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Re: HHS Request for Information on Electromagnetic Fields and RF Radiation My name is Elizabeth Anne Dunlap, MSc. I hold a master's degree in Medical Visualisation and Human Anatomy from the University of Glasgow and Glasgow School of Art. I submit this comment as a medical visualisation specialist and an individual reporting severe electromagnetic sensitivity (ES). 1. Health Experiences and Functional Impairment My experience of ES has profoundly affected my ability to work, travel, obtain healthcare, maintain housing, and participate in society. I experience migraines, stabbing pain, dizziness, nausea, burning sensations, and disrupted sleep that I associate with nearby wireless devices and infrastructure. I have invested in wired Ethernet, removal of wireless equipment, electrical mitigation, and RF shielding. These observations do not establish causation, but the functional limitations warrant clinical investigation. Scientific uncertainty should not justify dismissing patients or overlooking reasonable accommodations. 2. Exposure Standards and Risk Assessment Current RF limits focus on established adverse effects associated with tissue heating. Questions remain about chronic, modulated, and cumulative exposures. The National Toxicology Program (2018) reported clear evidence of carcinogenic activity involving malignant cardiac schwannomas in male rats exposed to high levels of 900 MHz RF radiation. These results cannot be directly extrapolated to everyday human exposure but merit further study. HHS should independently review whether current standards adequately address long-term outcomes and susceptible populations. 3. Exposure Measurement and Surveillance Real-world exposure includes simultaneous sources such as cellular infrastructure, Wi-Fi, smart meters, and connected devices. Measurements should document frequency, power density, field strengths, modulation, duty cycle, duration, and cumulative exposure. HHS should develop protocols combining personal dosimetry, environmental measurements, clinical observations, and longitudinal data. A voluntary ES registry could support epidemiological studies. 4. Potentially Sensitive Populations Children, pregnant women, older adults, people with implanted devices, occupationally exposed workers, and individuals reporting ES warrant focused study. Clinical evaluations should be multidisciplinary and respectful, investigating alternative explanations without dismissing symptoms. 5. Biological Mechanisms and Scientific Evidence Human tissues are intrinsically bioelectrical. Membrane potentials, ion gradients, and endogenous electric fields are fundamental to cardiac and neurological activity, cellular communication, and homeostasis. This does not establish that environmental RF causes injury, but supports investigation of possible interactions. Research should examine membrane electrophysiology, ion channels, oxidative stress, autonomic regulation, blood-brain barrier integrity, and cellular homeostasis. Anatomically registered medical visualisation could help integrate exposure data with physiological measurements. 6. Federal Research Priorities HHS should coordinate NIH, NIEHS, FDA, and CDC to: 1. Fund independent, reproducible studies of biological effects, including exposures below current limits. 2. Standardise clinical assessment of reported ES. 3. Support prospective studies combining dosimetry, physiological measurements, symptoms, and appropriate controls. 4. Investigate chronic and mixed-source exposures. 5. Evaluate wired telecommunications and non-transmitting utility alternatives as accommodations. 6. Publish methods, findings, funding sources, and conflicts of interest. Conclusion Scientific uncertainty must not become institutional indifference. For affected individuals, these questions concern housing, employment, healthcare, and participation in society. HHS should pursue rigorous, independent research that distinguishes established findings from hypotheses while taking functional impairment seriously. The objective is neither to presume harm nor presume safety, but to develop evidence-informed public health policy. Elizabeth Anne Dunlap, MSc Colorado, USA Reference: National Toxicology Program (2018), Toxicology and Carcinogenesis Studies in Sprague Dawley Rats Exposed to Whole-Body Radio Frequency Radiation at 900 MHz, NTP TR 595. https://doi.org/10.22427/NTP-TR-595

There are still areas that don’t have good enough 5G or WiFi coverage. Please roll them out in areas deprived of these services.

There's absolutely no doubt that there has been an increase of headaches, brain fog, nausea, fatigue insomnia, heart palpitations and just a general decline in overall well-being being, since the mass release of towers in our community!!!!

Yes, ever since I’ve had a deep brain stimulator installed

EMF waves have devastated the 49ers. It's a fact that more NFL players have had mysterious EMF related injuries than injuries related to public defecation. This is in San Francisco, the fecal matter capital.

This is dystopian hell misery and it absolutely is not good for us. You can feel it a radiating the cells in your body and keeping you from getting restful sleep at night. Absolutely disgusting

I live in upper east Tennessee and I can tell you that they are killing me with these rf microwaves. When I get hit by them I'll feel at first dizzy, then nauseous. Followed by either a headache or pain in my legs. At times it will make me have flu like symptoms for a few days where I can hardly do anything but sleep. I think that what is being done to me is illegal, if not it should be, then it needs to be investigated and enforced.

5G towers should be NOWHERE near houses. I've heard stories of men who erected certain towers developing rapid, aggressive cancers... And you know what? I believe them. FUCK 5G!

For those of us who are electromagnetically sensitive, the switch from LTE/4G to 5G was physically traumatic, deleteriously affecting the neuro-endocrine system, sleep patterns and overall health in many. I personally had to return several new iphones as simply holding them to look at the screen triggered numbness and radiating pain from my hand up my arm. After typing a short text message, it took almost an hour for the pain and numbness to dissipate. I do not ordinarily have any pain or numbness in my hands or arms so the causation was obvious an repeatable. If I held it, it appeared. When I set it down and moved away from it, it slowly dissipated. Ultimately I sought out used older equipment that was built for LTE/4G but could make it to 5G. As the suppliers are always pushing forward with their new designs and the used supply is diminishing, I am living on borrowed time equipment-wise. I am a small business owner and a trained lawyer. I am not a quack. I am simply electromagnetically sensitive thus I become the "canary in the coal mine" that reveals what is more slowly harming others. And I am not alone. Please step the system limits back to 4G/LTE or hold them at 5G. Do not push forward. thank you for your time.

My husband along with 2 other employees worked at a small rural grocery store , Carl's in Latta, SC. All three had issues with bleeding on the brain , each at different times, all critical care. It is my belief that it was induced or influenced by wireless radiation broadcasting from the company's new system which provided live, real time product location, and the handheld used for inventory tracking, printers, scanners etc. They also had new antennas installed for that system overhead along with amplified wifi.