Children, schools & development

I am the Board Secretary of the nonprofit, Community and Friends of Seattle-Tacoma Pet Cemetery, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. I submit these comments as an individual, not on behalf of the organization. I am a community member and advocate who is directly affected by a 100-foot industrial AT&T cell tower sited in a historic human and pet cemetery, and I write from firsthand experience. I have followed the permitting and legal record closely. The situation. The historic Seattle-Tacoma Pet Cemetery est. 1950 on Kent's West Hill is located in unincorporated South King County, Kent, Washington, in a community of color, immigrants, refugees, and low-income households. Humans, pets, K-9 officers, and service animals are buried here, some as whole families. Many cultural traditions exist here. In Indigenous cultures and spiritual traditions, animals are regarded as equally important as humans, deserving of the same dignity, honor, and respect in life and death. I hold that humans and animals call for the same and equal respect in life and death. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Crown Castle installed a 100-foot industrial AT&T cell tower inside active Burial Block 13 with graves and mourners and 115 feet from neighboring homes in opposition to cemetery patrons, neighbors, and community members at large. It was installed in the wrong zone without a conditional use permit, in violation of King County Code and Washington State cemetery law. Additionally, Crown Castle did not disclose the human burials or the cemetery's historic significance on its permit application, and the project was pushed through the King County Department of Permitting and Environmental Review without addressing them. I have opposed its placement and operation since 2019. Why this matters to the issues before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FCC is open to public comments for Cell Phone and Wireless Radio Frequency Radiation (RF) Health Effects and other Non-ionizing Electro Magnetic Frequency (EMF). I am talking about RF in this comment because that is the issue in the situation. The FCC's standards are the primary protection communities have against radio frequency radiation (RF) exposure. Under federal law, local governments generally cannot deny a cell tower based on RF health effects when it meets FCC limits. However, it is my understanding that communities can raise health concerns alongside other legitimate issues, such as zoning, permitting requirements, human remains, historic significance, etc. Our cemetery case involves all of these concerns. We should have the right to raise RF health concerns independently, without having to rely on other grounds for objection. If the FCC's standards are outdated, communities have limited recourse to protect residents, mourners, and their loved ones from potential RF exposure risks. Changes since 1996. The limits predate smartphones, small cells, etc., and constant connectivity. Towers now stand close to where people live and grieve, and people spend long periods near them. I ask the Commission to evaluate whether 1996 limits account for the ways that cell phones, cell towers, and the like are used and installed today including but not limited to chronic, daily, close-range RF exposure. Children and vulnerable people. Children live in the homes near this tower and visit the cemetery with their families. The record includes research showing children absorb more RF energy than adults (e.g., Fernández et al., 2018, Environmental Research). I ask the Commission to address children, pregnancy, and medically vulnerable people specifically. Additionally on the topic of children, as a public schools educator, board certified in special education, and again submitting this comment as an individual, I am against cell phone towers on near schools because they raise valid safety concerns for children and the staff that work with them. Research notes that children absorb more radio-frequency radiation due to their developing bodies which exposes them to long-term health problems such as cancer and neurological symptoms. (https://ehsciences.org/addressing-cell-towers-at-schools-science-based-policy-health-risks/) Long-term and non-cancer effects. The Commission should examine long-term, low-level exposure and non-cancer effects, including neurological, reproductive, and developmental effects, oxidative stress, and DNA damage, rather than relying on short-term heating thresholds. Animals and the environment. Pets, K-9 officers, and service animals are buried here, and wildlife lives on the grounds. The FCC has no wildlife-specific exposure limits. I ask the Commission to consider the research on effects on animals, insects, birds, and plants (e.g., Levitt, Lai & Manville, 2022, Reviews on Environmental Health, Parts 1–3). Testing and compliance. I ask the Commission to require independent, post-installation RF testing with public results that are easily accessible, so communities can verify compliance themselves at any time. There should be no barriers here. Why this is also a sacred space issue. Cemeteries are sacred regardless of a visitor's religion, meant to offer peace and tranquility, and dedicated in perpetuity to honor, remembrance, and love. A 100-foot industrial AT&T cell tower this close to graves and mourners intrudes on that purpose and raises serious concerns about exposure and potential harm to people and animals. My requests: • Update RF exposure limits based on a comprehensive review of current science, including but not limited to long-term, cumulative, and non-thermal effects, with specific protections for children, pregnancy, and vulnerable people. • Establish wildlife and environmental exposure standards, make them publicly accessible, and enforce them. • Modernize compliance testing and require public, independent post-installation testing. • Require easily accessible public records of tower locations, measurements, compliance, and complaints. • Adopt protective siting policies for sensitive places such as homes, schools, and cemeteries, and require disclosure of burial grounds and historic sites when towers are proposed. • Provide free advocates for the public to use to educate and support them in fighting for RF safety when necessary. • Stop giving away local control in cell tower permitting. Allow local jurisdiction and the public to decide if a cell tower siting plan is legal and appropriate and disallow it when necessary. • Support the retraction of permits when a cell tower or antennae modification application provides false information or omits information that is required for a complete application for consideration. I am not against cell towers. I support responsible telecommunications infrastructure and advocate for the safe, lawful, legal, ethical, and appropriate placement of cell towers. Not here. Not in an active, historic cemetery. Not among our beloved dead and those who come to mourn them. Thank you.

