Towers, antennas & siting

My brain became “unhinged” when 5G transmitters were placed on phone poles right in front of my house. One is about 50’ away, one less than 100’ away (not sure why they are so close; everywhere else they are spaced much further apart). I was born with a pretty good brain – I graduated from Harvard at the top of my class! (junior year Phi Beta Kappa, class of ’73). No signs of dementia before this. When the transmitters were installed, I developed brain fog, memory loss, deep fatigue, irritability / anger outbursts, inability to think clearly. I work at home and I have been almost completely unable to work since then. I have acquired some EMF protective gear which has helped to some extent. I also have a Safe & Sound meter to measure EMF levels; it has a green light to indicate a safe zone, a yellow light to indicate acceptable levels, an orange light for problem levels, red for danger; and a blinking red light indicates 10 times the danger level; mine blinks much faster, indicating 100 times the danger level. On EMFradar.com, the EMF exposure at my street address is listed - on a scale of 1 to 100 – at a 100. I work in health care and I like to think that my life is dedicated to serving the health of others. Please help to protect me so I can continue to be of service!

Since I am a human, therefore an electrical being, I am convinced that a non-native electrical environment is not good. At 84 years, I have arraned a home that is wired and have ethernet connection, no smart applicances, no microwave oven and harmonizers plugged into home outlets to reduce the effect of dirty electricity running on the pipes, wires in my walls. My home is not near a cell tower. My radio frequency meter says I am in the 'green.' People who visit my home remark that my house is 'quiet.' Indeed. My right to create this rf free home will be lost if the FCC allows cell towers, especially hi frequency type, to be put up near my home. Also I would lose wired connectivity. Are these rules or mandates legal???

Hi. I suffer from Electro Hypersensitivity, which has limited my life drastically, caused the end of my marriage, and caused me 3-4 decades of illnesses no one had any diagnosis for. I now know what it is caused by. After seeing ear specialists, due to the unrelenting tinnitus, and neurologist for the malignant insomnia and migraines, and no one could find anything wrong with me. I had to begin to look out of the box for other explanations. I found this is more common than I had any idea, and millions like me are suffering from this sensitivity and are simply canaries in the coal mine. We are showing how harmful this out of control ubiquitous RFR is. I live in a shielded home and use only wired communications. It took me over 10 yrs to learn how to remediate my environment to get as well as I seem to be able to get. I have lost my freedom to travel or even go to visit a friend at their home. I fear needing to go into a hospital with WIFI, as it makes me instantly very sick. I feel there needs to be a total new perspective on the well know adverse health effects of Manmade Radiofrequency Radiation or RFR, and a complete revamping of our safety standards. Our old standards set in 1996 are BEYOND outdate and totally wrong. The declassified Naval Military Research documents easily available on the internet, on the subject of how man made radiation affect the human body, are from the 50's and again in the 1970's clearly showing evidence of damage to every system of our bodies from this radiation. Also the study done a few years ago by the National Toxicology Institute shows clear evidence of RFR causing cancer in rats. There are thousands of studies showing this is harmful, and most other first world countries have much more rigid standards. The toxic nature of these emissions and devices needs to be told to the population so they can make informed decision about wiring their homes and using wired communications, if we want to see cancer and a host of thousands of other illness on the rise start to decline. We also need to make safe hospital and doctors offices ASAP so those of us who already are suffering this dis -ease, have a safe place to go for health care. We urgently need to listen to the research that shows carcinogenicity and cellular damage WAY below current standards of heating!! We need to start to regulate and educate about this horrific global poisoning, proliferating at lightening speed out of control and causing skyrocketing suffering, diseases, and deaths. If our doctors and our public are kept from this info, our regulatory agencies are essentially killing our population. There are thousands of valid studies showing harm from RFR. http:bioinitiative.org , https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/research/topics/cellphones , "Zapped" By Ann Gittelman (book) and many more. Please work to change legislation so that our populations are protected. You are the people who can and must work to reverse the skyrocketing diseases that are directly related to the installations of cell towers near homes and schools and hospitals, and our fire stations which are hotbeds of cancer! We need updated safety regulations to protect and educate folks on not carrying these devices on one's body and choosing wired communications being healthier than wireless. It is not until our governments stand up for us and protect us from this that most of the population will listen sadly. We need this as cancer and all kinds of neurological disorders ect are on the rise due to this ubiquitous toxin escalating daily our of control in our world. Debby L. Baskin D.C. Sent from my Wired Computer.

