The federal guidelines that are used to determine the safety limits for exposure to wireless radiation are decades old and have not kept pace with the rapid expansion of wireless technology or the growing body of scientific research raising concerns about its effects on human health and the environment.
We must have more independent and rigorous transparent research for wireless radiation- particularly in populations such as children and the elderly.
Most of the outlined research was done 10-15 years ago- which is outdated especially since the phones and the internet have ramped up their radiation outputs.
But looking at what has been already researched, I found one study which shows DNA strand damage from "industry accepted radiation levels".
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31138035/
There has been previous research into how EMF disrupts the immune system. I am concerned about this. More research is needed.
I myself get severe headaches due to my sensitivity to the electromagnetic radiation. I avoid staying near cell towers because of these headaches.
When not near the towers, I am headache free.
Thank you for finally looking into more up-to-date research so that others can also benefit.
Im am so concern and know how harmful radiation is to our hearing our vision our breathing and our overall health.
My ears ring, my skin develops itchy hard to describe spots that are red yet dry patchy in exposed area on legs and arms…please keep this harmful radiation away from children school playgrounds the regulations is not followed and should be addressed…
Im am so concern and know how harmful radiation is to our hearing our vision our breathing and our overall health.
My ears ring, my skin develops itchy hard to describe spots that are red yet dry patchy in exposed area on legs and arms…please keep this harmful radiation away from children school playgrounds the regulations is not followed and should be addressed…
I have a cell tower not too far from my apartment and I am experiencing headaches and insomnia on a regular basis. Also, I believe that other technology is being used that creates EMF's and RF and Wireless Radiation.
I am submitting this comment in response to HHS’s Request for Information on Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs), Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation, and Wireless Radiation Exposure.
I am responding from the perspective of a person who has dealt with multiple health issues due to environmental toxicities. I don't know the extent to which EMFs have affected me. I don't know the extent it may continue to impair already challenging health concerns. And that is the point. There is simply not enough information about how something so new to human interaction how these levels/types of radiation are affecting us. And until that is properly understood, guard rails need to be put on the expansion of these energies and protections from what is already here. Until we know for sure, it is your responsibility to know how dangerous this technology is--to protect the people who rely on you to do so. 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 for providing individuals and families with an opportunity to be heard.
Thank you for this opportunity to speak, my name is Karen Rose, live in Myrtle Point area of southwest Oregon. I have cell tower behind my house about 3000ft or less, it is 5G now, T Mobile has 4 levels of antennae on it and it is permanently damaging my health. I have lived here 7 yrs, 2-3G, then to 4G, and now to 5G and my health has continuously become more and more damaged. Symptoms daily are: vision loss, dizziness and extreme nausea, severe tinnitus, severe hair loss, gastrointestinal pain and loss of digestion and appetite, insomnia, agitation and noise in head with pressure behind eyes and back of neck severe at times, tremors and weakness, CT scan shows two nodules right parietal lobe of brain, cervical spinal fluid leaks with permanent damage to back of head from "sinking brain", severe sleepiness with breathing difficulty for hours on end, severe adverse reactions to all medications, must get through all pains on my own,vertigo, neck, lower back pain and severe degeneration of spine, and many more permanent symptoms that will no longer disappear. I have suffered with Electro-sensitivity for 15 years and mast cell activation (chemical sensitivity) for 40 yrs. I also have severe rashes, have lost all my muscle mass, etc. I have asked T Mobile to please divert antenna away from direction of my house they won't do it. I am not asking to remove the tower as we all need cell phones for emergencies, just please, myself and 3 other neighbors on same property are situated too close to tower (our houses were there first before tower) are so very chronically and critically sick from 5G tower, I plead for help, can't move, nowhere to go, can't afford.My email is krose@kittymail.com.
Do you actually have any scientists on this board or just administration lackeys? Anyone with even a basic understanding of physics knows that the energy we use for normal EM applications doesn't have the energy to do anything to atoms or cells.
I am appalled that HHS doesn't have even a college sophomore who could explain all of this shit to you. Stop it.
It is strongly suspected that regularly carrying a cell phone in one's back pocket results in colon cancer because of the radiation associated with your cell phone constantly checking for the closest cell tower when the phone is on. You would think the cell phone companies would only start checking for the closest tower when you make a call. See study below.
Colon and rectal cancers – often called colorectal cancers – are the third most common cancers and the second leading cause of deaths from cancer across the globe.1 While they are usually found in older people, younger people have been increasingly affected over recent decades. Recently researchers suggested that this might have something to do with where people carry their mobile phones.
In a paper presented at the 36th Annual Conference of the International Society of Environmental Epidemiology, De Kun Li reported the results of a study he and his team conducted on 100 volunteers. In it, he looked at the link between carrying a mobile phone below the waist and people’s risks of colorectal cancer.2
The results showed a clear association.
People with the most hours of carrying mobile phones below their waists had over four times the risk of early onset colorectal cancer compared to people with the least hours.
People who carried their mobile phones on the same side of their body on which their tumour was located had over 12 times the risk of early onset colorectal cancer.
By contrast, people who carried their mobile phones on the opposite side of the body from the tumour had just over one and a half times the risk of early onset colorectal cancer.
‘A longer duration of cellphone carrying below the waist is associated with an increased risk of EOCRC [early onset colorectal cancer],’ the researchers said.
They pointed out that carrying a mobile phone in a pocket causes ‘extensive exposure’ of the colon and rectum to radiofrequency radiation.
How could this affect the body?
The authors say that epithelial cells of the intestine are extremely sensitive to this radiation.
For years, researchers have been advising men not to carry mobile phones in their pockets to avoid irradiating their testes, given the harmful effects of mobile phone radiation on sperm.
The current study suggests this may be good advice – and not just for protecting men’s sperm.
Colorectal cancer,
25 August 2024, ISEE 2024: 36th Annual Conference of the International Society of Environmental Epidemiology, Is Cellphone Carrying Below the Waist (Exposure to Non-Ionizing Radiation) Contributing to the Rapid Rise in Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer?, De Kun Li, Jeannette Ferber, Andrew Hirst, Roxana Odouli, Charles Quesenberry, and Thoedore Levin, ISEE Conference Abstracts, Volume 2024, Issue 1.
EMF and RF dangers are scientifically documented. There are a lot of health issues that get ignored as the general public tends to not be concerned about what they can't see. You, as an organization, have the ability to view all the studies. More importantly, you have the ability to do something about it. Please move to action to protect the people of America. Thank you.