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Posted 2026-10-21#26110083069 · Permanent link ↗

To whom it may concern: Oct. 13 2026 In 2018, we moved into our home in Geneva, Florida. My wife almost i…

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To whom it may concern: Oct. 13 2026 In 2018, we moved into our home in Geneva, Florida. My wife almost immediately started having convulsions with blackouts multiple times daily. Because she had brain surgery before, she went back to her Neurologist. After extensive testing and trying many medications, The Neurologist. could not identify a cause. Nothing stopped the convulsions or the blackouts. Her days were reduced to getting up every morning and sitting down with a bowl of ice water in her lap. She would place a cold, wet washcloth on her forehead between convulsions. This went on all day long for months. She was physically exhausted which caused memory loss and disorientation. During this time, a close friend sent an email containing a video of a woman talking about Smart Meters used by electric companies that might be a fire hazard. We were unaware of Smart Meters. After watching the video, we checked to see if we had one on our home. We did. It was located on the exterior of our bedroom wall, about eighteen inches from our heads where we slept. We looked online for our power company's website. There the Power Company explained that the meter was transmitting (pulsing) RF signals a few seconds a day and was harmless. I was an aviation electronics technician specializing in airborne side-looking radar and infrared photography in the Navy. Upon leaving the Navy, I worked in the Telephony Industry during the development and deployment of wireless telephone systems and telephones. So, I questioned the frequency of signals the Smart Meter was transmitting and how often they were being transmitted. I rented a NARDA SRM-3006 meter. With it, I was able to measure the number of transmissions and the magnitude of the pulses which were in the 10,000 µW/m² range. Also, I saw when the transmissions occurred. The transmissions were numerous and spread throughout the day and night (24/7). My wife had titanium sutures implanted in her head from her previous brain surgery. I was concerned that these signals might be triggering the convulsions. The family shielded another bedroom in our house to shelter her. The convulsions with blackouts ceased. Many doctors expressed doubt about her condition and refused to help. She decided go back to see the GP who had been her doctor for many years, hoping he might understand. After explaining to him precisely what had occurred, he began to laugh. We asked what was funny and he explained. He had been having heart palpitations and periods of shortness of breath. After testing, he was unable to find a cause. It was then he learned that his office was located directly under the WI-FI router for the entire multi-storied building his office was in. He had his office rooms painted with shielding paint. His cardiac symptoms diminished. Because the RF signals were rapidly increasing with newer technology, when my wife went out into public communities, she began having more intense and longer lasting convulsions with blackouts. I began having to take her to the hospital to gain control. She started wearing a silver lined head covering to help shield herself from the waves. Because the RF signals were becoming endemic, we decided to relocate to a safer environment. In 2023 , we purchased an old farm in West Virginia's Quiet Zone. Even here she has to use shielding due to the wide use of wireless devices, IE, cell phones which can produce 5G signals in ranges of 350,000 to over 2,500,000 µW/m² range, WI-FI signals over 10,000 µW/m² , Bluetooth devices with signals over 6,500 µW/m² , and the deployment of 5G frequencies. Yes, even here in the “quiet zone” many people never turn off their cell phones. Although their phones will not work, they still transmit RF signals. So, the use of higher frequencies still penetrate her shielding and can again cause convulsions and blackouts. Here are two examples: Due to a product recall my CPAC machine was replaced in June 2024. The new machine was installed immediately and put into use. During the night, my wife had severe convulsions. Using a Safe and Sound Pro II Broadband RF Meter, I was able to find the source of the signals that triggered her convulsions. My new CPAC unit was emitting Bluetooth signals in the 4000 to 6000 µW/m² range. I was able to turn the Bluetooth off using the CPAP controls. My wife had two nights of peaceful sleep. On the third night, she had severe convulsions again. With the meter, I learned that the new CPAP unit had independently turned the Bluetooth signals on again. Consequently, I had to repeatedly reset the Bluetooth controls to off prior to the third day automatic re-activation. In September 2025, I was visiting a neighbor. Because of their home WIFI, my wife sat in our car. His wife went out to speak with my wife. While they were conversing, my wife began to convulse. Our neighbor's wife ran back to her house and told me my wife was not well. I quickly saw what was happening and removed my wife from the area. I went back to the neighbor's home with the meter. The neighbor's wife had recently replaced her hearing aids. Her new hearing aids were both emitting Bluetooth signals in the 1050- 2000 µW/m² range. Recently, a physicist in Canada suggested my wife try using two silver lined shields (one over the other) and for the most part it now blocks the higher frequencies. We do not know if she will be able to shelter from satellite waves which are in the 18 GHz frequency range which can be detected with the Safe and Sound Pro mm Wave Broadband RF Meter 20 – 40 GHz. These increasing high frequencies and their extensive deployment causes my wife to live in isolation and be constantly shielded. Thank you for putting public health first. Meter #'s used: Safe and Sound Pro II Broadband RF Meter 200 MHz – 8 GHz Acoustimeter RF Meter Model AM-10 200 MHz – 8 GHz Safe and Sound Pro mm Wave Broadband RF Meter 20 – 40 GHz WIFI signals in medical waiting Rm: 5200 µW/m² Cell phone activated using 5G: 2,5000,000 µW/m²
Posted 2026-10-21#26110083043 · Permanent link ↗