My first experience with EMFs was in the year 2000 when I purchased my first cell phone it was a 2g/3g. The adverse effects I began experiencing was trouble sleeping and headaches. So, I decided to remove the cell phone from my bedroom and the problems with sleeping and waking up with headaches stopped. As an IT professional, I asked the question why and started doing some research. Distance is key to reducing exposure and learning simple convenience changes. I began studying and researching the biological effects that man-made EMF exposures have on humans and other living organisms for years. My studies and research with health care professionals, scientists, researchers, journalists , EMF Mitigation professionals and Building biologists. We are bioelectrical systems and environmental exposure to artificial EMFs interact with fundamental biological processes in the human body and all life on this planet for example the BEEs. My next major challenge was in 2011, I could no longer work in electronic environments, because of my sensitivity to all of the electro-pollution that has now filled our environments. I cannot take airplane trips, be in large crowds, and going into to town is overwhelming on my nervous system. I live in Rural area in Nature where this is little exposure to the EMF toxins. I can feel the difference when I am in a Natural harmonic environment vs the city full of electro-pollution. I am living with Electro-hypersensitivity. When I am overwhelmed, it takes days for me to recover. I have experienced the following symptoms: Trouble Sleeping Headaches and migraines difficulty concentrating dizziness irritability Heart palpitations, irregular heartbeats, fast heartrate fatigue weakness depression ringing in the ears the phone when it rings sends a painful shock through my body I now help people with EMF mitigation support, education as to source awareness, safer products, potential Health and well-being consequences, EMF mitigations and simple things they can do to reduce their health and well-being exposure. We have to consider EMFs as just one of the many possible factors in the Rising wave of chronic illness. I also provided data to this website as Citizens Scientists: https://globalemf.net/ Sources: Electromagnetic field induced biological effects in humans https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27012122/ Electromagnetic fields act via activation of voltage-gated calcium channels to produce beneficial or adverse effects https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3780531/ Blank, M. (2014). "Overpowered: What Science Tells Us About the Dangers of Cell Phones and Other WiFi-Age Devices." Seven Stories Press. Bijlsma N, Conduit R, Kennedy G, Cohen M. (2024). "Does radiofrequency radiation impact sleep? A double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, crossover pilot study." Frontiers in Public Health, 12. Potential health effects of exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) https://ec.europa.eu/health/scientific_committees/emerging/docs/scenihr_o_041.pdf A comprehensive mechanism of biological and health effects of anthropogenic extremely low frequency and wireless communication electromagnetic fields https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1585441/full A comprehensive mechanism of biological and health effects of anthropogenic extremely low frequency and wireless communication electromagnetic fields https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12179773/ Impact of electromagnetic radiation on human reproduction health: Causes, consequences, and potential therapeutic approaches https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1687850725007228 LIVING WITH ELECTROHYPERSENSITIVITY A Survival Guide http://www.weepinitiative.org/livingwithehs.html Extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields cause DNA strand breaks in normal cells https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3897901/ Health effects of electromagnetic fields on children https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7642138/ Neurophysiologic effects of radiofrequency and microwave radiation. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1807758/ Health Hazards of Wireless Technologies https://www.healthandenvironment.org/latest-research/blog/health-hazards-of-wireless-technologies Wireless Technology and Health Outcomes: Evidence and Review https://www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/documents/w/2010/wireless-tech-health-outcomes.ashx?la=fr Wi-Fi is an important threat to human health https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935118300355 “Dr Martin L. Pall MD, MSc, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Basic Medical Sciences, Washington State University, he points out that there are eight distinct and primary ways that man-made EMFs can cause harm, which he outlined in 5G Risk: The Scientific Perspective – Compelling Evidence for Eight Distinct Types of Great Harm Caused by Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Exposures and the Mechanism that Causes Them."

Approximately 10% of my patients have a bad reaction to strong electromagnetic radiation fields. These patients have an allergic-type reaction and/or a sensitivity to high frequency radiation, as found in cell antennas, cell phones, "smart" meters, and wi-fi. A smaller percentage even react to lower frequency radiation as found in home wiring that was not properly installed and therefore gives off strong fields. There should be much stricter limits on what people can be exposed to. For instance, in schools and multi-tenant buildings, but even near single-family homes and businesses.

