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Call them what you wish, 5G, 6G etc.. EMF, RF wireless equipment towers are dangerous to all living things. The radiation they disburse is destroying all life and they should all be removed.

I do hope my contribution will help improve woldwide protection against all wireless devices.

Thank you for this opportunity to share how horrendous this technology has been for my well-being and health – and everyone else I have talked to that suffer from this. (I am a health consultant) Gradually over the years, and ESPECIALLY after the lockdowns in 2020, I have become more and more sensitive to this unrelenting energy coming through our bodies. Specifics: Tinnitus, constant headaches, CONSTANTLY feeling shaky and as though I am plugged into an electric socket – unless I go out and ground in Nature, and then I can feel a little relief; heart palpitations, heart pain, exhaustion. Having spent several decades in office type environments or running my own business with the required computers, printers, cell phones etc., I need to now limit my time to only one hour here and there, so it makes it extremely difficult running a business. Proven specifics: 1) I had to spend 5 days down in Virginia Beach at a conference end of May 2026 and felt very frazzled most of the time down there. Four days after my return, I ended up in ER with my blood pressure being around 210/115, with heart pain and palpitations, when I had never ever had any heart issues and all prior tests had shown I had a strong heart. The same thing repeated itself a week later, by waking up in the middle of the night 2:30am, with more intense symptoms requiring a rescue squad trip to the ER again. For the past 6 years, every time I drive to Virginia Beach for business reason, the intensity of all the 5G towers and surveillance cameras on every lamp post, etc., has given me chest pains, palpitations and feeling very fragile. 2) We have a lovely sunny porch look-out onto a park. The RF (measured with a TriField meter) used to be around 00019 -.014 mW/m2 outside, and now around that amount inside our home - .014 - .018 (this being BEHIND the metal mesh screens). But now outside on the porch – as they installed a 5G tower visible at a high level across the park about a mile away – the level fluctuates between 7.8 – 11.5 mW/m2 so now makes it totally impossible to sit outside on the porch ever without feeling zapped. I could give many other examples, but these two stand out. The ONLY way I can now survive this onslaught in general life - whilst still experiencing the symptoms above all the time - is to have a SafeSleeve rf PROTECTION cover around my iPhone, an Aires pendant around my neck, several other products that have cost too much money to try out, and now trying RF material inlays in clothing. This is not a way to live, and not everyone can escape to the woods to survive or purchase these products. I TRULY APPRECIATE WHATEVER YOU CAN DO TO CONSIDERABLY REDUCE THE CURRENT FREQUENCY LEVELS, AND DEFINITELY NOT INCREASE TO 6G - IT IS NOT NECESSARY. Thank you sincerely.

I very much support HHS's involvement in studying (including reviewing published independent non-conflict of interest studies) the effects of electromagnetic fields (EMF), radiofrequency (RF) radiation, and wireless radiation on human health (particularly children and other vulnerable groups, such as pregnant women) and the environment (animals, plants, etc), given that it has the expertise in medicine, biology, epidemiology, and public health that the FCC does not. These studies should also include long-term consequences and cumulative exposure, and should not include any conflict of interest industry input. Also, I believe that whatever studies the HHS does, should be transparent so that independent, non-conflict of interest scientists can replicate them. And once HHS has completed their studies, analysis, etc., the necessary protections to public health and the environment should be implemented. Herein, I will refer to the 3 areas the HHS will be studying as electromagnetic radiation, although I am aware that the more correct phrase would be non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation. I am responding from the perspective of a concerned member of the public. The FCC has been negligent in this area – 1) touting its 1996 guidelines used to determine the safety limits of exposure to electromagnetic radiation, even though there have been massive increases in the levels of electromagnetic radiation since then, due to advances in the technology; 2) relying on studies done in the 1980's (on animals) which focused only on the thermal factors affecting health, and not on the effects on cells, DNA, and possibly other factors, that could affect human and animal health; 3) ignoring for 5 years, a court order to update their 1996 guidelines to the current date; 4) ignoring the voluminous independent, non-conflict of interest studies that clearly show a DNA, etc. harm to human health and the environment. Based on just these 4 listings of negligence, it is clear to me that the FCC is more concerned about the interests of the industry than the health of the public and the environment, and therefore we need the HHS to take the lead on this. I do not have a story of the health effects of electromagnetic radiation on myself, and no one I know has expressed any of these issues. However, in the last 5 years, I have listened to, and read articles by, independent non-conflict of interest scientists that say that my body (cells, DNA, etc) may be continuously affected without my awareness and eventually lead to a symptom or illness. Also I am aware that citizens have reported becoming very ill from electromagnetic radiation and strongly believe that it would be very beneficial for HHS, in its investigations/studies of the harmful effects of this radiation, to listen to the stories of these ill people. Also, I am aware that parents have reported their concerns about the growing presence of wireless devices and screen-based technology in schools. Therefore, based on the above, I am very concerned about the health and environmental impacts from the following: 1) cell towers going up at an accelerated pace, many in areas that already have sufficient broadband access, such as my community; 2) the smart meter on the side of my garage; 3) the increases from 5G to 6G and further, which will increase the electromagnetic radiation we are subject to; 4) the small cell towers that they will need to put on properties every 700 or so ft. in order to accommodate the 5G or up cell phones; 5) my wifi router, which sits right next to my desktop computer. On the legislative front, I am appalled that the 1996 Telecommunications Act, in Section 704, does not allow local authorities, representing its citizens, to deny cell tower infrastructure on the basis of health and environment. I am sure that was done because they knew that health and environment would be the biggest effect of the increased electromagnetic radiation. Also, I wasn't happy that the US Congress recently, in a proposed bill (HR2289) that was defeated, attempted to take away all local governments' authority with regard to cell phone infrastructure. And of course, the industry captured FCC was parroting that bill with their own proposed regulations, which also were dropped for now. So to conclude, since Congress and the FCC are clearly captured by the telecommunications industry, and therefore more concerned with the interests of the industry than the health of the public and the environment, we need HHS to step in and reverse that course. And while HHS is doing this, there should be a moratorium on any expansion of electromagnetic radiation in our communities. Thank you for the opportunity to provide my comments to you. Janice

