS question 5n and 8 The FCC still fails to capture ubiquitous and aggregate exposures. An aggregate signal analysis has yet to be done for driverless vehicles. Most of the compliance with federal standards are typically claimed for only one set of lights or emitters, as the FCC regulates RFR and Millimeter, yet on the Waymo 5th Generation there are 51 sensors. Time averaging dosimetry should not be permitted, especially for mmWaves and RF, as peak exposures that fall within FCC limits when time averaged over 30 minutes, can have serious non-thermal bioeffects at a cellular level potentially inducing reactive oxygen species and DNA, and sperm damage, according to International Commission on the Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields (ICBE-EMF). With driverless vehicles, radiofrequency radiation (RF) in the MMWave part of the spectrum and near IR poses possible deep thermal heating effects, yet the FCC relies on 30 minute dosimetry, averaging in peak exposures.…

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Thank you for this opportunity to share the public concerns with exposure to RF 's. I personally have fought in a local level to stop the installation of a verizon tower within 500 feet of our property line to no avail, the concerns about these towers in close proximity to homes is very real for my neighborhood. Putting the pressure on local counties to regulate these telecommunications companies is a disaster. The regulations need to be updated to match the current studies and real life repercussions of exposure to such high levels of RF's.

See attached file(s) Protect Our Children First: Urgent Call for Updated, Science-Based Wireless Radiation Safety Standards To: Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) My name is Zen Honeycutt, and I am the Founder and Executive Director of Moms Across America, a national educational nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering mothers and families to create healthy, non-toxic environments for our children. On behalf of Moms Across America, I am calling upon the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in coordination with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to undertake an immediate, comprehensive, and transparent reassessment of federal radiofrequency (RF) radiation exposure standards, with particular attention to children's developing bodies, long-term exposures, and potential biological effects beyond tissue heating. The FCC's current RF exposure limits were adopted in 1996 and subsequently retained. Although these standards address established adverse effects associated with RF exposure, they have not been comprehensively revised to reflect the enormous changes in wireless technology and patterns of human exposure over the past three decades. Today, children routinely encounter wireless devices in classrooms, homes, and public spaces. They may experience exposures from multiple sources over many years, beginning during prenatal development. The fact is that close and constant exposure to devices such as routers in homes, wireless access points in schools, and hot spots in hospitals harms human health. We believe this exposure environment warrants renewed scientific scrutiny, independent research, and reasonable precautionary protections. The federal courts have already recognized the need for greater accountability. In Environmental Health Trust et al. v. FCC (2021), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit found that the FCC had not adequately explained its decision to retain existing RF exposure guidelines with respect to potential harmful effects unrelated to cancer. The court directed the FCC to address several important issues, including: Potential effects of RF exposure on…

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My name is Zen Honeycutt of Moms Across America and I am submitting additional information for your consideration.

I am opposed to a proposed cell tower installation (Vertical Bridge/ Verizon) across the street from our NH family home of 50+ years for many reasons including: exposure to electro magnetic fields, wireless radiation exposure and radio frequency radiation.

I am concerned for the environmental impact of these towers for myself, my family and grandchildren. Thank you for listening!

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Sincerely,

Jimmy Hobson

I have known about my severe Electromagnetic Frequency (EMF)/Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) sensitivity since 2018. This malady has changed my life in a bad way. It forces me to live the life of a hermit because I cannot be exposed to EMF radiation which happens if I leave my house. I will describe the symptoms that I get when I am exposed to wireless, Wi-Fi, cell towers, antennas, fluorescent lights, LED lights, electrical fields in walls, magnetic fields in walls, Dirty Electricity in Breaker Boxes, household lamps that have metal in them, wireless in automobiles, magnetic fields in electric cars, etc, etc, etc. I have spent tens of thousands of dollars on work to make my house safe for me to live in. I have to spend this money for my life – meanwhile the telecom industry gets to make tons and tons of money to make me sick ….. It is very unfair!!! My symptoms go through a progression – based on the exposure time and the severity of the EMF situation I am in. Also based on the exposure time and the severity of the EMF event, I have a recovery time with different symptoms. My initial symptoms – are a warning from my body - that I had better get out of there ASAP!!! INITIAL PROGRESSION: When I initially get into an EMF situation I get dizzy, foggy, headache, nauseas. When I get these feelings, I immediately leave wherever I am. If I get out of there immediately, my recovery symptoms are minimized. NEXT PROGRESSION STEP: This occurs in stores, friends’ houses, any gathering of multiple people (whom of course all have wireless devices going simultaneously). I quickly progress into a situation where people think I am having a stroke. Although I can think of what I want to say, I am unable to articulate the words. I start slurring speech. missing words, only getting like 1 in 5 words correct. The first time this happened I was at a Thanksgiving event. I was in the living room and started not being able to say the words I could clearly think. When I looked around the room, there were about 20 people in the room, and I counted 8 cell phones and I-Pads out that were being used in the room. When my frantic host drove me home (30 minute drive) – within 15 minutes of…