Here's a three minute video containing data that is published science, testing results, or public standards including the serious detrimental effects of these over-powerful man-made radiation frequencies. Please watch it. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1748284186236212 In my home office I experienced disabling head pain, frightening heart palpitations, shortness of breath and brain fog leading to an inability to think. It took me AVOIDING my office to figure it out. After spending nearly two years refusing Xcel Energy access to install a smart meter, Xcel and the Colorado Public Utilities Commission FORCED US TO INSTALL THE SMART METER, A RADIATION EMITTING DEVICE, or Xcel Energy would shut our electric power off. When Xcel threatened us I was desperate to learn how to protect our live bodies. Constant research about radiation frequencies, including dirty electricity that's inherent in our power grid from 42% wind and solar power delivered to our house... I purchased SaticShield and Aulterra products to shield, filter and "retune" the POWERFUL man-made smart meter radiation and technology frequencies constituting interference with our natural live electrical bodies; including the wifi router, cell phones, laptop, desktop and big screen tv. We applied individual products to the technology devices, a whole house filter to our electrical lines and each of our automobiles. We wear the protection on our bodies as well. Finally the buzzing in my head reduced some and sleep was improved some. We shielded the FORCED UPON US smart meter from pulsing extremely heavy loads of radiation into our kitchen where we stand to cook and walk past EVERY DAY. What do people do that can't afford to mitigate the harmful health effects? Or those that don't know a silent killer is frequenting them every day practically all day and all night? I can't imagine the terror moms and dads have over their young children being constantly bombarded by man made radiation frequencies that disturb the young and old alike and do damage to the DNA level to every live member of mankind, animal kind and plant kind! Yes, the radiation frequencies did not raise my body temperature but they certainly harmed my everyday life!!! The radiation and dirty electricity are sneaky. People are unaware of the huge dirty electricity readings caused by led lights, dimmers, florescent lights, and all those aforementioned technological devices. I'm absolutely appalled by a small town in Iowa where family lives... placing frequency devices DIRECTLY ON all the town's people's WATER TOWER!!! Are you kidding? The corporate officials that took money to do that ought to be ousted in the public square! Those frequencies directly on the water tower destroy the structure of water so desperately needed by every living thing. Stop this madness. Denial is the problem because there's too powerful much money to be made by continuing down this path! The truth is not hidden from the All Mighty. The number one job of "government" is to protect the people and their assets. DO IT.

