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Hi my name is Salman. I have been living near a cell tower in 20 meters for the past two years and have experienced persistent health problems, including insomnia cnt sleep at night, dizziness, headaches, and burning and itching sensations in my skin and eyes everytime. Despite consulting several doctors and trying different medications, my symptoms have not improved. And there are several other residents in our area have reported symptoms such as headaches, dizziness, and nausea, and hotness of body, This has raised serious problems among local residents,two residents got cancer in last 2 years, Cell towers emit radiofrequency (RF) radiation continuously, 24 hours a day, RF microwave radiation can cause cells and tissue heating at sufficiently high exposure levels, There are many researches and investigations and publications available regarding cell tower radiations which proved that cell tower radiations are harmful for humans , animals .plants and birds.and other living things I urge the relevant authorities to take residents' concerns seriously, investigate the potential health and environmental impacts of rf cell tower radiations and do research about it and make people life easy...thankyou

I always was highly sensitive for everything because I have light autism, with strong sensory differences, plus I have migraine. My sensitivity started with the 2G system, I felt anxiety and shoulder, neck muscle hardness, and I’ve started grinding my teeth. I had a mobile phone, nut I could not use it because any time I put it to my ear my ear started aching, and the area around my ear. With 3G my experience was the same, I could't use it. I have a wireless tablet, I used it many times and I get strong migraine after I used it, in my workplace there was a router on my desk next to me less than 1 meter, that short time I worked in this workplace I had headache almost every day. I didn't know it was becuase of the tablet and router. I only noticed after using tablet that my right eye was more wide open and felt stiffer than my left eye. When I touched it, I had the sensation that it was bulging out. The eye naturally has a certain depth, and when you place your hands over both eyes, I felt as though my right eyeball was protruding. When I pressed on my eyeball, as if I were trying to push it back into its proper position, I felt pain. It also felt as though there was fluid or some other substance behind my eye, or throughout that side of my forehead, pushing my eye outward. This kept happening repeatedly after using wireless tablet. I also noticed that after prolonged use, I would experience pain in my breasts, usually in my right breast. I never went to a doctor because of the pain, so I don't know whether there was a lump or anything else. I simply noticed that after each extended period of tablet use, my right breast would also hurt. Once I realised that the tablet was causing these symptoms, I stopped using not only my phone but also my tablet, and the symptoms disappeared. However, other symptoms did not go away. I became disorganised and no longer had the energy to tidy up. This was when the fatigue began, and it has continued to this day, I was anxious even though I had no reason to be anxious. I went to see a psychologist, who told me that she considered me completely normal. I was told that I was not coping with stress properly, but what I could not understand was what the stress was in the first place. Apparently, I had no reason to feel stressed or worry about anything!!!!4G phones with built-in GPS and other features arrived on the market. Naturally, I could not use either 3G or 4G close to my head because they caused immediate pain, but these smartphones already allowed users to access the internet. I tried it myself, too. Unfortunately, after about one minute of use, I had to put the phone aside and stop browsing the internet on it because of severe pain behind my eyes, pain in my temples, and other strange sensations, such as tingling in my skin and bones. If other people's phones were near me (and this is still the case today), I could easily sense what I perceived as radiation coming from their phones. I would become dizzy, develop a headache, and experience tiny pinprick-like sensations on my skin. When I sat in an area with Wi-Fi, I also felt intense pressure in my temples, even deep inside my bones. I had an internet connection installed at home, and the provider supplied a router. However, whenever I switched it on, I would develop a headache. After experiencing this repeatedly, I came to the conclusion that these wireless devices were causing my episodes of feeling unwell. So I gradually realized something I didn’t know at first: that wireless devices were causing my health problems. I had to gave back the router and internet to the provider. I started a new job where I had to work with laptops in a room where the laptops were connected to WiFi. I didn’t want to say that these things make me sick – obviously that’s not how you start at a new workplace – but after just a few minutes I became so dizzy and my vision got so blurry that I had to leave the building. After that I went to a psychologist because I was worried about how I could tell an employer that I feel unwell from the laptop and WiFi. He encouraged me to stand up for myself and explain the problem, but at the workplace the response was that they couldn’t do without these devices, so I had to leave. I’m also sensitive to GPS, though I didn’t know that at first either and used it in the car. I had to stop twice because I got dizzy, still not knowing what was causing it. Then the third time I felt much worse: I was dizzy, had a terrible migraine, vision problems, and was on the verge of fainting. I had to pull over, and there I fainted; the ambulance took me away. In the hospital I told them that I had become unwell after turning on the GPS, and the doctor said that many people are sensitive to it. Lately 5G proximity bothers me; I feel the radiation. Life fully limited – I avoid so much, big disadvantage in work and normal life.

