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My dad got cancer after a smart meter was installed on their house, on the bedroom wall, and my mom experiences symptoms as well since then. When I am near cell towers or am exposed to any EMF radiation, I experience severe headaches, which always eventually resolve once I create distance. My hands ache when my Bluetooth is on while I’m holding my phone, and I experience anxiety and headaches when Bluetooth is on in the car. I experience horrible sleep when our WiFi router is kept on, and even if that’s off, my sleep is disrupted if a phone is charging in the bedroom. My plants die if they are placed near the WiFi router, and since we have moved into a rental near a 5G tower, our sleep and health has been severely disrupted.

The towers need to be regulated. We need solid research and evidence that they are safe. I know for a fact that the heath issue I experience is directly linked to being over exposed. I know too many examples of people getting sick because the towers are making them. We need answers! We need these towers to be regulated! We need accountability! We need safe communities.

In 2021 I moved into a new home. I immediately started noticing sinus drainage. It worsened overtime to the point that I was hacking up globs of thick phlegmevery morning for hours. That went on for an approximately two or three years. I also noticed when I was in the kitchen cooking my sinuses, would drain profusely. I had to start keeping a box of tissues next to the stove. I also had very bad sinus infections three or four times during that span of time. That was not something I’ve ever had before. One dayI read a comment from someone in my neighborhood on the neighborhood, Facebook page about changing out her smart meter for health reasons. I’ve never even heard of Smart meters up until that point. I began researching it and found articles saying it could cause health problems, even in a report from the national Institute of health.gov dated as far back as 2012. It’s very disheartening that they were aware of it back then and the health hazards and just kept on letting it go on. I then called the electric company and set up a date for them to come change mine back to the analog type. It was four or five days later when they came out. I had completely forgotten about it, but when I got up that morning, I had no sinus drainage no phlegm and had no longer had to keep tissue in the kitchen constantly blowing my nose when cooking, I haven't coughed up phlegm the mornings at all since. Not one single time which has been at least a year and a half maybe two years. At that point I put together that it had to have been caused by-the Smart meter which was directly below the kitchen window, as is the analog meter they replaced it with in the house I currently live in. It’s quite obvious since my sinus and phlegm completely stopped The meters were switched. the same day. Ironically, that was not mentioned on any of the information I researched. I just went ahead and had mine changed out because I try to live a healthy lifestyle and always be on the side of caution with my health. When I called the electric company to make the switch I asked when did they start installing those meters? , the person whom I was speaking with told me late 2019. I then remembered at my old house in January 2020 I had the same problem start in the mornings only with hacking up phlegm. It was a much larger house than what I bought after, but every morning my routine was to go back to my office to drink my coffee while reading on my computer. It was weird because I knew in January there’s no sinus season. I even talk to my doctor about it. Shortly after the COVID-19 conundrum started. At that point I just assumed that I must have had Covid before we knew anything about it. By AprilI my morning routine changed as I was working to prepare to sell my home. The morning phlegm stopped, but I also stopped going in my office every morning. I didn’t give it any thought and I had no idea that my electric meter may have had changed out about January and I still assumed it was Covid ever since I moved that summer and in July. Once that problem started again only worse here in my new home. I had no idea what was causing it. After speaking with the employee of the electric company and finding out that they changed those meters my 2019 and all mate symptoms were gone, I then realized my office was directly above where my electric meter was in the old house. It was a six bedroom house so I was only in that end of the house on that floor when I was in my office in the mornings. Additionally, I was reading comments about chemtrails and pictures posted on Facebook by someone in Kentucky. As I was reading the comments there were hundreds, if not thousands, that were all saying they had the sinus drainage and phlegm and blaming it on chemtrails. I’ve tried to messages as many people as I could, but it wouldn’t let me copy and paste and as I said there were a couple of thousand comments, it was becoming too time-consuming, but I got the word out to as many people as I could. I don’t think anyone believes me I’ve been accused of wearing tinfoil hats since. I have absolutely no doubt that the smart meter was the cause. I did stop telling people that I knew because I realize no one believed me. But I’m living in this body for over 60 years, with above average health and have always live a healthy lifestyle, so I know what’s normal and what’s not and what happened to me was not normal.