October 21, 2026 HHS Request for Information on EMF and wireless radiation: Docket Number: HHS-OASH-2026-0397 Studies specifically on the higher frequencies used by 5G and close-proximity small cells are totally lacking, indicating the significant need for more research. Some reports point to concerning trends about the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) relying on outdated standards and brushing off evidence of potential harm. No one knows how this will affect bee populations, birds, other wildlife besides the close proximity to living areas for humans, expecially children, babies, pregnant women, or the elderly. In some cases these 5G small cells have been placed right outside someone's house near bedrooms The FCC is a compromised agency ignoring the science that already has shown harm from close proximity to non-ionizing radiation exposures. My comments are based on peer reviewed research. Question 11: “Should exposure assessment or risk evaluation differ for sensitive populations such as those noted below? Please explain.” ANSWER: Yes it should be evaluated totally differently due to the higher risk to children and pregnant women that can be as high as 10x more of a risk factor than that to a 25 year old male risk factor. Also many of these exposure limits are determined by a plastic mannikin head for thermal effects only. These are all totally outdated risk assessments. (References applicable to this statement found here: “Research on Children’s Vulnerability to Cell Phone Radio-frequency Radiation” https://ehtrust.org/research-on-childrens-vulnerability-to-cell-phone-radio-frequency-radiation/ ). Question 12 and 13: ANSWER - For more on scientific studies these weblinks below hereby incorporated by reference at 1. and 2. and 3. that includes numerous citations: 1. “5G Wireless Technology: Cutting Through the Hype” https://www.saferemr.com/2017/11/5g-wireless-technology-cutting-through.html ). 2. Low-level EMF effects on wildlife and plants: “What research tells us about an ecosystem approach” https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9732734/ B Blake Levitt 1,*, Henry C Lai 2,*, Albert M Manville II 3,* Abstract “There is enough evidence to indicate we may be damaging non-human species at ecosystem and biosphere levels across all taxa from rising background levels of anthropogenic non-ionizing electromagnetic fields (EMF) from 0 Hz to 300 GHz. The focus of this Perspective paper is on the unique physiology of non-human species, their extraordinary sensitivity to both natural and anthropogenic EMF, and the likelihood that artificial EMF in the static, extremely low frequency (ELF) and radiofrequency (RF) ranges of the non-ionizing electromagnetic spectrum are capable at very low intensities of adversely affecting both fauna and flora in all species studied. Any existing exposure standards are for humans only; wildlife is unprotected, including within the safety margins of existing guidelines, which are inappropriate for trans-species sensitivities and different non-human physiology. Mechanistic, genotoxic, and potential ecosystem effects are discussed.”. . . Go to link for complete abstract. 3. The FCC’s reliance on outdated EMF/RF exposures based on thermal effects only shows the very dangerous policy oversight of the FCC by ignoring thousands of published, peer reviewed studies showing biological harm at non-thermal levels for a number of frequencies. For more on scientific studies these two weblinks hereby incorporated by reference: ‘Americans For Responsible Technology’ https://www.americansforresponsibletech.org/scientific-studies and ‘Physicians For Safe Technology’ https://mdsafetech.org/5g-telecommunications-science/ To conclude, I implore the HHS to work with scientists that are not funded by the telecom industry so you can truly help to protect the public and our biosphere from negative impacts of exposures to microwave technologies; the data that says these exposures are safe are seriously lacking and putting all of us at risk now and for future generations.