The key word in the RFI is the word “scientific”; it is repeated eleven time in different contexts as the main motive is to “Understand”; it is mentioned in the RFI: “At the same time, scientific literature is extensive, technically complex, and not always easy for policymakers or public health stakeholders to interpret.” This comment is from a care giver perspective; an independent healer offering services to Harmonize/Balance contaminated areas, places, devices (smart or not) with EMF and RF. The outcome of this so called (Harmonization/Balancing) is the disappearing or the dramatic improvement of the adverse health effects experienced by suffering people living in these places or using these devices. The approach used for Harmonization/Balancing is a "Holistic" approach, considered as Pseudoscience by the contemporary main scientific community, it is called (Physical Radiesthesia): a modality created by independent French researchers in the 1930’s, it works on the subtle effects/planes of the EMF, RF and the Human Subtle Energy Field, i.e. the physical measurements of EMF & RF rest unchanged after the Harmonization. The RFI is asking the following questions: 5.o. Is additional research needed to develop, test, and evaluate the effectiveness of procedures and techniques for minimizing exposure to electronic product radiation? Where are the largest gaps, if any, in knowledge? 16. What are the highest priority research gaps regarding EMF and RF radiation and public health that the federal health agencies should address? The answer is Yes, the gaps in knowledge is to embrace this different paradigm shift with an open and new mind; I personally have published scientific articles (in another field) in top peer reviewed journal in Physics, therefore “I have been there and actually I am still there in terms of awareness of the scientific rigorous process”; so, the scientific path of researching and publishing "shall" start shedding light on this modality (or other Holistic approaches) without prejudgment. On another note, the big challenge of the EMF & RF adverse health effects is that most of it are “subjective” in its core nature; the Physical symptoms (such as chronic fatigue, muscle aches, or digestive distress) are "invisible/intangible" by the standard medical tests as it shows no underlying organic disease or structural damage! The good news is that there a large similarity between the EMF & RF adverse health effects and Psychosomatic conditions that lack clear and tangible medical causes; so, we don’t have to start from scratch or to invent the wheel! The Standardized Questionnaires which are Medical approved tools like the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-15) or the Screening for Somatic Symptom Disorders (SOMS-7) translate subjective physical complaints into quantifiable scientific data. (This was the answer of the question 8. from the RFI) 8. What, if any, improvements in exposure assessment methodologies are needed to better evaluate real-world exposure conditions? RFI is asking practical strategies to reduce unnecessary EMF and RF exposure where appropriate! But what if the "exposure" is not the problem per se, i.e. it is "not the physical/detectable components" of EMF and RF waves that cause the adverse health effects ?! What if that our scope/limits of contemporary scientific perspective is "limiting us" to see, study, analyze "other subtle component" of the EMF and RF waves, which is not detectable by our orthodox devices and Equipment ?! What if that there is other modality that can detect these adverse effects and transmute it into another quality that is positively resonating with living beings ?! In that context, this a formal invitation to policymakers or public health stakeholders for cooperation to apply the suggested protocol of Harmonization/Balancing for testing, evaluating its efficiency, strength, and eventually for approval as a big sector of the world population, with our contemporary highly intensive EMF & RF environment, is in real desperate need of this new paradigm shift.