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Thank you for the opportunity to submit comments. I am responding as an individual. I have adverse effects from smart meters, and all wireless radiation. In approximately 2011, unbeknownst to my family, a smart meter was installed on our home while we where away. Myself and other family members came home, and immediately became sick. Adverse health effects include heart palpitations, headache, pressure in the inner ear, earache, post-nasal drip, pressure in chest, "dry" agitated eyes, tinnitus, memory disruption/ loss, difficulty sleeping. Adverse effects were immediate. They stopped once the smart meter was removed, and replace with an analog utility meter. It was clear that the adverse health effects were caused by the smart meter. The smart meter was removed, and replaced with an analog electric meter, and the adverse health effects stopped immediately. Some supporting documentation and other relevant information: - Increased Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability in Mammalian Brain 7 Days After 900 MHz Exposure to the Radiation: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19345073 - Cell Death Induced by 900-MHz RF Radiation: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17045516 - Electromagnetic Radiation at 900 MHz Induces Sperm Cell Death:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4523914/ - Maternal Exposure to a Continuous 900-MHz Electromagnetic Field Provokes Neuronal Loss and Pathological Changes in Offspring: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26391347 - Fetal RF Radiation Exposure From 900 MHz Affects Neurodevelopment and Behavior in Mice: https://www.nature.com/articles/srep00312 - RF Radiation (900 MHz) Induced DNA Damage & Cell Cycle Arrest in Testicular Cells: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27738269 I experience adverse health effects from all wireless radiation and dirty electricity, as do others in my family. Cell phone towers, small cells, mobile phones, wi-fi, wireless printers (keyboards, etc.), bluetooth, smart devices, cordless phones, smart watches, fit-bits, etc. Years ago, we purchase a variety of RF and other EMF detection meters, and use them routinely. I have had to work with specialists ( Building Biologists) to help mitigate EMF/RF/EMF…

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Greetings! Concerning question 18: 1) A better measurement for rf-EMF is necessary, since SAR lumps together situations with extremely different potential for biological effects: SAR measures simply the absorbed energy over 6 minutes in standard cubicles of different sizes. It ignores peaks and modulations of the signal. The problem with that is that modulations might lead to resonance-like effects in biological molecules like Proteins (ion channels, enzymes,) even DNA. The peak intensities in suitable modulation and orientation in space might be responsible for „throwing the switch“ in those molecules, leading to ion influx and disturbed signalling in cells, or impaired mitochondrial funcion. Effects on voltage gated ion channels or the respiratory chain could explain the symptoms of people with EHS to a great extent. Panagopoulos states that in studies with real mobile telephony-exposure, over 95% of the studies find biological effects even below current limits where as continuous-wave exposure with the same SAR, and even „simulated exposure“ with highly repetetive modulation yield ambiguous results. He states that the polarisation and the variability and the modulation in the ELF/VLF-range are responsible for the biological effects, not the SAR. (as stated in the european parliament-workshop). Panagopoulos tested the hypothesis in Drosophila oogenesis and did find different results in different exposure settings with similar SAR. It is deeply concerning that public agencies like the BfS are caught in the circulatory reasoning that due to difficulties with dosimetry in real-mobile-telephony-settings, those studies are excluded for methodological flaws. Therefore, only studies with a small likelyhood of biological effects are considered, which acts as confirmation that there is no danger at all at this SAR. Therefore, no further exploratory research seems necessary.. 2) When testing for electrohypersensitivity (EHS) in provocation studies, it is crucial to take into account: In almost all EHS people, reliable symptom onset is delayed, sometimes by hours, and more so in high-adrenaline-situations like a provocation study. Likewise, symptom-offset is extremely…

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Hi, I am a resident of Wallington, NJ and I live 1,200 feet away from the Hathaway Street Park cell tower. This concerns me as I moved here approximately two years ago with my family of four. I do not wish to share my name at this time, as I work for a government agency and am concerned that a public record such as this, may negatively reflect on my standing. I would appreciate it, if you look into "our" little town (approximately one square mile) and its six antenna installations.

From what I have been able to glean, as public record shows, Wallington's own codes do not conform to the town regulations for "cell tower" distance from residences, schools, or parks. Also, there are no yearly Radiofrequency (RF) reading reviews as is mandated by Wallington policies. Furthermore, residents have no discernible way of knowing if they are suffering any adverse health effects from exposure to Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) or RF Radiation, and no meaningful recourse to mitigating any studies or showings of such thereof.

Please, Please, look into these issues as I have two young children and am concerned for my kids health, my families well being, along with "our" communities exposure to adverse health risks. I am not asking for the HHS to muscle compliance. I am simply asking HHS to care enough to give Wallington residents a fair and reasonable response to regulations and safety measures which serve to protect the community and uphold the dignity of Wallington's residence. Especially those that are most vulnerable.

