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I reside in Lewis County, Washington. I did not consent, nor do I consent today, to the continuous, involuntary exposure to pulsed modulated, biologically active electrical and radiofrequency / microwave (RF/MW) radiation. The health effects of such have been widely studied by government agencies including from the US Navy in 1972 and by thousands of scientists worldwide. You need only look so far as the International Appeal to Stop 5G on Earth and in Space which was signed by over 24,000 professionals demanding a response to what can only be called a crisis brought on by lack of proper public policy on wireless technology. Dr Martin Pall, Professor Emeritus from Washington State University, has studied the effects of RF on the body. His work shows that RF radiation causes oxidative stress and leads to the depletion of glutathione which is critical in melatonin production. His overall assessment is that the damages caused by RF radiation are causing a tidal wave of dementia which we are seeing at earlier and earlier ages. I lost my mother, my mother-in-law, my 64 year old sister-in-law, two uncles and now my own husband is in Stage 5 early onset Alzheimers at age 67. This is not genetic. My father died in 2017. He had spent his last few years unable to sleep. My Mom's memory started failing in the early 2010's. I believe both my parents suffered from the installation of a smart meter as neither had a cell phone and they did not have wifi. As a normal consumer and well educated professional, I did not have any clue that the tech I was using in my work and personal life could be harmful. In 2010, the time of the installation of the smart meter on my home in Oregon, I became unable to sleep and became extremely anxious and depressed. These are symptoms caused by exposure to pulsed radiofrequency radiation. I'd get what felt like restless leg syndrome but all over my body. It turns out that response was from an increasing sensitivity to all electronics. The trigger was the new smart meter. At the time, I did not know what was causing my symptoms. I went to my doctor and sought treatment. I'm now on SSDI. I spent two years trying to treat a mental health condition that only existed as the result of the exposure to EMF to which I'd become increasingly sensitive. And the medication could not help an ongoing toxic exposure. It was adding another biological insult to one of the very systems that's electrical in nature and that's damaged by EMF exposure - the nervous system. By 2015, I'd lost the ability to read more than a few paragraphs and I struggled to write my own name. The fatigue was so bad that when I went shopping for groceries, I had to hold onto the cart just to get around the store. At age 46, I had people stop me and ask if I was OK. Any stress resulted in extreme outbursts as EMF exposure symptoms include irritability which isn't surprising because when your body is under constant assault, you are in a high cortisol state. In 2017, we moved to a rural community where I thought I'd be safe. We had no wireless devices. The smart meter was only the kind that could be read once a month by a truck when they drove by taking readings. My health improved. But in 2024, the meters were changed to a constantly pulsing type and my health became absolutely devastated once again. I became unable to leave my home. After a few months, we removed the meter but the damage was done. I'd become so sensitive to all EMF fields, I could no longer tolerate my own home. I moved my old motorhome to my pasture where I measured the lowest fields (RF, AC and magnetic) and I lived out there without running water and with little electricity. After several months, I made the difficult decision to move again which meant packing all of our belongings by myself as my husband could not remember if he was packing or unpacking a box. The process of even looking for another home was so brutal, I had to be helped out of many homes. Because every county surrounding me had moved to smart meters for power, I could not properly evaluate other fields. I finally gambled and settled. Here we pay $35/month for the privilege to not be irradiated by our meter. I still often sleep in the motorhome. My symptoms include burning sensations, screen dermatitis, dizziness, heart palpitations, chronic insomnia, cognitive fog, extreme fatigue, irritability and an inability to concentrate. I have debilitating digestive issues I believe are being caused by over exposure when I do try to live like a normal human being. Everyone including Social Security is now requiring a cell phone for identity verification to access services online. I find it repulsive to have to pay for the technology that's destroying everything I love including me. Technology that is offensive biologically and disabling to a human being should not be a mandatory exposure by design of our infrastructure.

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I cannot use computers or laptops because they cause an irritation which after a while becomes intolerable with, in some cases, physiological effects, such as difficulty breathing and chest discomfort. This seriously limits my employability. Also I can only use a smartphone in short bursts as its use after a few minutes produces a dull numbness like discomfort in the head. Also I have been suffering from tinnitus for many years which I estimate coincided with the adoption of 4G networks. The usage of wifi close to me gives a discomfort at the beginning which will later progress to an unbearable sensation which gives the impression of the occurrence of nerve degradation. There was a study done which I would agree with from my experience, with the link as follows: https://icbe-emf.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/ICBE-EMF-Child-Health-Cell-Phone-Cell-Tower-EMF-Position-Statement-PDF-982026-1.pdf

It's way past time that the FCC showed concern for the health of Americans over the profits of the corporations. There are hundreds if not thousands of published articles showing the harm of EMF radiation. The FCC is corrupt and morally polluted.

Today we know that physiological behaviour is far more nuanced than was realized when the radiation standards were created in the 90s. There are several avenues of causation possible beyond just that resulting from DNA's heating of the human tissue. This can include damage directly from the radiation that impact the electromagnetic interactions of enzymes and/or nucleotides with their substrates without heat being involved, not to mention the possibility of radiation creating stress inflammatory cytokines without heat being the causative etiology. Ample evidence of this possibility is present in tissue culture and animal models. Moreover, the chronic exposure to the radiation over time has not even begun to be evaluated (cell phones held against the heart or brain, cell towers, etc.) The standards from the 90s are absurdly outdated when you consider the mass exposure of ever larger amounts of radiation that your constituents are being exposed to. Studies are needed but their results wouldn't be known for years. First do no harm.