The civic organisation Elektrosmog a zdravie submits this evidence compendium - a structured collection of slovak and czech scientific evidence. We focus on question 12 and 14.

1. & 2. I am responding as: an individual 3a. Type of wireless or RF/EMF sources involved (e.g., mobile phones, Wi-Fi, smart meters…)Wi-Fi, especially when homes have connected devices and appliences 3b. Nature, duration, frequency, and approximate timing (e.g., years):aware since 2012, but got more intense over the last 3 years, more effected inside a building and more precise effected at night between 6pm to 6am. also on flights and offices. 3c. Adverse health effect(s) experienced:unease, heart palpitation, shallow breathing, light muscle spasm, insomnia 3d. Time from first exposure to first appearance of adverse health effects; and did a change in exposure coincide with the onset of adverse effects:over the last 3 years i can definitely feel an increase of the symptoms. 3e. Was medical evaluation or treatment sought? (Optionally:) Was there a diagnosis?RF/EMF was tested and I was advised to change the laptop from wireless to wire and switch off the wifi at night. 3f. Were steps taken to reduce or eliminate exposure, and were there subsequent changes in the effects?as mentioned in point 3e, i experience improvements in my home, the symptoms come right back when i am outside or sleep outside of my home. 3g. Any supporting documentation? This includes Scientific Reports, exposure measurements, or other relevant information:no Additional Details you would like to share about your experiences of adverse health effects you believe to be associated with exposure to wireless radiation or EMF's:during the testing of my RF sensibilty my body shows also high rates of heavy metals, specially aluminium and cadmium. B1a. Sources you experience as causing you Adverse Effects:cellular phone, mac book, wifi, electric heating, electric car B1b. Sources you can sense, but don't seem to harm you:electric appliances and heavy led light B1c. Sources you can use without sensing or being harmed:not sure B1d. Sources that seem to provide benefit (i.e., electrotherapy):infrared light or infrared mat B2a. Health conditions you think may contribute to your sensitivity to EMFs including wireless:stroke B2b. Health conditions you don't necessarily associate with your sensitivity to EMFs including wireless, but might be relevant:allergies B3. For each subquestion please list up to 5 drugs or therapies or home remedies (if any) B3a. That you recommend, as they helped you tolerate or recover from EMF exposure:walking with bare feet in nature or water, work with hands in the soil. B3b. That you recommend, but you’re not positive that they help:baths with special salts B3c. That helped you but you don’t recommend. (e.g., the benefit did not last long or the side effects were too harmful): B3d. Treatments that had no effect: B3e. Treatments that made your sensitivity worse:65-74 B4. What is your age range?65-74 B5. What year did you become aware of your sensitivity to wireless radiation or electromagnetic fields?2012 B6. What country, state, province, or major city were you living in when you first noticed your sensitivity to wireless or electromagnetic fields?California, Marin

I hope this helps in getting the word out on this to help us all.

Previous assessments of the health effects of EMF/RF have been based upon the assumption that non-ionizing and non-thermal radiation is not harmful to biological systems. This is a false assumption however. Allow me to quote Paul Héroux: "What escaped the attention of many is that life's metabolism and design make it much more vulnerable to NTER [non-thermal electromagnetic radiation] than inert matter. Living tissue has mostly adapted to the Sun's radiation as well as to the static field of the Earth only through the course of 3.5 billion years of evolution. ... But the levels of NTER from wireless techniques that we are experiencing now are totally unprecedented, and living systems have no defense against this new arrival." This is from his May 2025 Heliyon paper: "The collision between wireless and biology" https://www.cell.com/heliyon/fulltext/S2405-8440(25)00647-4 This diagram https://www.thelancet.com/cms/10.1016/S2542-5196(18)30221-3/asset/68f73d5d-0e58-49c6-af8f-99d0e7f7869d/main.assets/gr1_lrg.jpg from a 2018 Priyanka Bandaraa and David O Carpenter paper illustrates how unprecedented our exposures, particularly in the gigahertz range, have become. I am involved with South West Ohio for Responsible Technology (SWORT), which has been informing the public and elected officials about the hazards of 5G, smart meters, WiFi, and the like. We welcome HHS examining these technologies with greater detail, particularly focusing on the ill -or possibly beneficial- effects of certain frequency ranges upon biological systems.

