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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 as a parent in Brevard County, Florida. My daughter began having severe migraines at age 9, during the COVID-19 lockdowns. When her school moved to remote instruction, she spent most of every day streaming online classes, working on a school laptop for hours at a time. During that period the migraines began and quickly became frequent and debilitating. For the past six years she has continued to struggle with these migraines, and adapting her environment to her sensitivities has become progressively more difficult. Her physician has diagnosed her with electromagnetic hypersensitivity. She cannot be near Wi-Fi routers at school, and she develops headaches in classrooms where laptops are in widespread use. This has affected her education, her ability to participate fully in ordinary school settings, and our family's daily life, as we continually work to find environments where she can learn without pain. Children today are exposed to wireless devices and networks for much of the school day, and remote and device-based instruction has made that exposure longer and more constant than in any prior generation. Families like ours have few places to turn for guidance, and schools have no federal framework for accommodating students who report these symptoms. 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. I also ask HHS to consider guidance for schools on accommodating students who report symptoms associated with wireless exposure. Thank you for providing individuals and families with an opportunity to be heard.

Radio frequency hazards are extraordinarily well researched and understood. They are real, but mitigated by existing regulation.

It’s happening where I live and is why I’m always sick also known as dirty electricity. I have a meter to prove it. Can the people who are experiencing this get the problem figured out please. It’s a attack on the American people

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 [patient, parent, family member, caregiver, healthcare professional, researcher, advocate, concerned member of the public, or other]. HHS should address this issue because it affects the health and safety of the majority of people. Just because you can see something doesn’t mean it isn’t happening. My 4 children struggle with attention, headaches, sleep problems - and most recently two of my children have been getting dizzy spells. I have two other children who go to school – and because of poor reception – the school wants to build a cell tower right on the property. It will be much healthier for the children to have limited Wi-Fi access at school rather than have a cell phone tower built right near the athletic field. 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.

Listen to the professionals! Not cranks on Facebook. Quit your job if you’re reading this. You are either in the cult or a hostage. Either way you need to get out of there.

I am feeling very fatigued with sleep disturbances and brainfog. Here in Macon we have two 5G antennas mounted on the water tower less than a mile from our house. I asked the mayor to please take them down. They removed one (used to be three.)

I am highly reactive to all forms of EMFs: cell phones, routers, satellite dishes, 5G towers, and more. It wasn't as bad with 4G, but once 5G came out, my world has shrunk. I can no longer travel anywhere. I have missed funerals and weddings of very close family. Exposure to EMFs gives me awful migraines within minutes of exposure to these sources, which can last up to 3 days. It is sooo hard finding a doctor in my area because most doctors are next to 5G towers and antennas. It is so frustrating. I have to drive extra miles to find a doctor who is far enough away from a 5G tower. My daughter is also sensitive, and I have one friend who is also sensitive to EMFs - it gives her tinnitus. I have another friend that has other awful symptoms as well. STOP THESE THINGS!!! And get them away from doctors' areas. Create Wi-Fi-free areas just like they have in Europe, for sensitive people like me. Europe acknowledges that this is an issue. And in certain countries, they create areas where there are no electric fields.

I am responding as an individual consumer. I have experienced trigeminal nerve pain and eye pain from 5G EMF exposure, most notably as emitted from cellphones when held close to my head by others to show me something on their cell screen. For this reason, I have limited my exposure to such devices, now keeping my head several feet away whenever possible. For this reason, I also had the titanium posts taken out of my jaws that had anchored my implanted teeth. The titanium was replaced with oxidized zirconium. Since then I've had less pain with EMF exposure, but it is still there to some extent. The titanium posts had been picking up the EMFs like an antenna-- and strengthening the pain signal as it traveled up my trigeminal nerve. I noticed this became a huge problem soon after the advent of 5G transmission, which we know is multitudes stronger than 4G. 5G radiation, while non-ionizing, is composed of much shorter wave lengths that cannot travel as far--but more readily penetrate buildings and people's bodies. I continue to try to limit my exposure to EMF radiation, using wired computer connections and my cell phone sparingly in preference of a wired landline connection. Before getting the titanium posts extracted from my jaw bone, I even experienced picking up of a few seconds of a local emergency services communication! Whatever we can do to limit or curtail 5G or 6G exposure to the general public should be done. I understand that the military might need it for modern weaponry systems. In my view, the rest of us would be healthier without it. Thank you.

Please look into how 5G towers placed on roofs of elderly/disabled HUD apartment buildings (in Buffalo, Erie County, NY) affects tenants whose apartments and windows are in the direct line of site of these towers. One example of the many dangers to tenants is overheating of metallic implants by the 5G radiation. My titanium dental implants were directly affected causing severe pain, nausea, radiation poisoning symptoms etc. until I was forced to remove them. My biologic dentist's X-rays showed the implants affecting the adjacent bone. The implants became detached from the bones causing the implants to be loose and easily slip out so they could then be replaced with ceramic implants. The ceramic replacement alleviated all the dental problems. I am still exposed 24 hours per day and still have other symptoms that are not as well or easily documented that I cannot alleviate, and which I am very concerned about. We have known for decades that high EMF exposure degrades collagen and thus undermines the integrity of the entire body. Please address this before additional irreversible, tragic health problems develop. PLEASE HELP remove or deactivate these 5G towers from roofs of elderly/disabled buildings in Buffalo, Erie County, NY until the safety issues are addressed. These 5G towers were placed March 2021 during the COVID pandemic when my symptoms of radiation poisoning began. PLEASE PLEASE HELP! Thank you!

Thank you for looking into what many know is causing harm to the human body. We the People never agreed to this. It affects the human body at the cellular level and causes human suffering. To my knowledge, there have not been peer reviewed blinded studies, and there is not a way for doctors to diagnosis and treat the harm caused to me from electromagnetic fields, radio-frequency radiation, and/or wireless radiation exposure. I only use my cell phone when absolutely necessary and keep it far away from me otherwise, have hardwired internet, and haven’t had a microwave oven for about 8 years in order to lessen my exposure. I did not want a smart meter installed at my house, but around 2015 my electric company sent information of possibly installing a smart meter at some point in the future, and if they were going to move forward, another letter would follow. My intent was to address the situation then, but the second letter never came, and soon after, I discovered a smart meter attached to my house without my knowledge or permission. I let it go, thinking there was nothing I could do. Around 2022, after having increased headaches, fatigue, insomnia, brain fog and feeling unwell over this period of time, I called my electric company and they advised me to contact the PA Utility Commission. I even offered to pay to reinstall my analog meter and pay a monthly fee, but the answer was no. I filed a complaint with the PA UC, and they did absolutely nothing. I continue to live with the negative health effects from EMF/rf radiation and/or wireless radiation exposure to this day. I ask you to move forward with more studies, as they are detrimental to healthy human life.