It is known that RF energy is dangerous when it heats tissue, so keeping exposure below the heating threshold has been the “safety” goal since the 1990's. However, “The Federal Communications Commission’s safety exposure limits for wireless radiation are based on the assumption that the radiation can harm human health ONLY at levels high enough to heat human tissue. Cellphones emit radiation at levels lower than that.” https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/cellphone-radiation-abnormal-blood-cells-rouleaux-formation/? So an entire category of biological effects from RF energy has been denied consideration by the FCC. It is now imperative that the FCC fully consider evidence and real-world experiences concerning ALL possible types of health and environmental impacts of wireless radiation. Personally I have been dismayed that for many years the FCC has refused to update their decades old “safety standards” for RF exposure, clinging to “thermal effects” as the only possible harmful impact on living beings. Yet a government funded review of 2300 studies done before 1971 found a plethora of biological effects. https://www.emfanalysis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Naval-Medical-Research-Institute-2300-Studies-on-EMF-Health-Effects.pdf In this comment I will focus on my own individual personal experience related to symptoms listed in that bibliography such as sleep disturbance; lens of eye (cataractous lesions)/ lens opacity and coagulation; blood disorders; blood oxygen content resulting from EMF/RF exposure; hypertension. SLEEP DISTURBANCE Some time after forced installation of smart meters on both my household electrical system and natural gas system, I began to notice a strange pattern. I would wake up from deep sleep at precisely the same time every night. (For a long while it was 4:14 am.) It mattered not what time I had gotten to bed nor how tired I had been, etc. Just a peculiar waking up at exactly the same moment every night, often with heart arrhythmia or racing heartbeat. And then having great difficulty getting back to sleep. This became very tiresome and took a serious toll on my health and well-being. I believe some researchers have found a way to trace when smart meters release some sort of energy blast that could cause such a sleep disturbance. There is nothing inside my home that would generate an “alarm” waking me every night, so I have had to question other possible sources and smart meters are a likely suspect. The exact repetitive timing of waking points to an automated system. EYE LENS IMPACTS From 2016 t0 2026 I did a tremendous amount of volunteer computer work for an organization I supported. Over time I became convinced intuitively that this extensive screen time was damaging my eyes, as my sight became more and more blurry until I could not use the computer without wearing glasses. Previously I had only ever worn glasses for distance vision while driving or at movie theatres. I was eventually diagnosed with serious cataracts and have had to pay for cataract replacement surgery. I found an explanation by Dr. Tom Cowan of the mechanism by which RF and the light from screens deteriorates the eyesight--thus confirming my intuition. BLOOD DISORDERS In 2006 and 2007 I had live blood cell analysis done out of curiosity to explore ways to enhance my health. There were no Rouleaux Formations visible in my blood sample (when red blood cells stack together like coins). During that period in my life I had no cell phone. Smart meters were not installed in my area until 2010-2012. As of then no cell towers had been erected nearby. In 2021 I returned for another live blood cell analysis and my red blood cells were all clumped in Rouleaux Formation. This was extremely alarming as that can impact blood flow and circulation and put one at risk for high blood pressure, stroke, and heart attack. At that point I had owned a cell phone since 2017 and generally tried to avoid it, keeping it as far from my body as possible and touching it as little as possible. When away from home I carried it in the back of my knapsack, not immediately on my body. (But I needed to bring it with me to the blood test in order to get in the door.) I wish to point to several studies that have been done that tie Rouleaux formation in the blood to EMF/RF: https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/cellphone-radiation-abnormal-blood-cells-rouleaux-formation/? “RBCs that are stuck together in Rouleaux or other aggregates increase the blood viscosity, and this affects the passage of RBC through the microvessels throughout the body.13 RBC shape and deformability are also relevant to blood flow. The typical round disk shape of normal RBCs is considered optimum for blood flow. The shape of the echinocytes might impair blood flow and oxygen release from echinocytes is known to be impaired.14” https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/does-short-term-exposure-to-cell-phone-radiation-affect-the-blood/#gsc.tab=0 BREATH AND OXYGEN CARRIAGE IN BLOOD The fact sheet on Rouleaux Formation produced by Environmental Health Trust also notes that “blood may not carry oxygen efficiently”. I have been noticing in the last few years that when I hike uphill I “huff and puff”, getting out of breath more than would seem appropriate for my otherwise good health and exercise habits. I have puzzled about that. (Typically when hiking I have my cellphone in my knapsack or backpack, which according to the research I have just cited, could be generating Rouleaux Formation in my blood while I am hiking.) It definitely feels as though, in spite of breathing strongly, I am not getting enough oxygen. “…clumped blood cells flow less easily and thus can impact oxygen delivery throughout the body.” (Study published in February 2025, conducted by Dr. Robert R. Brown, Vice President of Scientific Research and Clinical Affairs at EHT) HYPERTENSION I purchased my first cell phone mid 2017. In 2018 my blood pressure was within “normal” range—since then it has continually crept up, as has my cell phone usage. Research suggests a correlation. I don’t have wifi in my home, choosing to use ethernet connections instead to minimize EMF/RF exposure. However as I write at least 10 of my neighbor’s wifi systems are impinging on my inside space. My neighbor’s smart meter is just across the driveway from where my head is when I sleep…There is a cell tower approximately 3 blocks away in one direction and another about the same distance in the other direction. I am not happy about any of these RF sources but can not control them.. Do I hear the reader saying “These are all normal symptoms of aging”? Are they, or have they just been “normalized” because of the omnipresence of RF/EMF impacting our health? DATA CENTERS And now Data centers are trying to gain a foothold EVERYWHERE including in crowded communities such as mine. These emit RFs / EMFs and can have a serious impact on neighbors—or some say, on everyone within a several mile radius. Do we want to choose this as a culture? to create “sacrifice zones” that are uninhabitable by anyone concerned with health? CONCLUSION The FCC should take a Precautionary Principle position about RF/EMF safety standards. I have presented many of my own health issues that COULD be impacts from RF/EMF. Indeed research has pointed to most of them as potentially “caused” by RF/EMF. It is difficult to prove causality of anything—but if our goal is to support health in the general population and lessen healthcare spending, then we need more stringent RF safety standards..