i have a nurse friend that has been diagnosed with AlS and has to be in a wheelchair. Stetzerizer readings are normal in her outlets. Her home was built with digital meter placed right in her patio door entry at eye level so that every time she walks in and out of her doorway she gets emf'd. Using a meterk meter inside the house wall with the meter on the backside have unsafe levels reading high from the digital meter. The builder ran the digital meter connection under a concrete porch and maybe why her outlets read normal. But on wall inside and probably down the the sides of her house outside where beam is communicating with neighboring meters high emf. The husband and wife neighbors have passed away. Her electric bills are over $400.00. There is a major problem where they are installing digital meters. There needs to be a safer distance away from high traffic areas like doorways. My daughter has 2 smart meters outside on wall shared with the bedroom. But on the wall of the room where two children sleep in a bed on that same wall with the meters. Not enough distance to be safe. Electric companies are charging lot extra to allow opt outs. This lady is dying and living with what is probably killing her. Even if she does opt out from digital meter she still has that beam from neighboring meters running down the side of her house. need to not charge extra to have safe installation. she's paying $400 a month now and says she can't afford more. Something so wrong. She's a lovely person and doesn't deserve having to live in a toxic house due to a meter location.

1. & 2. I am responding as: an individual 3a. Type of wireless or RF/EMF sources involved (e.g., mobile phones, Wi-Fi, smart meters…)WiFi and 4G/LTE 3b. Nature, duration, frequency, and approximate timing (e.g., years):5 years 3c. Adverse health effect(s) experienced:tinnitus 3d. Time from first exposure to first appearance of adverse health effects; and did a change in exposure coincide with the onset of adverse effects:yes. since moved office to more exposed place in city, effects sit in after few weeks. not a coincidence 3e. Was medical evaluation or treatment sought? (Optionally:) Was there a diagnosis?it's not measurable. but correlation is evident 3f. Were steps taken to reduce or eliminate exposure, and were there subsequent changes in the effects?i go more often in Nature, far from sources. after 2~3 days effects disappear almost completely 3g. Any supporting documentation? This includes Scientific Reports, exposure measurements, or other relevant information:no Additional Details you would like to share about your experiences of adverse health effects you believe to be associated with exposure to wireless radiation or EMF's:no. the only solution would be to completely shut down all WiFi+4G+ devices. I think mankind did without it for millenia, we don't really need it. B1a. Sources you experience as causing you Adverse Effects:WiFi in both bands 2.4 and 5GHz, 4G/LTE in 1800 1900 2100 and 2600 MHz bands. Sometimes bluetooth when very close for long time B1b. Sources you can sense, but don't seem to harm you:low bands (800 and 900 MHz) B1c. Sources you can use without sensing or being harmed:TV and A/C remote controls, remote car open key and door opener (in the 433MHz band) B1d. Sources that seem to provide benefit (i.e., electrotherapy):none B2a. Health conditions you think may contribute to your sensitivity to EMFs including wireless:none, my health is perfect except when exposed to EMF B2b. Health conditions you don't necessarily associate with your sensitivity to EMFs including wireless, but might be relevant:none B3. For each subquestion please list up to 5 drugs or therapies or home remedies (if any) B3a. That you recommend, as they helped you tolerate or recover from EMF exposure:none, found no working solution to tolerate EMF. only way out is to stay in a remote location where signal is low. B3b. That you recommend, but you’re not positive that they help:none B3c. That helped you but you don’t recommend. (e.g., the benefit did not last long or the side effects were too harmful):none B3d. Treatments that had no effect:being tired or stressed or having much coffée enhances sensitivity B3e. Treatments that made your sensitivity worse:45-54 B4. What is your age range?45-54 B5. What year did you become aware of your sensitivity to wireless radiation or electromagnetic fields?i hear it, i feel it in my ears/brain. B6. What country, state, province, or major city were you living in when you first noticed your sensitivity to wireless or electromagnetic fields?southern switzerland

