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I have personally experienced the negative health impacts of exposure to nnEMFs. https://www.americansforresponsibletech.org/science

See attached file(s)I urge the responsible authorities to review the regulations concerning limits on non-ionizing radiation emissions, given the potential biological effects—effects that are documented in hundreds of thousands of scientific papers and are becoming increasingly apparent. I have experienced electrosensitivity since 2020; although I was initially unaware of the cause, I have been fully conscious of this issue since 2024. I currently study the subject and coordinate a group of over 100 Brazilians who are electrosensitive, experiencing a range of symptoms from mild to very severe. This is a real problem that requires in-depth study; however, there is already sufficient evidence to warrant lowering these limits, revising the regulations, and providing protection for the most sensitive and susceptible individuals—such as children, the elderly, and women, especially those with pre-existing health conditions.

It took a while for me to realize I was sensitive to WiFi and cell towers. I was installing an AT&T router in my home and immediately became dizzy and nauseous. We called and turned off the “5G” and that actually made it worse. I ended up in the ER the next day with double vision and blurred vision. Every time my husband walks in the front door with his iphone - if the WiFi is turned on I can immediately feel it from 10 ft away. He’ll look and sure enough, his WiFi is turned on. Once he turns it off, I get immediate relief. My son bought the iphone 14 and we were driving and I started to feel dizzy and nauseous. I told him I thought his new phone was making me sick. Then, a few moments later, I felt better and thought maybe I was just hungry. I told him I was feeling better and he asked when I began feeling better. I told him right as we passed the lighthouse. He said, “oh, I guess I need to take my phone back as that’s exactly the moment I turned it off to see if you would notice the difference.” In our home, we have no WiFi. We can’t. We plug all devices directly into a modem. And all phones have WiFi turned off. I have to turn off all smart TVs at night. I have to turn off all smart tech in new cars. We have iphone 11’s for when our iPhone 8’s stop working, but after that, I guess we’ll all have to start using flip phones again as the newest phones make me so sick. We were living in Waikiki for a year and I began having heart flutters and severe headaches at night due to all the cell towers. We then moved to a house where the landlord installed Solar. The second they installed the firmware I felt it. And when the solar, with all the inverter boxes, was turned on, it was immediately debilitating for me. My heart started racing, ears started ringing, I got dizzy and nauseous, had a severe headache and every joint in my body began aching. I also got the worst insomnia. I could not sleep at all! I actually could feel my body throbbing. It was the worst thing I’ve ever felt. A few days in and I thought I might die. And then, the power went out in the neighborhood and I had instant relief. And that night, with no solar or power, I slept so well. The moment it came back on the next day, I was once again debilitated. We had to move. It’s getting harder and harder to find places to live. I can now feel solar from across the road. I’ve also become sensitive to dirty electricity, LEDs, and the magnetic fields of devices. I can’t have a fan on high or near me now as I feel it. I can walk into a room and immediately tell you if an outlet is ungrounded. I don’t need a meter - I AM the meter! I once felt like I was getting shocked in the shower. We called an electrician out and he laughed at me thinking I was crazy, till he confirmed there was actually voltage on the pipe. He said, “there is some voltage, but so small no human could feel it”. I told him I must be superhuman then as I felt it. I’ve never been wrong as people continue to “test” me. I found a church my family and I loved and one Sunday the moment the lights when on I felt an instant headache, severe agitation in my body, nausea and my heart started racing. I ended up in the ER as my heart wouldn’t stop racing. When I asked the church if they had by chance installed new lights, they told me they had and the lights were high flickering LEDs. The church wouldn’t change them, so we can no longer attend that church. I sometimes feel sick from the LED street lights. In malls and hotels where they’ve installed cell towers or panels on their roofs, or on an elevator or wall, I cannot go near it. My family likes to hike and I have to stop on the mountain if I get too close as I begin to feel the pressure in my head. They keep increasing the number of cell towers, yet our phone service continues to get worse. So clearly, more is not better. Even electric cars I can’t ride in as I get so sick. We had to return a rental car when the car had active WiFi in it. What a terrible idea to put that kind of constant signal in a car. I have to drive in an office older car with no smart technology. A smart business person would begin catering to the ever growing community of EMF sensitive people. I know people who can’t even use a cell phone. Many have moved into homes far from any city. Some live in their old cars or in a tent. That’s how bad it can feel. There should never be any cell tower near a home, school or business. We need less smart devices and more ways to ground ourselves and not disrupt our body’s natural rhythms. The people commenting here - we are the canaries and we are warning everyone that damage is being done to your body when you wear a smart watch or put a phone to your ear or wear WiFi ear plugs.