The fact that the Telecommunications Act of 1996 doesn't allow health concerns when local governments deny permits for cell towers is absolutely concerning! AND the fact that the safety limits haven't been updated since 1996 is absurd! I live in a neighborhood near a community of people that have Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity and I have been fighting a cell tower with them that will drastically affect their health and learning about how cell towers effect health in the process is very disturbing. They moved to this rural area away from cell towers and built their homes specifically to protect them for EMFs and RFs and now they are about to turn on the new tower so close to their community. The FCC has too much power over the will of the people and this has got to end! This illness and the effects of EMFs and RFs cannot be ignored, the law needs to change NOW in favor of We The People, not big corporations!

Safe Tech International is a not-for-profit organization advocating for safe technology. A 34-page report issued in 1976 by the Defense Intelligence Agency titled "Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Radiation (Radiowaves and Microwaves) – Eurasian Communist Countries, analyzed a number of Soviet and Eastern block research studies that demonstrated a wide range of adverse biological effects from exposure to radio frequency and microwave radiation. In its summary, the report issued a “Smoking Gun” warning: “If the more advanced nations of the West are strict in the enforcement of stringent exposure standards, there could be unfavorable effects on industrial output and military functions." The rest is history – The US chose technological/industrial expansion and military might over the health and well-being of humans, wildlife, and perhaps even Earth herself. The time is long overdue to mend our ways. So we are particularly grateful to HHS for opening this conversation. Before responding to your questions, we offer two suggestions to consider: 1. The effects of technology and AI are far broader than just the health impacts of RF/EMFs. Other areas include psycho-social effects, screen-time addiction, e-waste, conflict minerals, energy consumption, data centers, cyber security, pollution of the skies, surveillance/privacy, info/cyber & EMS warfare, and perhaps our very humanity itself…what it means to be alive. HHS may wish to look into how any or all of these impact health and/or the environment. 2. The need to solicit input on the health of RF/EMFs begs the question as to why in the US we have so much wireless technology polluting our airwaves when a robust fiber or wired infrastructure would be far safer for both humans and wildlife. Currently, the US ranks 32nd out of 38 OECD countries for fiber-to-the-home. With a more robust wired infrastructure, we would be far less reliant on wireless, and less saturated with chaotic RF fields in our environments. Moreover, fiber is safer, faster, more reliable, resilient, cyber secure, energy efficient, and lasts for decades. Along with it, we would need honest public education on the benefits of wired and the harms of wireless, so people could make more informed choices as to when, where, and how much to use a given technology. We respond to specific HHS questions below. Question 7 – To the best of our knowledge, there are currently no accurate ways to measure either individual or population exposure levels. We don’t have sophisticated enough monitoring equipment to capture the different ambient RF fields which include modulations, peak pulses, beam forming, etc.; assess the absorption and reflection of building materials, clothing, nature, and the ground itself; ascertain the usage, size, location, position, and health of each human and animal; factor in countless other synergistic effects such as mold, Lyme, dirty electricity, pharmaceuticals etc., all of which affect the potency and nature of exposures. In our opinion, these variables make such a characterization far too complex to assess. Question 9 – The public should be informed honestly, openly, and objectively of the health harms of RF/EMFs, and of “best practices” in using technolgy judiciously and wisely. The information shared should be based on independent science and common sense, and made available (and shown by example) in schools, hospitals, workplaces, libraries, and in every venue possible, until the health harms of RF/EMFs are as well understood as those of opium. Question 13 – It doesn’t take much science to understand that if you add one technology on top of another, it will increase exposure. But it does require more study and nuance to appreciate that the synergistic effects of exposure to different toxins can have an overall impact greater than the sum of the parts. This would apply as well to combinations, variations, and permutations of RF/EMFs. Questions 12 and 14 – The science is overwhelming with thousands of peer-reviewed studies dating back over 60 years and more appearing daily showing adverse health impacts from RF/EMFs above and below FCC “safety” guidelines. Here’s a link to just one such list, https://greenmedinfo.com/problematic-action/electromagnetic-field-harms SafeTechInternational.org offers an overview of the many and multifaceted ways technology is negatively impacting our world, and (due to how it’s being stewarded) is heading us toward a civilizational tipping point/existential cliff. The website gives an overview of how exponential technological growth affects our health, the environment, e-waste, conflict minerals, energy consumption, our minds and hearts, cyber security, AI, pollution of the skies, EHS, surveillance/privacy, and is increasing the lethality of war through three new forms of warfare. The website also offers a vision for a better way forward. Thank you, The Team at Safe Tech International

