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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 from the perspective of a parent, family member, caregiver, and concerned member of the public. I follow Dr. Devra Davis for over a decade and her website https://ehtrust.org/. She should be consulted as she has done a deep dive into EMF & Cellphone 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. Sincerely, Francesca Ortolano

We the people paid for fiber optic cable - but got the super harmful 5G towers instead. That was grand theft from the people!!! Wireless has been proven to be harmful to ourselves and our environment. I want to know who made the decision to do the 'bait and switch' because they need to be held accountable. Please do your research and respond to me just who chose to do all this harm! In addition, AT&T is threatening to remove our land line phones when many of us chose not to use cell phones. Not only are they harmful but they destroy our right to privacy since we are tracked everywhere we go and don't even know who or what is tracking us. We must abolish this harmful technology and restore our right to have the fiber optic cable we paid for.

Every night I wake up at 4-5 like clockwork and cant get back to sleep. Most nights I cant get back to sleep either. I hear a noise like something is running outside all night and I wear ear plugs for my husbands snoring .It blocks that noise, but not the motor runninng in my head, thats why I feel its a frequency. Never quiet at night anymore, I hate it!!!! I hear the noise during the day too, when its quiet.

1996 regulations are archaic and useless, like Model-T regulations being applied to modern automobiles. It is time to rewrite these rules, putting public safety and awareness up front, instead of industry profits. Telecom should NOT be writing it's own rules!

I am a wife, a mom of 4, an RN, an avid volunteer, and now highly sensitive to EMF's. I have had zero health issues until in February of this year I was in a "Smart Neighborhood" after recovering from the flu and covid. My body felt recovered, but my immune system was still clearing it. I was there to visit a sick relative in the hospital. The first night there I began having chest pressure, a resting heartrate of 120, and tingling in my hands and feet. I went to the ER to see if I was having a heart attack. Once I was cleared at the hospital, the tingling continued to spread up my arms and legs. The tingling turned into burning like I was on fire. I cut my trip short and came home and immediately saw my Dr. After multiple scans, I was asked what kind of EMF's I had been exposed to. That was when we realized that the EMF's from the "Smart Neighborhood" and the hospital exposure combined with my recovering immune system has essentially poisoned my system. Since then, my genetics testing has shown that I have the MTHFR mutation. They say 40-60 percent of the population has this. It makes my system more susceptible to any type of toxin. To this day, 9 months later, I am unable to touch a live cell phone. I am unable to be near a live cell phone. I am hardly able to navigate in a wifi environment. It has crippled my ability to work, go to church, and volunteer as I did. I have spent thousands on supplements, red light therapies, iv infusions, acupuncture, chiropractic, massage therapy, etc. to try to help mitigate this. We have hard wired our home so that I can function here. But I will say that even living on 12 acres, I can pick up on up to 5 different wifi signals in my home from nearby farms. It's almost impossible to get away from it all. I know my situation is extreme sensitivity. But, I am clear that many are suffering milder effects and aren't correlating it to EMF's. Headaches, random nausea, exhaustion, brain fog, etc. Because we live in such a world that you can't hardly get away from it, it is hard to connect without the right Dr. When we try to go away for a trip, I have to drive because a plan is one of the worst. I can't hardly find a place that will allow me to turn off the wifi to stay. Restaurants are an issue. Grocery stores are an issue. Getting gas is an issue. I will continue to fight for my health, and also to educate people on something that I was very unaware of before this happened to me in February. I realize that technology isn't going anywhere, but whether we have the warning signals in our body or not, we are ALL getting damaged from EMF's. There has to be better regulations put into place to protect us. To protect the children. To protect the unborn.

I have been gangstalked all my life

For some folks, EMFs, RF and Wireless radiation exposure is a reality. I have seen people's lives stopped to a complete halt with life long suffering. They have to live in remote places and take extreme care to avoid all the radiation that they humanly can. Some have built homes and basements to shelter themselves from it. It is a real issue for some.

They had proof that wireless radiation exposure is harmful to us. It has been proven beyond a doubt. I have read many reports that show proof of these facts. Please help to protect our little ones especially. I have requests to NOT have Smart Meters installed at my home and I was told I will be penalized financially. That is not fair that I am trying to protect my family. Please consider the proof that is being provided.

I am writing from the UK. A few years back I spent several hours in the centre of Manchester just after 5G was introduced. That evening, I experienced really bad cramping in my arms and legs. I thought nothing of it at the time, although I don’t suffer with cramp normally. Roll on a couple of so years, and I was visiting Manchester again and remember seeing a new mast on top of a building. Again, I didn’t think anything of it. My husband and I went for lunch at a nearby café, and I suddenly experienced the same cramping as before. Within half an hour I felt dreadful. Very weak with a headache. My husband supported me in walking back to the metro to head back to base. I spent the next 3 days in bed, with a raging headache, feeling and being sick. My husband spent most of the time trying to cool me down with cold, wet cloths. It took a couple of weeks after that for me to feel vaguely OK. I am convinced that I experienced some sort of radiation sickness. We don’t live in Manchester but the town in which we do live now has several masts and I have constant white noise and mild ringing in my ears (we are WIFI-free in our house). I avoid city centres and public transport, concerts etc as much as possible, and feel like life is gradually shrinking as I try to avoid being in areas with high levels of EMFs, something which is nigh on impossible to achieve nowadays..

I am submitting this comment as a consumer concerned about long-term exposure to wireless radiation from phones, Wi-Fi routers, cell towers, and other connected devices. I urge HHS to conduct a thorough, independent review of whether current exposure limits adequately protect public health. This review needs to consider those most heavily exposed and should examine potential effects beyond tissue heating, including evidence concerning cancer, reproductive health, and children’s development. Please prioritize research that reflects how people actually encounter wireless radiation: repeated exposure over many years, often from multiple sources and devices used close to the body. Assessments should consider signal strength, pulse patterns, duration, and combined exposure. Please consider Melnick and Moskowitz’s 2026 analysis of animal data, which argues that existing exposure limits may inadequately protect against cancer and reproductive harm (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-026-01288-6). I also ask HHS to evaluate Lai and Levitt’s review of exposure intensity, duration, and signal modulation (https://doi.org/10.1080/15368378.2022.2065683), and Scarato’s review of US regulatory gaps and proposed reforms (https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1677583). These papers warrant careful consideration alongside the broader evidence, including studies that have not found adverse effects. I ask HHS to: •Assess whether additional protections are needed for children, pregnant women, and other potentially vulnerable groups. •Support long-term research with safeguards against industry conflicts of interest. •Provide clear information about exposure and practical ways to reduce it, including wired alternatives in homes and schools. •Recommend updated standards wherever the evidence shows that existing limits are insufficient. Consumers should not have to navigate these questions alone. Please use this inquiry to advance transparent science, meaningful oversight, and public health protection.