I am submitting this comment in response to HHS’s Request for Information on Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs), Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation, and Wireless Radiation Exposure. My partner suffers from "electro hypersensitivity syndrome" She can not be exposed to the field of cell phone towers WiFi or smart meters, because what happens is her nervous system locks up and she can (and does) experience heart palpitations, nervous attacks, loss of sleep, and even fainting. She can not go into the city for more than a couple of hours at a time. We have moved several times because of radiation fields or cell phone towers too close, and chose to live in a rural area far from development specifically for this reason. Until there are stricter regulations on the transmission power and pace of developing technology (mobile phones, Wi-Fi, smart meters, wireless infrastructure, wearable technologies, wireless medical devices, 5G, 6G, satellite communications, Internet of Things devices, smart homes, smart cities, autonomous vehicles, and other emerging technologies) I don't expect this to change. The 1996 radiofrequency limits are long outdated, and with more and more impact studies that have been done in the past three decades proving, not suggesting, biological harm, there needs to be much tighter regulation regarding the communications industry and the increasing “electro-smog” problem and the detrimental effects of short-term and long-term exposure to these fields. We used to be able to place the responsibility (though still unfairly) on the end consumer to know the risks of the technology they partake in, but no longer are people exposed to one or two electromagnetic fields at a time – we are now entering a time where people are often exposed to ten, twenty, even more fields at a given time, and often don't escape that exposure throughout the entire day. Given the breakneck speed of technological innovation and adoption in the past three decades, and those technologies should be held to a stricter standard in order to protect the health of the people who use them. Not everyone feels WiFi or cell tower radiofrequencies, though more and more do - and others, it has a destructive impact on their lives. We have friends who have kids with brain tumors from being near cell phone towers, and we have known so-called “antenna refugees,” hypersensitive to the frequency radiation. My partner, who is hypersensitive to EMF, had to move when there was a cell tower constructed nearby and saw significant health decline at that time, fourteen years ago. We bought a property in Washington State and we paid the utility company to remove the smart meter because she couldn't sleep. We had the neighbors reduce their WiFi signal because it gave us both headaches, and now AT&T wants to install a cell tower in our neighborhood which, if they do, will force us to sell our property and move again and find a new place free of signal which, in an increasingly electrified civilization and culture, is becoming more and more difficult to find. We need much stricter regulations regarding exposure limits for the general public, especially children, women and hypersensitive people. We need a broad action plan for keeping certain areas (“white-zones”) completely pure and clean of any EMF/electrosmog, where these people can go (without going into a fight-or-flight response or nervous system going haywire), and for minimizing exposure in residential areas. We need to stop blinding ourselves about the side effects of technology for the sake of the GDP and to reconsider the health of the people. We need change. I support HHS taking an active role in examining the potential health and environmental effects of wireless radiation. Questions about human health should be addressed by federal agencies with appropriate expertise in medicine, biology, epidemiology, and public health, and the experiences of individuals and families who report being affected should be considered alongside the scientific evidence. I urge HHS to carefully evaluate these experiences and the scientific evidence, identify gaps in current research, give particular attention to children and other potentially vulnerable populations, and establish appropriate federal research priorities regarding wireless radiation and public health. Thank you. E

