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Since I was injured by wireless radiation radio-frequency exposures in 2014, and afterward diagnosed with the United Nations recognized functional impairment known as "EHS" or "EMS" (electro-hypersensitivity and electromagnetic sensitivity, what used to be called "microwave syndrome") I have lived an extremely marginalized and painful existence - suffered job loss, financial and emotional support (shunned socially), and home/property loss (having had to relocate multiple times at my own expense) all because of my physical reactions to these never-ending increasingly ubiquitous (with their introduction into our environments going largely unregulated and unchecked) manmade artificial electromagnetic fields, are extreme (migraines, heart irregularities, tremors, joint and muscle pain, insomnia, brain fog, etc.) and because these EMFs continue to encroach upon my world, shrinking the available safe places for me - where I can find reprieve, rest, enjoyment of the natural world, work, play, and live. For 12 years now I've fought to educate policy makers and the public about my condition (which at least 3% of Americans suffer with) and other ways the public is harmed by an industry that is basically self-regulated and has not done any real, relevant or recent safety tests on their products and clearly cares about profit over people, seeing any who suffer from these exposures as collateral damage. All for what? Supposed (perceived) convenience? We can use communications tech safely via wired options. We could prioritize protecting the public first, esp. the more vulnerable demographics (unborn babies, infants, children, women and others who absorb radiation more readily or are harmed more easily due to other medical conditions), over protecting industry profit. This is what the HHS should be doing and needs to be doing. We cannot possibly be continuing to argue about whether or not these fields harm us, there are tens of thousands of studies done over the past several decades proving this over and over again. (See EMF-portal.org for access to most of these, as well as a few recent studies attached). Not only are humans harmed, so too are animals of all kinds, plants, insects (particularly bees) and soil microbes. We are all interconnected and interdependent, so it matters that these other creatures are suffering. And it matters that the manufacturing of our wireless tech and all things "smart" is harming our natural world through exploitative mining practices and polluting manufacturing, which along with continued planned obsolescence is creating immense "e-waste" with no end to this in site, growing by the day, polluting our waterways and air with toxic heavy metals, and environmentally persistent forever chemicals. Please do the right thing and work to change policy to protect us from this exponentially rapidly increasing threat to public health. Thank you.

I am writing from south of Sweden. My experience beginning 2020 when they put up 2 mobiletowers 200 and 300meters from my home. I ve experience Vitreous detachment and flottets in my eyes and heartpulpatation on and of. 2022 they installd the smartmeter and then it became very bad. My cat got stressed and got problems whit the urin and hairloss on his stormatch. Then my small dog started to pi inside even when we just got in. I got eyemigraine 1-2 times a week and some days up to 3 times/day. More heartpulpatations on and off, toorhpressing, dizziness, stress and anxiety, tinnitus, problems whith koncentration and memory. 2026 they turn on the 5G in the area and the hole famely feels it and we feel it when we are out in the garden I have tryed to reduce it by painting inside and whit reducing fabric. It turned our lives up side down and I think we must sell the house. Maria, Sweden

Recently I had a baby, he is 13 years younger than my last biologically born baby- something I have noticed this time around when I’m breastfeeding him if I have my phone out and I’m on my phone he’s very fussy and hard to get him to settle but once I set it away from me or turn it off, he stops being fussy. I’m not sure if there is a connection because the last time I breastfed 13 years ago I didn’t have a phone that I could sit and scroll on but my other older babies that were breastfed never got fussy if I was reading a book or even listening to music on my iPod (no WiFi). Also, I considered that maybe it was because he saw my phone but even when he can’t see it he still gets fussy and doesn’t stop until it’s off and far away from him. Again I have no proof that it’s affecting him but it just seems very curious what I’m seeing. And after talking with another mom I know, she’s experiencing something similar with her daughter.

I quit getting headaches when I started turning my WiFi router off at night. Anytime I sleep elsewhere and WiFi is on, I sleep poorly, and wake with a headache. I can feel pressure in my head when driving by cell towers. I do not want these dangerous cell towers near my home or kids schools, please have better regulations!!