The current limits on EMF/GSM-like RF exposure on the human population must be re-examined in light of th…

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The current limits on EMF/GSM-like RF exposure on the human population must be re-examined in light of the increasing use of cell phones, Wi-Fi, cell towers and small cells, smart meters, Bluetooth AirPods, 5G, and emerging 6G technologies. Children are reportedly especially vulnerable in that they absorb higher rates of RF radiation. More and more studies are confirming severe neurotoxic effects. See Neurotoxic effects of 3.5 GHz GSM-like RF exposure on cultured DRG neurons: a mechanistic insight into oxidative and apoptotic pathways. Bektas H, Seker A, Ustun R, Dogu S, 2026. The current limits relating to "heating tissue" are insufficient to protect the human population. I am requesting that the FCC conduct specific research on the true effects of radiation on humans, animals, and any living tissue. The ever increasing levels of radiation are deleteriously affecting all of us. I request that you take immediate action to protect us from further harm and institute truly safe limits.
Posted 2026-10-21#26110083027 · Permanent link ↗

I'm a very healthy and fit 71yo woman. I take a lot of precautions with regard to EMR exposure, however, …

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I'm a very healthy and fit 71yo woman. I take a lot of precautions with regard to EMR exposure, however, the introduction of 5G has obviously been impossible to avoid in public spaces. I've had an unexplained rise in my Hemoglobin A1c, from 5.3 to 5.9 over the past few years. I don't have any risk factors for type 2 diabetes, so wonder if the beta cells in my pancreas are being negatively effected by 5G. I have 2 friends who are in their mid 60's who like me are very health conscious, lean, and fit. They do not take precautions with regard to EMR and both have HgbA1c's in the pre-diabetic range! What's going on in our environment? Please look into this potential connection. Thank you.
Posted 2026-10-21#26110083007 · Permanent link ↗

Children's schools should not be located near mobile phone towers or TV towers or electrical transmission…