I am the Board President of the nonprofit, Community and Friends of Seattle-Tacoma Pet Cemetery, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. I submit these comments as an individual, not on behalf of the organization. I am a community member and advocate who is directly affected by a 100-foot industrial AT&T cell tower sited in a historic human and pet cemetery, and I write from firsthand experience. I have followed the permitting and legal record closely. The situation. The historic Seattle-Tacoma Pet Cemetery est. 1950 on Kent's West Hill is located in unincorporated South King County, Kent, Washington, in a community of color, immigrants, refugees, and low-income households. Humans, pets, K-9 officers, and service animals are buried here, some as whole families. Many cultural traditions exist here. In Indigenous cultures and spiritual traditions, animals are regarded as equally important as humans, deserving of the same dignity, honor, and respect in life and death. I hold that humans and animals call for the same and equal respect in life and death. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Crown Castle installed a 100-foot industrial AT&T cell tower inside active Burial Block 13 with graves and mourners and 115 feet from neighboring homes in opposition to cemetery patrons, neighbors, and community members at large. It was installed in the wrong zone without a conditional use permit, in violation of King County Code and Washington State cemetery law. Additionally, Crown Castle did not disclose the human burials or the cemetery's historic significance on its permit application, and the project was pushed through the King County Department of Permitting and Environmental Review without addressing them. I have opposed its placement and operation since 2019. Why this matters to the issues before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FCC is open to public comments for Cell Phone and Wireless Radio Frequency Radiation (RF) Health Effects and other Non-ionizing Electro Magnetic Frequency (EMF). I am talking about RF in this comment because that is the issue in the situation. The FCC's standards are the primary protection communities have against radio frequency radiation (RF) exposure. Under federal law, local governments generally cannot deny a cell tower based on RF health effects when it meets FCC limits. However, it is my understanding that communities can raise health concerns alongside other legitimate issues, such as zoning, permitting requirements, human remains, historic significance, etc. Our cemetery case involves all of these concerns. We should have the right to raise RF health concerns independently, without having to rely on other grounds for objection. If the FCC's standards are outdated, communities have limited recourse to protect residents, mourners, and their loved ones from potential RF exposure risks. Changes since 1996. The limits predate smartphones, small cells, etc., and constant connectivity. Towers now stand close to where people live and grieve, and people spend long periods near them. I ask the Commission to evaluate whether 1996 limits account for the ways that cell phones, cell towers, and the like are used and installed today including but not limited to chronic, daily, close-range RF exposure. Children and vulnerable people. Children live in the homes near this tower and visit the cemetery with their families. The record includes research showing children absorb more RF energy than adults (e.g., Fernández et al., 2018, Environmental Research). I ask the Commission to address children, pregnancy, and medically vulnerable people specifically. Long-term and non-cancer effects. The Commission should examine long-term, low-level exposure and non-cancer effects, including neurological, reproductive, and developmental effects, oxidative stress, and DNA damage, rather than relying on short-term heating thresholds. Animals and the environment. Pets, K-9 officers, and service animals are buried here, and wildlife lives on the grounds. The FCC has no wildlife-specific exposure limits. I ask the Commission to consider the research on effects on animals, insects, birds, and plants (e.g., Levitt, Lai & Manville, 2022, Reviews on Environmental Health, Parts 1–3). Testing and compliance. I ask the Commission to require independent, post-installation RF testing with public results that are easily accessible, so communities can verify compliance themselves at any time. There should be no barriers here. Why this is also a sacred space issue. Cemeteries are sacred regardless of a visitor's religion, meant to offer peace and tranquility, and dedicated in perpetuity to honor, remembrance, and love. A 