As a retired RN, I'd like to speak for those of us with EMF sensitivity/illness. We don’t often get a window into the life of a person with EHS (electro-magnetic hypersensitivity) – how isolating it is – how marginalized people are – and how withdrawn they must become to protect what is left of their health. We need to listen with ears wide open. This is real and real people are living greatly diminished lives. Imagine yourself forced to give up a productive life to live on the edge, and that edge keeps moving. Imagine being denied access to business opportunities, education, transportation, healthcare, public participation, recreation and places of celebration and renewal. Again and again we are hearing the same things. I lived a normal life until… smart meters were installed on my wall… until a major cell phone tower was built next door…. until my office installed several wireless routers. My family didn’t understand. It took me some time to realize what was making me sick. It destabilized my relationships. I lost my freedom. People with EHS have to give up so many things most people take for granted in life. Shopping, going out to dinner, attending meetings in public places, going to a child’s graduation or recital, travel along an interstate or by rail or air. Everyday activities that make up the fabric of life are no longer accessible – at least without paying the price. It is an insidious and invisible progression where the activities of daily life are incrementally diminished by exposures that intensify with time, subject to no health and safety accounting at all!!! No one is keeping track of cumulative RF body burdens. There is no governmental agency that is tracking EHS illness reports, nor conducting a serious effort to revise health standards!!! EHS is real and people are being harmed by wireless technology. Please set lower MPEs for this real toxin.

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. The Court directed the FCC to provide a reasoned explanation for its determination that its 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, the ubiquity of wireless devices and technological developments, impacts on the environment, and the adequacy of the FCC’s testing procedures for cell phones and other portable devices. The FCC should fully consider evidence and real-world experiences concerning the health and 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. The FCC is not a health agency and does not have expertise in medicine, biology or public health. Yet, the agency continues to assert authority over RF exposure standards and is preparing to reach conclusions about whether its existing guidelines adequately protect the public. 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. This issue matters to me personally because: I’ve been suffering from EMR Syndrome for 5 years. Whenever there’s a cell phone turned on near me—or Wi-Fi, a DECT phone, a cordless device, or an antenna nearby—I get headaches, pain all over my body, and brain fog. I become aggressive, and if it goes on for too long, I end up with burnout or depression... I’m a musician and flute teacher. I’ve not been able to play in concert the late 2 years. I can still teach, but it’s become very difficult. If I'm in my classroom and there's a cell phone turned on in the hallway, I can't see it, but I can sense it! I have to wear protective clothing—it's very expensive, but it's not enough—and it's very hard to live like this. I’m OK when there is less than 0,020 V/m (HF). I can support with the shielding clothes until 0,2 V/m during one or maybe 2 hours. If it is 1V/m or more, that’s not possible for me, and I’ll be very ill during at least 2 weeks. It’s not possible to travel, nor to go at restaurant, cinema, concert, etc. I urge the FCC to give meaningful consideration to the experiences and evidence before it and to fully address each of the issues identified by the court.

I am commenting about this case as I have been greatly impacted by wireless for about 15 years. I was very sick with extreme heart problems , migraines , digestive problems , brain fog, light sensitivity and extreme fatigue. After seeing many doctors who were no help I started doing my own research to figure out what was causing my health problems. I decided to greatly limit my exposure to anything, wireless, especially wifi. I got rid of all my wireless devices and slowly all my health problems started to go away. My health returned to normal after about a year living in the rural area. Everything I use now is hardwired. The migraines after 12 years stopped in one day being away from the wireless. Imagine what it’s like living in this country where wireless is ubiquitous, it’s not easy but my life is so much better now. I think the way the FCC has tried to bury this issue is a disgrace in light of all the global studies that show harm, even the NIH showed harm.. The US has the second highest allowable cell towers. An industry run governmental branch, the FCC is harming people and the flora fauna. And the 1996 telecom act is way out dated and a disgrace to humanity.