Thank you in advance for your care in this matter.

Sincerely, Wallington resident, near the Hathaway Street Park cell tower.

I have been intolerant to pulsed radio frequencies since 2004. I get lancing pain through my brain on exposure to certain phones (certain frequencies),

burning pain in the soles of my feet. I have had a microneurography test done which shows altered amplitude on a Rasta chart on exposure to mobile phones. Microneurographer says it is likely to be through the Somato sensory pathway. This would be in accordance to my research and other ion channel tests done showing hyperexcitability in ion channel variants. No allowance for people with peripheral nerve sensitivity. ICNIRP acknowledge these are from extremely low frequencies. Public Health England acknowledge 2.08hertz and 8.34 hz from mobiles 10 hz from WIFI. This can be demodulated from the signal via a non-linear system. As per attached you see that the cell membrane is calculated as linear when in fact it should be non-linear which is one mistake. Another is the staircasing error. Instantaneous peaks are then smoothed out by computer algorithms but they are not like this in real life which all lead to a false picture on what is really going on with the nerve system as in real life the nerves will spike. Acoustic blasts will also be experienced as thernoelastic bursts but these also are averaged out per 6 minute intervals. Again not a real life scenario. As an EHS sufferer I experience vasodilation all the blood goes to my feet away from my heart and brain on exposure which has been witnessed at the hospital. I get brain fog where it's like I am drunk - thinking overload of glutamate or ammonia. My memory is like it is completely wiped near a mobile or router. I have extensive research and written a thesis on the matter when I am not in an emf area I can function but I cannot function around WIFI or mobile phones. It has taken away the best years of my life.

Dear Secretary Kennedy, Hi, my name is Rachel Cervone. I am a VERY targeted individual. I have been harassed, stalked, tortured etc. for 6 years daily. I feel this is the last place to get any of my tortured life vindicated. I have been hurt every day by criminals who have taken my life and I have nothing left. I did a research brief on the things that are important to know about the laser weapons being used by the government to torture ppl who they deem to be on a “terrorist watch no fly list”. These ppl have no idea what is happening bc a human brain should not be able wrap their mind’s around such evil especially in the USA. I am a Christian republican who had a huge trump sign in my car in 2024 and I received hate for it, which surprised me. Being from Philly it didn’t make sense why anyone would care what I put on my car. I currently live in Erie, PA . I have been destroyed by the remote neural weopons. I definitely have bad symptoms of Havana Syndrome from being shot up with these weapons every day. Note: that is the is an aggressive attack on my body every day shooting electrical currents through my feet into my body and after several hours my heart stopped and I flatlined in the hospital. I was literally so hot from the currents running through me they had to just step back and watch. There was nothing they could do. They, ( the hospital) had not yet experienced such a heinous act. This happens to me everyday. There are currents that will torture your body by shooting electrical signals into very specific areas of my body. I have lost everything in my life including every member of my family and my life has been over for years. Anything good will be taken by these demon ppl who PUT PPL ON A LIST AND TEST THE WEOPONS ON THIS SMALL GROUP OF VERY UNFORTUNATE INDIVIDUALS. NOTE: I will go into the intricacies of the different attacks I’ve experienced upon request. I just so badly want to give an accurate description of my actual hell on earth. Torture by gangs paid to destroy everything in my life. My health is gone. The weapons can traumatize a human body to the point where I would fall bc my legs hurt so bad. For fun, they disable us ( the massive group…

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I appreciate being asked by HHS for comments on this topic. The FCC has not done so in the thirty years since the Telecommunications Act was enacted in 1996.

I do not have reason to believe that I have been injured physically. However, I do not want a Smart Meter on my house and Pennsylvania is the only state that does not allow opting out which is a negation of the liberty given to us in the Constitution: “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

Many studies have been done over a period of many years that show the effects of EMF’s (Electro Magnetic Frequency) on the health of humans, animals and the environment. For any industry to not test their products for more than thirty years is ludicrous and dangerous. The wireless devices available today are completely different from what available in 1996. Smartphones didn’t even exist yet. 4G and 5G were unheard of. Children are particularly vulnerable to this damage as their bodies are smaller and spend more time outside where they can be near sources of EMR (Electro Magnetic Radiation). The FCC clearly only cares about the bottom line and the welfare of the taxpayers who support them. I learned about the dangers of cell phone radiation twenty years ago, not from the industry, but from independent doctors and researchers. It’s time for the wireless industry to prove the safety of their products. Until then, those products are to be viewed as unsafe and the industry to be untrustworthy. Note the following review:

Investigation of the Adverse Health Effects of Cell Phone Radiation and Propose Solutions to Minimize Them: A Systematic Review

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11111148/

Sec. Kennedy has promised the American people, “gold-standard science.” It’s time for the FCC to do the same.