100-foot industrial AT&T cell tower this close to graves and mourners intrudes on that purpose and raises serious concerns about exposure and potential harm to people and animals. My requests: • Update RF exposure limits based on a comprehensive review of current science, including but not limited to long-term, cumulative, and non-thermal effects, with specific protections for children, pregnancy, and vulnerable people. • Establish wildlife and environmental exposure standards, make them publicly accessible, and enforce them. • Modernize compliance testing and require public, independent post-installation testing. • Require easily accessible public records of tower locations, measurements, compliance, and complaints. • Adopt protective siting policies for sensitive places such as homes, schools, and cemeteries, and require disclosure of burial grounds and historic sites when towers are proposed. • Provide free advocates for the public to use to educate and support them in fighting for RF safety when necessary. • Stop giving away local control in cell tower permitting. Allow local jurisdiction and the public to decide if a cell tower siting plan is legal and appropriate and disallow it when necessary. • Support the retraction of permits when a cell tower or antennae modification application provides false information or omits information that is required for a complete application for consideration. I am not against cell towers. I support responsible telecommunications infrastructure and advocate for the safe, lawful, legal, ethical, and appropriate placement of cell towers. Not here. Not in an active, historic cemetery. Not among our beloved dead and those who come to mourn them. Thank you.

I am responding to the FCC invitation to comment on the subject docket from the broadest range of commenters. As an interested party, I have researched the impacts of wireless radiation on humans and the environment extensively and it is now quite clear that RF radiation is harmful to us and all living things. It is devastating to some individuals – and they deserve to be heard. The FCC’s evaluation of the totality of available science has never been made available to the public. The same is true for the FDA. They claim it is prudent to address the totality of available science; however, they have not made their review of the ‘totality’ of available science available for public review and scrutiny. Herein lies the problem with any proclamation that the totality of available science has been reviewed. The American public deserves a full assessment of potential harm. Urgent attention is required to protect the population, environment, especially vulnerable children who depend upon government protections. Society is letting our children down in the most egregious fashion imaginable by forcing them to absorb radiation into their bodies and brains through forced deployment of wireless infrastructure throughout our country. In order to protect the public, an independent review of the totality of available science is critical. If the FCC believes the science is incomplete, even with the depth of scientific papers from the US and around the world that point to harm, then it is incumbent upon the FCC to exercise the Precautionary Principle at a very minimum to protect vulnerable children. Rapid expansion of wireless infrastructure that is potentially extremely harmful to our children and the population at large - must be addressed. Well documented scientific papers provide ample support to show the FCC adopted radiation limits do not protect the population. An excellent, well-supported paper is linked below. A review of the totality of available scientific evidence is vital to protect humans and the environment from harmful RF radiation. Reference: Scientific evidence invalidates health assumptions underlying the FCC and ICNIRP exposure limit determinations for radiofrequency radiation: implications for 5G https://rdcu.be/4ngRtwSvrZYa

I have had a chronic illness for over 20 years and the effects from wireless technology has made recovering exceedingly difficult. I am unable to have wireless in the house due to headaches that feel almost tinny in my head. I cannot be in a car that using GPS or any other "bells and whistles" as it causes my condition to worsen. I also notice that if my children are near wifi/cell towers, they experience ill effects. Not to mention, flying in planes tends to aggravate my condition significantly. I have to do particular protocols in order to feel some what ok. Thank you for taking the time to read and have the ability to submit concerns as I do in fact wish the continued advancement of wireless is causing much harm to our society as a whole.