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Children's schools should not be located near mobile phone towers or TV towers or electrical transmission power lines. And the powerful Wi-Fi routers often used in schools should not be near any children's desks. California officially issued guidelines advising of mobile phone dangers, warning of increased risk of brain cancer and other health problems, and that children’s developing brains could be at greater risk. The biggest source of RF exposure for most people is using a mobile phone next to the head. You can reduce RF exposure a lot by using the phone's speaker and holding the phone farther away from your head, or using wired headphones say neuro-oncologists & public heath experts. The city council in Berkeley California passed a law that requires retailers to tell consumers how far away their phone should be held. The European Union recommends wired Internet rather than wireless in schools. France also banned WiFi routers in nursery and daycare centers, and restricted elementary school WiFi to only when in use for education. The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) states in an open letter to school superintendents, “There is a consistent, emerging science that shows people, especially children who are more vulnerable due to developing brains and thinner skulls, are being affected by the increasing exposure to wireless radiation.” In 2021 a New Hampshire report outlined health risks of cell phone towers in residential neighborhoods. Scientific American reported a study of mobile phone exposure and cancer in rats: www.scientificamerican.com/article/major-cell-phone-radiation-study-reignites-cancer-questions/ According to Dr. Joel Moskowitz (UC/Berkeley), "The study's results reinforce the need for more stringent regulation of radiofrequency radiation and better disclosure of the health risks associated with wireless technologies." Dr. Martha Herbert, a Harvard Pediatrician, wrote in this letter to Montgomery County Schools "there are thousands of papers...that document adverse health and neurological impacts of EMF/RFR"..."Radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation from wifi and cell towers can exert a disorganizing effect on the ability to learn and remember, and can also be destabilizing to immune and metabolic function"..."Powerful industrial entities have a vested interest in leading the public to believe that EMF/RFR, which we cannot see, taste or touch, is harmless, but this is not true". The American Academy of Pediatrics in 2013 requested a review of EMF radiation emissions from technology devices, citing impact on children. Some schools have reduced WiFi exposure of children: https://ehtrust.org/tag/wifi-in-schools/ https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/school-wifi-networks-could-put-12602188 In 2011 the World Health Organization classified cell phones (and other wireless devices) as a possible carcinogen due to RF emissions. In 2013 Dr. Anthony Miller from University of Toronto School of Public Health recommended that based on new research, radio frequency (RF) exposure should be reclassified as a probable carcinogen. Regarding power lines: Researchers have found health effects, including a doubling of leukemia rates associated with living in AC magnetic field strengths greater than 4.0 mG. www.emfs.info/health/leukaemia/ www.powerwatch.org.uk/elf/overview.asp www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10944614 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20877339 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11055621 The Swedish National Energy Department issued an advisory warning that schools, playgrounds, and day-care centers should not be sited near power lines, and that children should not be subjected for long periods every day to AC magnetic fields over 3.0 mG.
Posted 2026-10-21#26110083006 · Permanent link ↗

Public Comment to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ET Docket No. 13-84: Reassessment of RF Exp…

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Public Comment to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
ET Docket No. 13-84: Reassessment of RF Exposure Limits I urge the FCC to open a new proceeding to reassess its radio frequency (RF) exposure limits and work directly with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure that those limits reflect current scientific evidence, including potential biological effects beyond tissue heating. Wireless infrastructure has expanded dramatically, with antennas and cell towers appearing on schools, apartment buildings, and near people's homes. Wi-Fi, smart meters, and wireless devices are now widespread, often with limited public discussion about potential health and environmental impacts or the availability of alternatives. I have personally experienced headaches, nausea, feeling unwell, neck and chest tightness, ringing in my ears, and a hot, tingling sensation in my hand when holding a cell phone. I have noticed differences in how I feel under certain wireless conditions, including when using Wi-Fi compared with a wired Ethernet connection. I recognize these experiences do not establish causation, but I believe they warrant serious consideration and further independent research. The FCC should not rely solely on protection against excessive tissue heating without transparently evaluating the broader scientific evidence concerning possible biological effects. I ask the Commission to: 1. Open a new proceeding to review and update its RF exposure limits. 2. Work with HHS and independent researchers to evaluate the latest evidence on potential biological effects, including effects not explained by heating. 3. Improve public access to exposure measurements, the scientific basis for safety standards, and any remaining uncertainties. 4. Consider practical alternatives, including wired technologies, and the environmental and community impacts of expanding wireless infrastructure. 5. Provide meaningful opportunities for public participation before finalizing revised standards. I am also concerned about who benefits financially from the rapid expansion of wireless infrastructure and whether commercial interests are receiving greater consideration than public health, environmental protection, and informed public choice. I urge the FCC to take concrete action, commission a transparent review, and work with HHS to ensure that its standards are informed by the full body of credible scientific evidence. The public deserves transparency, accountability, and a meaningful voice in decisions that affect our homes and communities. Thank you for considering my comments.
Posted 2026-10-21#26110082989 · Permanent link ↗