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In 2020, during the Covid lockdown on Maui/Pukalani, HI, I began experiencing symptoms that I could not identify. A shaking, tremor, vibration like sensation that did not let up. Over the next months this sensation was accompanied by severe pain in my chest and lungs and abdomen. I felt as if I were a piece of bacon frying. Both my partner and I had headaches every day in a residence we’d lived for seven years without these symptoms. My pain worsened continuously. I went to neurologists because I thought I might have Muscular Sclerosis because in addition to the pain and shaking, I was constantly falling, had a hard time walking and could not hold things in my hands —for example my keys. I was set for a number of tests all while my symptoms worsened without receiving useful help lessening them until a friend of mine said she felt “fizzy” in my house. She went home and got an EMF meter which measures all three types of electromagnetic pollution: the RF, Magnetic Fields and Electric. I had never heard of this before, but looking at the meter she saw very high numbers for all three. and not just high numbers, but the constant spiking of the frequencies and erraticness of them. We immediately removed the Wifi router, and through research put in dirty electricity blockers, but this was not enough. I took this information to my doctor and luckily he understood this information, but besides what I had already done, and his additional suggestions (move away from cell towers, remove Wifi, and some recommended reading, there wasn’t much help for me. I even wore chainmail as one book mentioned (which I did) — along the lines of wearing a Faraday cage as my symptoms continued until in excruciating pain I woke intending to drive away and get away from the house desperate to find reprieve from my symptoms and I could barely stand and couldn’t hold my keys (let alone drive) and told my partner I needed him to drive me immediately down the hill and I needed to lay on the earth. When we went back to the house I was immediately weakened and could not walk. I spent the next several months laying on the ground on the forest and beach. I could not be in a building or live in my house. Whenever I did the pain became more excruciating including severe pain in my ears and still to this day when I am near a cell tower. It took 2 and 1/2 years to recover and that only happened by seeking out all types of alternative help, living outside for months away from cell towers, WiFi, cell phones, etc and having a Faraday cage built in which I could sleep (though this does not mitigate the magnetic EMF pollution) and now living very remotely without these things , though when my neighbors stay nextdoor at their vacation home, I can feel the WiFi they switch on in their home from inside my home. Living remotely has other hardships. But what I learned was that during the Covid Lockdown/Shutdown, while most things were closed and most people out of work, cell tower companies were installing cell towers all over Maui. Including one 2 blocks from me, across the street from the local highschool. That is what made me sick. And how does one protect themselves from something that has become a necessity for most people? That is prevalent almost everywhere and not going away anytime soon? Aside from needed testing, regulations and control — not to mention safety alternatives implemented and removal of cell towers and WiFi from hospitals, elder care facilities and facilities with children. There is a possibility that the combination of Covid and cell tower proximity/high EMFs created more health complications and deaths during that time. I feel these companies should be held responsible for the illness and displacement their technology causes and there should be designated areas large enough for people with these reactions and symptoms away from this technology. I also thing satellites and satellite WiFi need to be better researched. I believe I would have died had I not found people who identified what was happening and had I not removed myself entirely for as long as possible from EMFs. I had to move out and it is not easy to find housing far enough away from such technology. I believe there should be a way to limit WiFi to a person’s property so it does not reach neighbors who don’t want the health consequences. Also in my research, Cell towers and WiFi can worsen MS and Parkinsons among other illnesses and this shoulf be looked into immediately. Airplanes have high Magnetic fields as well, where once I could walk again, walked onto the plane, but had to be wheel chaired out until i could get away from the high frequencies,