Re: FCC Seeks Comment on RF Exposure Issues Subject to D.C. Circuit Remand in Environmental Health Trust v. FCC - ET Docket No. 13-84 I am writing regarding the FCC’s response to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals’ remand concerning its decades-old radiofrequency (RF) radiation exposure guidelines. This is my second comment and the next several paragraph's are the same as yesterday's. The Court directed the FCC to explain its determination that FCC guidelines adequately protect humans against harmful effects of RF radiation unrelated to cancer. Specifically, the court required the FCC to address the impacts of RF radiation on children, the health implications of long-term exposure using wireless devices and technological developments, environmental impacts, and the adequacy of the FCC’s testing procedures for cell phones and other portable devices. The FCC should fully consider evidence from those of us who have suffered harm from the accumulative effects of RF radiation along with the environmental impacts of wireless radiation, including non-cancer health effects, impacts on children, long-term and cumulative exposure, cancer, and impacts on wildlife and the environment. I believe the FCC should review the following study to address the concerns regarding wireless radiation because my sibling and I both suffer from neurological effects, oxidative stress, probably DNA damage if we can get tested and electromagnetic sensitivity and I have witnessed many of the same symptoms in other families in my community who suffer from EMR Syndrome: BioInitiative Report (2012, with Subsequent Research Updates): Updated Research Summaries – Collection of scientific research concerning neurological effects, oxidative stress, DNA damage, genetic effects, and electromagnetic sensitivity. Individual summaries have different update dates, including 2022. Updated Research Summaries Updated Research Summaries 2022 Updated Research Summaries (May 2022) These are invaluable sets of abstracts and tables covering the RFR... MY STORY CONTINUED: Another expense I will now incur is restating my Living Trust and specifically my Special Needs Trust for my sibling. I am now sailing into unchartered waters as I navigate options, along with an attorney, that should something happen to me, my sibling needs to remain in my shielded home and shielded car. I need to be able to sleep at night knowing she will be protected because there are no words to describe how devastating the ill-effects of RF radiation on the body really are. Even though my older car has RF blocking window film on it and although the RF signal is lower inside my car going from "extreme" on the outside of the vehicle to "high" on the inside of the vehicle in my driveway which, then of course the signal fluctuates driving through different neighborhoods, I still have a high magnetic field inside my car confirmed by my building biologist with his specialized and more sensitive meters. As an amateur, I detect the magnetic field using my TriField EMF meter TF2. Approximately three weeks ago, I realized the roof of my mouth was throbbing every time I was driving but then realized the throbbing stopped every time I got out of my vehicle so we are still being effected by RF radiation even with RF window film shielding. This might explain the excessive bony overgrowth in my upper mouth and a possible link with tooth crowns that I will be researching next and am out of time today. Wanted to mention for others to consider. Prior to the roll-out of 5G my sibling was beaming from ear to ear on a daily basis and couldn't wait to get out of bed daily as we both were living life to the fullest with a huge support system. Daily, she would ask where we were going and what would we be doing that day. Now daily she asks what we're going to watch on TV all day long. My sibling just started in-home PT because she hasn't been to the gym in almost 2.5 years and her body is very stiff but there is a limit on the number of covered home visits. An at home, personal trainer is too expensive and not covered by insurance. It's too hard for me to train her. We don't even get to use our Medicare Advantage plans free gym membership(s) anymore when we need it the most. How are we expected to go to the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) in person when or if required, social security office if needed, nursing homes (hard time visiting our mom in 2023 before she died) with RF radiation, smart TV's and staff cell phones, i-watches, riding with a tow truck driver should our car need towing, could possibly drive somewhere for a day outing but can't stay in hotel or motel, I could camp or ideally backpack but my sister can't, financial institutions and most importantly, health care settings especially hospitals? We need solutions. We are equally as important as anybody else. Questions/Comments: 1. I was able to opt-out of both electric and gas RF radiation smart meters that humans are getting sick from. I would like the FCC to provide a way for those affected, to "opt-out" of 5G, RF radiation that's making us sick. 2. Why would I spend approximately $100,000,00 from my retirement IRA instead of "paying off my mortgage" if RF radiation wasn't making me too sick to live inside my own home? 3. Why are there over approximately 100 non-profits challenging and/or bringing awareness to 5G radiation if it wasn't a danger to human health and probably all living species' health? 4. I used to have an abundance of bees on my property. Now I don't. Why? 5. Why are so there so many excellent and reputable companies selling EMF protection to shield your house and body from 5G, RF radiation if it wasn't a danger to human health? Thank you excellent companies. 6. On the flip side, why are there so many "online predators" taking advantage of those of us with EMR Syndrome claiming their products will protect us from RF radiation? I was forced to spend approximately $100,000.00 incrementally, over the last many years to protect my families health because the FCC failed to protect me and my sibling's health from the harmful effects of RF radiation. As a "non-licensed" agency in regards to medicine, biology and public health, the FCC must not assert authority over RF exposure standards. I urge the FCC to recognize the critical role of federal health agencies, including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and to rely on appropriate health and biological expertise when addressing the issues identified by the court. I urge the FCC to consider the real-life experts which are those of us suffering from bodily and financial harm from RF radiation and to completely address ALL issues identified by the courts. The evidence is clear that the FCC needs to change it's rules and protect human health. Our lives matter and so do your lives and your families lives. Thank you.