RE: Request for Information on Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs), Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation, and Wireless Radiation Exposure Docket: HHS-OASH-2026-0397 Perspective (Q2): Individual with compound heterozygous MTHFR (C677T + A1298C), elevated homocysteine, atherosclerosis with plaque, osteoarthritis, chronic tinnitus, cardiac issues, hypertension of undetermined cause, and hypersensitivity to medications, chemicals, and environmental factors. I submit this comment to share personal experiences and support research on vulnerable populations. Q3: I experience chronic tinnitus, cardiac issues, hypertension of undetermined cause, elevated homocysteine, atherosclerosis with plaque, and osteoarthritis. I am highly hypersensitive to medications, chemicals, and other exposures. I also have fatigue, sleep disruption, and cognitive difficulties (brain fog, concentration/memory problems). These have not been fully explained by standard evaluations. I am concerned that cumulative or modulated RF/EMF exposures may contribute or exacerbate symptoms given my genetic background and elevated homocysteine. Q11: I am compound heterozygous for MTHFR C677T and A1298C with elevated homocysteine and atherosclerosis. This genotype substantially reduces enzyme activity (~30–50% of normal), impairing methylation, raising homocysteine risk, lowering glutathione, and increasing oxidative stress vulnerability. Elevated homocysteine is a cardiovascular risk factor and can affect NMDA receptors and calcium signaling. Proposed non-thermal RF/EMF mechanisms (voltage-gated calcium channel activation, excess intracellular calcium, nitric oxide/peroxynitrite, and reactive oxygen species) may interact with these vulnerabilities. People with this genotype, elevated homocysteine, chemical hypersensitivity, or cardiovascular disease may be a sensitive subgroup not fully protected by thermal-only limits. Q11 (Children): A 2026 study (Wydaeghe et al., Phys Med Biol 71:175006) found child models had 1.5–1.9× higher whole-body SAR than adults below 6 GHz. Beamforming created local SAR hotspots exceeding limits even when external exposure met reference levels. Q12: Salford et al. (1994) reported increased blood-brain barrier permeability in rats after 915 MHz exposure. Larger studies (NTP, Ramazzini) also found effects at higher levels. Further research is needed on non-thermal effects in susceptible individuals. Q13/Q16: Wireless Body Area Networks operate close to the body in RF bands including 2.4 GHz (Zhong et al., Sensors 2022, 22:3539). Real-world multi-source exposures and 5G beamforming differ from single-source assumptions. Priorities should include genotype-stratified studies (MTHFR compound heterozygotes), people with elevated homocysteine or cardiovascular disease, chemical/electromagnetic hypersensitivity, cumulative exposure methods, and transparent disclosure of device/infrastructure metrics. I urge HHS, FDA, NIH, and CDC to take reports of unexplained tinnitus, cardiac issues, hypertension, elevated homocysteine, atherosclerosis, osteoarthritis, and hypersensitivity seriously; fund independent research on genetic/metabolic modifiers of RF/EMF response; and evaluate whether current standards protect vulnerable groups. Thank you. Supporting references: Wydaeghe et al. 2026 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ae97ac Salford et al. 1994 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8012056 Zhong et al. 2022 https://doi.org/10.3390/s22093539

I live underneath a water tower and it has a 5G tower on top of it and I have had chronic headaches ever since we moved here. I went to a functional medicine doc and she said I should move but my husband does not agree and told me we aren’t moving.

I live underneath a water tower and it has a 5G tower on top of it and I have had chronic headaches ever since we moved here. I went to a functional medicine doc and she said I should move but my husband does not agree and told me we aren’t moving.

Greetings, I experienced negative neurological symptoms (headaches, tremors, etc.) after extended exposure to EMFs in the US military. Subsequent investigations into the expansion of EMFs and their impact on the body led me to explore the safety research. Amazingly, I learned that the current guidance offered by the FCC uses exposure limits from the 1990s. Given the massive proliferation of all types of EMF systems (Cell towers, radars, data centers, etc.) any objective view would assess this as inadequate. More incredible, these exposure limits were based on behavioral studies in the 1980s involving 5 monkeys and 8 rats. Why current studies have not been done (as have been done in other countries) is a different issue. That they should be done isn't debatable. Please do your job and protect the public. Regards, Col. Edward J. Barr USMC (Ret)

There are no long-term safety data on the use of 5g, 6g and even the technology built into commercial wifi routers and cell phones. It is also now almost impossible to do a compelling study on the safety of these technologies since they are ubiquitous, and the vast majority are exposed to them in some form at all times starting at conception (so a true placebo group in a study would be very difficult to do). Since it's basically impossible to get clear, compelling data on this now, I think it's common sense that we should not be installing/upgrading these new frequencies near schools, hospitals or in areas that would be disastrous if these new frequencies turned out to be causing harm. It is likely that there are unknown biological impacts of long-term exposure to these frequencies, and as such we as Americans have the legal right to informed consent, which by definition includes the right to decline. The risk of implementation or "upgrading" of these technologies without long-term compelling safety data should require a ballot measure or some other method that allows citizens' voices to be heard and give them their legally required option to decline. We should also be consulting with data from other countries who have done more research in this space (like Russia), and seeing what they've learned about the safety of these technologies.

Since i posted comment approx. Week ago, my emf/microwave type attacks to my legs/feet, causeing burns, have increased, especially today. I exsperienced major 3 day continuous burn to my left ankle previously, after reaching out for help. It seems as if its retaliation for speaking out as it was before. These emf attacks are torture against many others, as well as myself, and we have no way to defend ourselves. They are disfigureing and injureing our bodies cause premature ageing resulting in accellration of our deaths. Ive had front row seat to daily attacks over 10 yrs now. Please help us!