I became aware of electromagnetic fields after living over 10 years within 100 feet of a neighborhood power line and measuring exposures with a gaussmeter. These fields negatively impact mood, energy, sleep quality, skin health (increased redness and decreased elasticity), and hair health (increased dryness and thinning.) Radio frequencies typically produce similar effects. Electric distribution infrastructure produces multiple forms of electromagnetic fields, some of which can extend hundreds of feet and enter homes. These fields can be substantially reduced or eliminated through established engineering alternatives. According to EPRI, arranging conductors (wires) in a compact-delta (triangular) configuration reduces magnetic field emissions by 60–90%.[1] This avoids the higher cost of under-grounding. Utility companies should not be allowed to use multi-grounded four-wire systems because these can produce ground currents that spread laterally through the earth for hundreds of feet. Many countries do not allow such systems. Alternatives include uni-wye, delta, or five-wire systems. According to a 1998 report to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, artificial electromagnetic exposures create "internal electric fields" and potentially decrease concentrations of dopamine and serotonin.[2] The Cleveland Clinic lists health factors affected by serotonin, including focus, emotional stability, relaxation, and bone density.[3] Anyone living or walking within a few hundred feet of utility infrastructure is potentially affected by the resulting emissions. A Health Officer for California's Santa Cruz County noted in 2012 that the utility neutral bonded to water pipes causes adverse electromagnetic exposure.[4] In addition to the biological impacts of multi-grounded four-wire systems, the earth has exponentially higher resistance than metal conductors,[5] so using the earth as a conductor is energy inefficient and creates energy losses, causing additional costs for ratepayers and higher profits for utility companies. Utility smart meters contain antennas that generate radio-frequency emissions on connected wiring and in neighborhoods. Smart-meter deployment can involve costs of billions of dollars. According to IEEE member Tim Schoechle, utility smart meters have little to no demonstrable benefit to society.[6] In 2011, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan described legislation promoting smart meters as an attempt by utility companies to "protect their revenues for the next decade at great expense to consumers..."[7] Similar critiques of smart meters were made by Connecticut's Attorney General in 2011,[8] and Michigan's Attorney General in 2013.[9] Smart meters contain "hazardous materials" according to the International Electrotechnical Commission.[10] Smart meters use rare earth elements that raise financial costs, increase demand for scarce materials, and create environmental and disposal challenges. The International Electrotechnical Commission notes, "With traditional electromechanical designs and life spans of several decades, use of hazardous materials and safe disposal of decommissioned meters is not an issue." I appreciate the Department of Health and Human Services is addressing these issues. Please contact LinLinHanGou@gmail.com for additional information. [1] https://restservice.epri.com/publicdownload/TR-106003/0/Product [2] https://mn.gov/puc/assets/dairy_cow_response_final_report_tcm14-12009.pdf [3] https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/22572-serotonin [4] http://emfsafetynetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Health-Risks-Associated-With-SmartMeters.pdf [5] https://ep2000.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/EP-White-Paper-System-Ground.pdf [6] https://gettingsmarteraboutthesmartgrid.org/pdf/Smart%20Grid%20Report%203-15-13.pdf [7] https://www.chicagotribune.com/2011/06/21/an-experiment-too-expensive-for-consumers/ [8] https://smartgridlegalnews.lexblogplatform.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/517/2011/02/ConnAG_brief.pdf [9] https://www.annarbor.com/DTE-SMART-METERS_ATTORNEY-GENERAL-OPINION.pdf [10] https://www.iec.ch/public/miscfiles/sbp/13.pdf

See comment attached. *See Attached Testimonial From Another Innocent Individual Injured By Wireless RF Radiation Kevin Mottus, Outreach Director CA Brain Tumor Assn Email: wirelessbiologicaleffects@gmail.com

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Summary of Public Comment — HHS Docket HHS-OASH-2026-0397 I am submitting this comment as an individual citizen concerned about potential health effects associated with electromagnetic fields (EMFs), radiofrequency (RF) radiation, and wireless technologies, as well as the lack of accessible resources for people seeking to investigate possible environmental health concerns. I have experienced what I describe as Havana Syndrome–like effects on an everyday basis since the spring of 2014. These persistent experiences have presented challenges in carrying out my work in the energy sector. I am seeking appropriate medical evaluation and objective environmental exposure testing, without asking HHS to presume a particular cause. I respectfully urge the Department of Health and Human Services to consider the needs of civilians who report persistent, unexplained health concerns but may lack access to specialized medical providers, independent exposure assessments, or research programs. My recommendations include affordable and independent environmental exposure testing; clear, accessible information about exposure measurements and their limitations; evidence-based clinical guidance; privacy-protective public-health reporting; independent long-term research; opportunities for civilian participation in research; and equitable access to evaluation regardless of employment status, income, or whether a formal diagnosis has been established. A suspected association between an environmental exposure and a health concern does not establish causation. However, uncertainty should not prevent people from seeking appropriate medical assessment or obtaining reliable information about their environment. I ask HHS to consider these access and assessment barriers when evaluating RF/EMF exposure, setting federal research priorities, and developing future public-health recommendations. My full statement is included as an attachment and provides additional detail and recommendations. Thank you for considering my comments.