Since living near a few cell towers I have experienced chronic Migraines and feeling of fatigue.

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 parent and a caregiver. When we moved into our home in 2022, I started experiencing fatigue and brain fog like nothing I've ever experienced before, even as a mother with 5 children in 10 years, even through graduate school, even through running a business; this was different. I couldn't get dinner on the table. I couldn't organize basic tasks that needed to get done throughout the day. My oldest child started getting bloody noses, with no prior history. We both started getting headaches with no discernible cause (and her, no prior history). My memory was shot. Multiple times per day, I would send a child on a task, and then less than a minute later, forget I had done so. I struggled to get through our homeschooled lessons (and remember the above; I am highly educated, and this shouldn't have been an issue). I also started hearing a constant ringing in my ears, even though I have never had a problem with tinnitus. It was only then that we discovered the smart meter on our home. We removed it and replaced it with an electro-mechanical analog meter. Within a week, everyone was sleeping better (and with five children, this was a marked difference that I didn't expect), my husband - who had no reported problems to me - told me he was dreaming again. The headaches and bloody noses stopped. I felt like myself again with energy and focus. I was "conquering the world" again, so to speak. The utility company went through a multi-month process of lies, fear tactics, intimidation, threats and coercion before unlawfully removing our meter and replacing it with their opt-out meter. My tinnitus is back, and my thyroid is now shot with no other cause that can be identified. I have had it tested by an electrical engineer, and can confirm it still emits RF. We have no WiFi, and no neighbors. When we had the meter tested, we had no internet, let alone no wifi. We turned off the entire house, and the meter was emitting RF. No company or utility of any kind should be legally allowed to "mandate" harmful technology on our homes, our schools, our shops, our churches, or anywhere else. 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.

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 someone who is personally affected, a mother of two daughters who are affected, and a concerned member of society. For some reason that is not entirely clear to me, I am acutely aware of the disabling effect of electromagnetic fields on the human body and have been since the early 80’s when these devices first came into our lives. Mainly, I have managed over the years by removing myself from the source of the electromagnetic field. I live out in the country, drive an old car, avoid LED lighting when possible, avoid driving under electronic tolling, avoid biometric face scanning technologies - my old computer is wired via ethernet and I have found technologies for my phone and other devices which seem to help make the effect of the electronic field more bio-compatible - but still, removing oneself from the source of the radiation remains to be the most effective solution. However as these technologies become more and more prevalent, it is becoming more and more difficult to avoid. My first experience with wireless radiation was in 1986, when I returned to Canada from a teaching job in South India. I went to my sister's house and the phone rang. I picked it up and noticed that it did not have a cord. Not having any prior knowledge of this new invention, I wasn’t expecting anything other than what you normally expect to happen when you picked up the phone prior to the advent of cordless phones. I picked it up, noticed that it didn't have a cord and then right away, noticed an extremely intense and disturbing feeling. I would try to describe the feeling by saying, “imagine you were a person who didn't drink coffee and you just had 10 cups of strong coffee”. I felt everything spinning along with an intense, extremely uncomfortable feeling. The feeling began to subside after I put the phone down. The feeling was something I really had never felt before and had no words to describe, but "radiation burn” might come close. I said to myself, Whatever that is, I am never picking up one of those again. Little did I know that there was more to come. A bit more time went by. 3G flip-phones were becoming more popular. I never bought one, and continued to use my old cord phone. I remember that if one of my family members was on the flip phone, and the person on the line wanted to speak to me - I would always vehemently decline. The same feeling that I noticed coming from the cord phone was coming from the flip phone. Fast forward to 2011, I had moved to Seattle, living on the west side and working on the east side. I drove across the 520 bridge several times a week. I knew they were installing tolling hardware on the bridge but it was still not scheduled to start for several months. So, one day .. I was driving across the bridge as usual, not expecting anything unusual, and as I drove under the overhead bar that was being installed I had the most bizarre experience. I felt hundreds of pencil thin rays of burning radiation piercing my body. And, as I was driving along over the bridge I noticed that something like a shadow body fell out of my body as if it was mortally wounded. This is not at all something that I expected, or created from apprehension as I had absolutely no anticipation of anything being any different from any other day that I had driven over the bridge. It took several days for me to actually feel normal again after that. I was so incredulous that this was happening to me that I actually drove over the bridge one more time - thinking that this could not possibly be happening to me. And once again, experienced the same thing. Since then, I have not driven over that bridge. I don't know anything about what kind of technology they are actually using, but it felt like some kind of laser. 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 am concerned that in the future, I will not be able to use a computer, travel, drive a car, use a cell phone to do basic functions etc, Thank you for providing individuals and families with an opportunity to be heard.