I urge the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to independently review the scientific evidence on radiofrequency (RF) exposure from cell towers, particularly potential non-thermal effects, long-term exposure, and antenna placement near homes, bedrooms, schools, and childcare facilities. Documented premature tower activation Official City of San Mateo correspondence states that Crown Castle energized 19 wireless facilities before receiving required final city inspections and approvals. The City demanded de-energization and identified outstanding construction, electrical, permitting, and compliance issues. In subsequent correspondence following a June 26, 2024 meeting, Assistant City Attorney Linh P. Nguyen reported that only seven of the 19 sites had received final inspections and approval, two had been de-energized for necessary work, and 10 remained essentially unchanged. The City also discovered additional facilities energized without its knowledge, including one with an expired permit and no final inspection or approval. The City warned of further enforcement action. These letters document serious compliance and oversight concerns. While they do not establish health effects, they raise questions about transparency, enforcement, and public safety. Community reports and my experience During this period, members of our community group began reporting headaches, tinnitus, insomnia, anxiety, feeling unwell, and feeling unusually “off.” Some asked whether the towers had been activated. At the time, neither I nor the residents contacting us knew they were operating. After making inquiries, we learned of the City's findings regarding Crown Castle's premature activation of multiple facilities. I cannot prove that RF exposure caused these symptoms, but the timing and similarity of the reports warrant investigation. Around the same time, I developed severe insomnia for the first time in my life. Suddenly, I struggled to sleep, relied on sleep aids, and often awoke feeling unrefreshed. The timing was striking. I offer this experience not as proof of causation, but as a significant health change coinciding with the reported tower activation. I ask that it be considered alongside objective exposure measurements and scientific evidence. Request for scientific review I urge HHS to review the full scientific literature, including studies reporting effects, systematic reviews, and unresolved research questions. Please examine: * Sleep disruption, headaches, tinnitus, neurological function, cognition, and other reported symptoms. * Proposed non-thermal mechanisms, including oxidative stress and cellular signaling, and whether findings are reproducible at real-world exposure levels. * Long-term and cumulative exposure from multiple antennas and wireless sources. * Frequency, modulation, pulsing, duty cycle, beamforming, signal strength, and exposure duration. * Exposure in bedrooms, homes, schools, and childcare facilities, including overnight exposure and potential vulnerabilities of children. * Whether current standards adequately address real-world exposure and evolving scientific evidence. Compliance with outdated existing RF limits should not end scientific inquiry. Agencies should distinguish established adverse health effects from biological findings, plausible hypotheses, and unsupported claims. I respectfully request that the agencies: 1. Review the City's correspondence and examine premature operation before final inspections and approvals. 2. Support independent RF measurements near affected facilities, including in nearby homes, bedrooms, and schools where appropriate. 3. Commission independent research on non-thermal effects, sleep, neurological outcomes, and long-term exposure. 5. Establish appropriate ways to document community health reports and investigate exposure changes. 6. Evaluate reasonable exposure-reduction measures and alternative siting near homes 7. Clarify federal and local responsibilities for permitting, notification, compliance, and enforcement. Conclusion I am not asking agencies to presume that cell towers caused these symptoms. I am asking them to take documented regulatory failures, residents' experiences, and unresolved scientific questions seriously. The City's correspondence documents facilities energized before final approval and additional facilities reportedly activated without its knowledge. During the same general period, residents reported unusual symptoms and I experienced unprecedented insomnia. These circumstances warrant transparent investigation, reliable exposure measurements, and rigorous scientific review. Please evaluate whether current standards adequately reflect the evidence and take appropriate action to strengthen transparency, accountability, and public health protection. Thank you for considering my comment. Attachments: Official City of San Mateo correspondence regarding Crown Castle's premature activation and outstanding inspections and approvals.