I want these questions answered properly. Greater Harm to Children EMF exposure is more consequential in …

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I want these questions answered properly. Greater Harm to Children EMF exposure is more consequential in children than adults for four major reasons. 1. Children have higher surface-to-volume ratios; thus, their tissues are much more exposed to EMFs. This may be particularly important in the head where thinner skulls mean brain exposures are much higher. 2. Children have very high densities of stem cells which are particularly sensitive to EMFs. 3. The developing brain appears to be especially sensitive to EMFs. 4. Young tissues have much greater extracellular water content than do older tissues. This leads to much deeper penetration of effects. For these reasons, Wi-Fi and cell phone tower radiation in schools are both of special concern. More concerns at link below: https://whatcomwatch.org/index.php/article/5g-is-coming-to-bellingham/?fbclid=IwY2xjawVFow9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mAXNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR4yjyEFmlMmX5jrvukLqIV_PVizuvRn2u6CK4ZVny4Ja5gDKQTl6dXks4lMbQ_aem_9j-wW9OryB3eU01-uV84EQ
Posted 2026-10-21#26110082987 · Permanent link ↗

Hello from Finland! I'm writing about my own experience of reacting to wireless devices and networks. Whe…

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Hello from Finland! I'm writing about my own experience of reacting to wireless devices and networks. When 4G was launched in Finland, "a net stick" was installed on my laptop, through which I could access the internet. At the same time, I bought an iPhone. My face was always red and hot after using Internet via laptop and after a few months my left hand and my right hand index finger started to hurt and tingle after using the iPhone as well. Then, the operator offered a tablett that has internet connection and would also work as a server for my laptop. That tablett screen was so electrical, that it stack in my fingers almost like there was some kind of glue on it. I discussed many times with the operator about this strange fenomen, but nobody knew, what was the problem. Well, after receiving my EMF meter, the picture got crystal clear! I haven't used that tablett since. At that time I went on business trips to different cities in Finland and at the same time there could be up to 5 mobile phones in the car, several of which were in use at the same time. On such trips, I suffered from really severe fatigue, nausea and headaches, and the confused feeling could continue even days after such a trip. I connected the nausea to the mobile phone being on, as I once turned on the phone in the car and immediately a wave of nausea attacked me. The difference between the real car sickness and EMF sickness is clear; car sickness makes you vomit, EMF sickness gets better, once you exit the vehicle and the metal box filled with EMFR and you don't vomit. The feeling however starts in the back of your scull for both conditions. Later on, I even unknowingly tested the effect of the phone and noticed that, for example the arrival of a text message while driving causes a rapid, stabbing headache, and the ringing of the phone causes nausea and a dizzy sensation in the head even before the phone makes a sound. One time, my friend had, according to my wish, switched off mobile data, but she got a normal call during the drive and she just turned the voice down, but let the phone ring for a long time, because she didn't understand, that I really suffer because of it. I was about to throw up and faint for the rest of the journey. I had to roll the window down to keep us on the road. When we got home, she noticed, that the phone had rang almost 15 minutes in a row. I was absolutely wrecked for two days afterwards. After that episode, phones are allowed in my car only in aeroplane mode. I can feel, when I am driving in the middle of two cell towers, because I get nausea and my eyes start to wander on the road ahead. Usually I also feel sudden weakness in my shoulders and arms and I need to open the window. Also some cold sweat may appear. That is scary. GPS is a BIG "NO NO" for me. I get really dizzy if somebody wants to check our location while driving. In public spaces with Wifi or WLAN, I feel a strange nervousness in my body and I find it difficult to concentrate on what I read in the library, for example. I feel almost like before a migraine, when at least I have the feeling that my head does not "belong to the body", but is somehow separate. It's difficult to explain. In places like this, even in schools where I have worked as a substitute, it is difficult to find words and I feel awkward, not relaxed. At home, we don't have wireless networks and I've been able to reduce exposure. When I sleep, my phone is in another room and mobile data turned off. I've tried to talk to my children about the disadvantages of mobile phones and instructed them to keep their phone's mobile data turned off if they have it in their pockets. My children didn't get their phones until they were 11 and 12 years old, but both of them are already hooked on their phones after 3-4 years, and this is very worrying. I have manually chosen 4G in my phone and I get symptoms if only 5G phones are in the same room with me. Sometimes after such a day I get fatigue and even heart palpitations. I'm aftaid, that 6G will finally break my health. Besides my EMF sensitivity I have been absolutely healthy all my life and have no medication. I have, however experienced problems with mold in my work place some 20 years ago and I have understood, that many people sensitive for EMF have similar background. I'm 53 years old. Please, make this idiotic "progress" just STOP!!! You are killing people with your so called "safety limits" , that are from the last century and have nothing to do with safety of living creatures! People in Finland and all around the world are frying because of your lousy "science". EMF harms human body in many ways, the heating effect is not the only one. This should be clear by now!!! Mr. Kennedy, thank you for all your efforts in this and many other vital matters in this crazy world we're living in!
Posted 2026-10-21#26110082974 · Permanent link ↗