This conversation is extremely important and multiple long lasting safety studies need to be done.

I personally took precausions against my WIFI rediation by blocking it all around my home by using tower busters made of orgonite around my yard. I use "Organite" and "Shungite" around the insde of our Trailor which organizes the chotic waves and calms them so their healthier for your body: works great. Having HAD CANCER it was important to me to fight it for myself and stop helping CANCER WIN I'm now Cancer free! ALSO stopped eating processed Sugar and added Sugers as much as possible which IS NOT EASY TO FIND by the way can we also require Grocery Stors to carry lots of SUGER FREE STUFF or eliminater processed crap completely? I believe it would be a great Idea to force all carriors to MAKE BLOCKING WIFI RADIATION a priority built into all phones, and wifi equitment eliminating the issue. If I.m not mistaken they CAN BUILD ALL TOWERS WITH PROPER SHEILDING BUT REFUSE TO DO SO! There's no good excuse for poisoning your money base with radiation just to save money, can we please do something about these greedy clowns? Not to mention their OVERPRICED CHUNK PHONES with cheap parts, I believe America can overcome this in shot order if our Government hears us to make those changes. Again thank you all! The only good "Regulation" is one that saves lives and hold law breakers accountable

I have had extensive exposure to cell phones, EMF/ RF, and wireless radiation from wireless devices. Please regulate these devices for our country. In 1994 I owned the older type of cell phone called a "bag phone". Within one year of it sitting next to my body in the car, I developed an ovarian tumor. Fast forward to 2010, I got my first smart cell phone and by 2013 I developed blood leukemia. It was not until this occurred that I became sure the source of these diseases were from the EMF/RF from these devices. To protect my health I got rid of all devices and hardwired my computer into my home, turning off wifi and bluetooth. I have not owned or used a cell phone since 2017 and already deal with many challenges trying to get by in society without participating in the cell phone world.But my health and being alive is more important than any convenience these devices bring me. I live rural and without any cell phone towers nearby. I've started an amateur radio club (IVARC.org) and use radios for communication while mobile and at home. Please regulate and control the growth of EMF/RF and wireless radiation exposure. I can hardly go into a store for more than five minutes, with cell phones, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth making me nauseous and cognitively woozy. LED lights are just as bad for me. I would be happy to testify to these truths. I am already locked out of many choices due to not having a cell phone, and third party verification on a cell phone, I fear things turning all digital and being locked out of the digital world. Amateur radio operator KF6QAW, GMRS radio operator WRPJ605B.

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 parent. My daughter was an average, healthy 10 year old child. Two years ago we had a smart meter installed at our home. We tried to stop the installation, however, Wisconsin doesn't allow an opt out. Our daughter began to experience strange symptoms, hand pain, a combination of burning and tingling, hair loss, severe weight loss, rapid heart rate and irritability. We took her into our primary care doctor who ran some labs and came back saying she has Graves' disease. We have still been unable to restore her health and get the smart meter removed. My heart's desire is to have this legislation changed where at a minimum, people should be allowed to opt out of smart meters and 5g being placed on and or near their homes. Our children are growing sicker every year. Each child deserves a chance to be give a healthy environment to grow into healthy adults. My daughter's Graves disease is hard and incredibly sad, but others out there have children fighting for their lives in cancer battles due to all this radiation. 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.