Re: FCC Seeks Comment on RF Exposure Issues Subject to D.C. Circuit Remand in Environmental Health Trust v. FCC - ET Docket No. 13-84 The FCC's limits were set 30 years ago, amidst a very different environment and lifestyle and there has been no scientific review since. And even with all the existing science, the United States still has no radio-frequency exposure guidelines that address long term, chronic, non-heating exposures. Therefore I request that the FCC update and correct their guidelines in line with all of the research that was presented in the original court case, EHT/CHD vs FCC . Declaration of Toby Stover Toby Stover declares under penalty of perjury the following: 1. I live in Ulster County, New York. 2. I never gave consent, nor do I consent today, to continuous, involuntary exposure of pulsed modulated, biologically active electrical and radio frequency / microwave (RF/MW) radiation emitted into my home or on my property. 3. I was perfectly healthy, living in my home for many years with an analog electric utility meter but was made ill by the electrical and pulsed modulated RF/MW radiation coming from a “smart” digital electric utility meter which was installed on my property without my consent. 4. After having a grid-tied solar system installed on my home, Central Hudson Electric Company switched my mechanical analog meter to a “smart” electric utility meter without my knowledge. A number of weeks later, I became extremely ill and discovered that the company had switched out my meter. I contacted the electric company demanding that they remove the “smart” meter and return an analog meter. I was told by Central Hudson that the solar array would not work without a “smart” utility meter. After researching this, I discovered that solar arrays work perfectly well with analog meters but Central Hudson still refused to remove the “smart” meter. Since I was unable to live with the continuous pulsation of the smart meter I was left with the decision to either have to leave my home of 35 years or cut the electric line to the smart meter. I chose to cut the wire rather than be sickened in my home as I had no means to move. As a single woman in her 60’s, I was living without electricity for 9 months through the winter, using a wood cook stove and candles. I had to store food in a cooler and buy ice to keep it fresh. Finally I hired an electrician to disconnect my wiring to the “smart” meter & re-connect my home wiring to an analog meter which was on my barn. I was then able to use electricity in my home again. 5. However, having been injured by weeks of exposure to RF/MW pulsed radiation, many years later, I am still unable to go into buildings that are using smart meters or wifi. I cannot tolerate the radiation for more than a few minutes without becoming ill and must leave the area as I now have Eletromagnetic Radiation Syndrome, known as EMR Syndrome. This has made it difficult for me to travel as I cannot stay in hotels, motels or shop at stores where there is microwave radiation. As a professional musician, I am often hired to go into public buildings or play music for school shows. It is a frequent occurrence that today I can no longer spend much time in these buildings without my symptoms returning. I consider this a grave personal injury that has made my life much more difficult. 6. When I am exposed to RF/MW radiation, I experience severe pain and pressure in my head, especially in the forehead. I also feel tingling sensations on my skin as well as tightness in the chest, dizziness, nausea, difficulty concentrating and insomnia. I simply must leave the area as I feel sick around the microwave radiation. 7. Since I have been injured by “smart” meter radiation, I have become a member on the board of New York Safe Utility Meter Association, (NYSUMA). This organization has been working for years in the effort to legislate a safe utility meter choice to anyone who chooses to have returned, or to retain an analog utility meter. Analog utility meters have been used safely and successfully for many years. All utility companies should be required by law to provide analog meters to all consumers who choose to have them. Analog meters work perfectly well and are safe. No one should be forced to accept a device on their property that is a known health hazard. The FCC must update their exposure guidelines for MW/RF radio-frequency radiation exposures from "smart" meters and cell towers and all other wireless devices. 8. References: https://virginiansforsafetech.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Balmori-Cell-Tower-Radiation-2022-Review-.pdf https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001393512601371X https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/ 10.1515/reveh-2016-0011/html https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/11672739 https://www.womenscollegehospital.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Preliminary-Clinical-Guidelines-for-EHS.pdf https://journal.fcrisk.ru/eng/2021/3/4 https://smartmeterharm.org/2025/04/26/victory-against-enedis-the-court-rules-against-the-forced-installation-of-linky-meters/ 9. According to Public Law 90-602, October 18, 1968, AN ACT to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the protection of the public heath from radiation emissions from electronic products. “Subpart 3 - Electronic Product Radiation Control “DECLARATION OF PURPOSE “ Sec. 354.The Congress hereby declares that the public health and safety must be protected from the dangers of electric product radiation”. I declare under penalty of perjury the foregoing is true and correct. 10/22/26 Toby Stover

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

https://www.spandidos-publications.com/10.3892/ijo.2021.5272 I urge you to consider these findings. All human life is being exposed to and affected by the wireless radio frequencies. Please use other forms of technology that do not harm or affect people and children. Use of cables and hard wiring is safer and more effective. The damage to cells and all life needs to stop.