I am writing to you in the hope of having your attention on the subject of renewable energy and telecommu…

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I am writing to you in the hope of having your attention on the subject of renewable energy and telecommunication energies, as well as their consequences for livestock farms, and I refer to the interview you had with journalist A. Bercoff on Sud Radio in FRANCE. on 06/11/2025. I share with you the observation that the deployment of its energies stems from an ideology, that this deployment is made on the basis of completely incomplete impact studies, that our animals are indeed sensory sentinels, the verification of this being the increase in the number of farms concerned in connection with the increase in the number of people who have become electrosensitive. It is clear that these intermittent energies are very costly in terms of European funds and various forms of financing, that their profitability is difficult to envisage even in the long term, and that it is imperative to integrate their consequences on living organisms as a whole. For several years, even decades, farmers like ourselves (my husband and I) have been warning about the loss of production and the loss of animals they suffer after a renewable energy installation or a telecommunication relay antenna (2,3,4,5G) positioned themselves close to their farms, or even at distances of more than 10 km. As for our personal situation: we are arboriculturalist farmers in Creuse and we undergo 6 relay antennas around our farm, which covers a hundred hectares spread over a diameter of 3 klm. On this diameter of 3 klm, 6 relay antennas were erected in 2 years after COVID. 2 are really close to our farm (100m). We suffered huge losses (herd, finances, damage to our health) We, the breeders, call on the authorities without anything significant happening; on the contrary, for our part, controls continue and follow one another. We spoke to independent experts
Posted 2026-10-21#26110082935 · Permanent link ↗

I am Daniel Vasku, a Dutch citizen, trained in media and image technology, with a lifelong love for techn…

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I am Daniel Vasku, a Dutch citizen, trained in media and image technology, with a lifelong love for technology. After moving to New Zealand I helped organise festivals and events, doing everything from my smartphone, with me 24-7. While setting up wireless networks and video systems for these festivals, I built a mesh network at a rural venue out of consumer Linksys routers. One day, after hours configuring a stack of four active routers, I felt a strange spastic tingling in my right arm, the one nearest the stack. Over the following summer I developed persistent nose congestion, brain fog, painful joints and fatigue. I assumed it was hay fever, but it made no sense that the symptoms lasted for months while we travelled to completely different places. The turning point came in Golden Bay NZ, at the home of a friend who had deliberately restricted his Wi-Fi. While he explained this, I realised that every time I switched my phone on, I felt a brief stabbing pain in my brain. Minutes later the sting returned, and my girlfriend had just powered her phone on. That confirmation made me take the possibility seriously. For the next two or three years I stayed skeptical, but the pattern held: whenever my phone and Wi-Fi were off and I avoided close exposure, I felt much better. In a shared home where Wi-Fi was kept off except when needed, I repeatedly told housemates it was on when they were sure it wasn't, and I was always right. I learned to trust the specific head pressure that came with wireless signals. A few years ago I visited family in Europe, and my condition worsened dramatically: relentless headaches, growing joint pain, visible decline. Eventually I could no longer function, and a friend urged me back to New Zealand. In a small, reception-free valley in Auckland I recovered almost immediately. So I bought my first meter, a Cornet. In a room where everything was powered down, it revealed a pulsing signal coming from my Apple Pencil, whose Bluetooth pulses around the clock. After boxing it up outside the room, I slept that night, for the first time in ages, without the head pressure that so often became a full migraine. With renewed energy I started a sauerkraut business at a Sunday market. It went well, but every market day was followed by a migraine, and recovery grew from one day to two, three, then a full week of pain. When the owner of a new venue told me a cell tower was going on the roof with strong indoor repeaters, I realised I had to quit. When savings ran out, I moved to a rural community in the Coromandel. There, with almost no cell reception, my health picked up tremendously. But my sensitivity kept increasing. One or two hours in town cost me severe headaches the next day. I tried shielding: first a silver-coated veil, which helped, then a full radiation suit from China made of stainless steel and cotton, which let me shop without next-day migraines, at the cost of looking odd, overheating badly in sunlight, and sensitivity to AC electric fields. Even that was not enough. People using a phone in a neighbouring room triggered headaches before I even saw the device, and I was always right. I began carrying my meter constantly as an alarm system, because by the time I felt pain it was already too late. About five years ago my condition worsened again despite shielding. My meter showed levels higher than before, and the timing coincided with the switch-on of 5G in the town. I found a new community in Golden Bay in the South Island, verified it with more sensitive equipment like the Safe & Sound ProII, which registers the far lower levels at which I now react, and moved there. Today I can function outdoors with a clear head and no pain. But I can visit town only briefly once a week, still paying one or two days of migraine even with the suit, and I live in near-total social isolation, a hard adjustment for a social person. And with all pervasive wireless radiation, it's difficult to access healthcare. I am de facto an EMF refugee. An example: a friend came for tea and swore he had left his phone in the car. Within minutes I became nauseous and started stuttering. My meter found active AirPods in his pocket emitting about 16,000 microwatts per square metre. In ten minutes, from two metres away, they cost me my train of thought. I am desperately looking for an EMF sanctuary where I can function as a human being among people who keep wireless off. In the meantime I have helped many others with similar symptoms, using calibrated meters to find and eliminate sources, and it is clear that this problem is growing. I am deeply troubled by what this means for children, and for humans, animals, plants and insects. We are gambling with the future of humanity in what may be the most irresponsible open-air experiment ever undertaken. The more people learn about Electromagnetic Radiation Syndrome, the more will recognise their own unexplained suffering in it.
Posted 2026-10-21#26110082828 · Permanent link ↗

It is astonishing that here we are in 2026 and the FCC has not considered any of the studies for wireless…

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It is astonishing that here we are in 2026 and the FCC has not considered any of the studies for wireless radiation and no updated, acknowledged guidelines have occurred since 1996. How is that even possible? Radiofrequency radiation surrounds us every minute of every day. You hold our health in your hands. Industry continues to push for thousands of new antenna installations near our homes. There must be a deliberate and meaningful policy change in our world, it is all we have. Please protect it and all of us in it. The concern for people appears to be a thing of the past. All of our futures are in your hands. Please review the facts and help all of us.

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