I'm suffering from the emr-syndrome (electrohypersensitivity since 2020. When exposed to man-made electromagnetic fields, I experience the following problems: headaches, extreme fatigue, a sensation of being "electrified," cognitive difficulties, speech impairments—sometimes progressing to total aphasia—short-term memory issues, tremors and spasms, and tachycardia (at times so intense that it feels like a heart attack). I also suffer from joint and mobility issues, such as complete stiffness in my legs—to the point where I am almost unable to move—after a car journey or after remaining still in an environment where electromagnetic fields are present. Other symptoms include an urgent need to urinate every 15 minutes, immune system issues, sharp, highly painful stabbing sensations in various parts of my body, and muscle pain, feelings of nervousness, anxiety, and depression—with no apparent reason. When I am in a place free from electromagnetic waves, I feel perfectly well and all my symptoms disappear. I know a great number of persons who suffer from the same symptoms. I am in touch with patient organizations all over the world, and we can see that the phenomenon is the same everywhere. Even people who do not identify as having EHS (electromagnetic hypersensitivity) exhibit symptoms such as fatigue, insomnia, feelings of nervousness, anxiety, and depression. We can also observe that the number of children suffering from ADHD has increased at an alarming rate—as has the number of cancer cases, particularly among children, a increasing number of persons suffering from fibromyalgia, Alzheimer etc. Despite more than 50 international appeals from the independent scientific and medical community, our governments continue to push for ever-increasing wireless technology—a trend that is affecting a growing number of people. It is urgent to take measures to protect the entire population, especially the most vulnerable: those suffering from electrohypersensitivity, children, pregnant women, and the ill. The number of people with electrohypersensitivity who have died in recent years is alarming. Our lives are truly at risk; the symptoms are a form of torture, and we face a significantly higher risk of serious illnesses, including cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular conditions, and immune-system disorders. There are almost no places left where we can still find refuge. The situation has become untenable for us.

My comment is in response to the Request for Information on Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs), Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation, and Wireless Radiation Exposure. I am responding both as a patient and a healthcare professional, who has been concerned about this issue for many years, and has read the scientific literature. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/379738087_Investigation_of_the_Adverse_Health_Effects_of_Cell_Phone_Radiation_and_Propose_Solutions_to_Minimize_Them_A_Systematic_Review I developed hypersensitivity to electromagnetic radiation when I had another serious illness, and the effects of the wireless radiation made my overall symptoms worse. Those symptoms included brain fog, insomnia, anxiety and tinnitus. I removed all cordless phones from my home, and use wired phones and computers to help reduce the symptoms. My cell phone is turned off or on airplane mode most of the time to reduce my exposure. Although I can reduce exposure in my home, I need the government to reduce the exposure in the community. Our government is responsible for making sure the exposure to electromagnetic radiation is safe. Thus far, it has not been proven safe, and the exposures allowed in our country are magnitudes higher than that allowed in the EU. Please examine both the scientific evidence and people’s experiences regarding the potential health and environmental effects of wireless radiation. Questions about human health should be addressed by the appropriate federal agencies with expertise in medicine, biology, epidemiology, and public health. I urge HHS to identify gaps in current research, giving particular attention to children and other potentially vulnerable populations. We need to establish appropriate federal research priorities and laws regarding wireless radiation and public health. Thank you for considering these concerns. Kim Weeber, DPM, LAc