HHS RFI Response: Public Experiences and Reported Potential Adverse Health Effects (Question 3) Respondent Perspective: Individual Consumer and Affected Patient. Response to Question 3: a. Type(s) of Wireless Technology / RF/EMF Source Involved: The source was a malfunctioning utility-grade infrastructure component, specifically a defective Radio Frequency (RF) Capacitor controller within a localized power distribution capacitor bank operated by regional provider DTE Energy. b. Nature, Duration, Frequency, and Approximate Timing of Exposure: The exposure occurred daily like clockwork, initiating with an intense, localized peak surge at approximately 7:00 AM every morning. This daily cyclic exposure persisted for over a consecutive month, beginning shortly prior to October 18, 2024, and continuing until temporary structural decommissioning on November 23, 2024. When the seasonal daylight-saving time change occurred, the environmental behavior shifted in a manner that was helpful to show the same shift with the mG timeline and plotting. This shift provided critical diagnostic evidence that allowed the utility company to definitively isolate the source. c. Potential Adverse Health Effects Experienced: Upon the immediate onset of the daily utility cycle, I experienced severe physical distress consisting of acute, localized cardiovascular pressure, respiratory inhibition (“feeling of lung implosion”), near-syncope (extreme dizziness and blacking out), and a severe, temporary loss of cognitive function consistent with cerebral oxygen deprivation. d. Onset and Coincidence of Symptoms Relative to Exposure: The physiological symptoms perfectly mirrored environmental readings. Independent monitoring using calibrated equipment verified that acute cardiovascular and respiratory distress coincided exactly with real-time milligauss (mG) spikes in the local magnetic flux density. e. Medical Evaluation and Treatment Sought: Due to the immediate, life-threatening severity of the daily cardiac and respiratory insults, immediate evacuation from the localized zone was required to avoid total syncopal episodes. Because full physiological recovery occurred only upon leaving the exposure in the home, medical intervention focused heavily on environmental avoidance and oxygen usage for cerebral hypoxia recovery. f. Mitigation Steps Taken and Subsequent Changes in Health Effects: Total geographic avoidance was mandatory. I was displaced from my home for over a month, forced to pack essentials daily and sleep inside my vehicle in cold weather conditions to avoid the automated morning activation window. Upon the utility company completely turning off the defective RF controller on November 23, 2024, the mG field permanently stabilized, and my respiratory distress, cardiovascular spikes, and cognitive impairments instantly ceased. g. Supporting Documentation and Metrics: Independent daily field testing logged severe mG data surges every 30 to 60 minutes. The technical timeline, data points, and correlation were formally validated by the utility provider’s engineering team, who confirmed that a defective radio controller on their capacitor bank was creating the exact environmental anomalies logged. Analytical log charts can be provided to HHS public health investigators upon request. This account is supported by the foundational frameworks established in the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Report on Health Effects from Power-Line Electric and Magnetic Fields, as well as the World Health Organization (WHO) Environmental Health Criteria on Extremely Low Frequency Fields, which establish that acute infrastructure anomalies can induce rapid biological and electrical current responses in human tissue. https://www.niehs.nih.gov/sites/default/files/health/assets/docs_p_z/report_powerline_electric_mg_predates_508.pdf

Hello from Finland! I'm writing about my own experience of reacting to wireless devices and networks. When 4G was launched in Finland, "a net stick" was installed on my laptop, through which I could access the internet. At the same time, I bought an iPhone. My face was always red and hot after using Internet via laptop and after a few months my left hand and my right hand index finger started to hurt and tingle after using the iPhone as well. Then, the operator offered a tablett that has internet connection and would also work as a server for my laptop. That tablett screen was so electrical, that it stack in my fingers almost like there was some kind of glue on it. I discussed many times with the operator about this strange fenomen, but nobody knew, what was the problem. Well, after receiving my EMF meter, the picture got crystal clear! I haven't used that tablett since. At that time I went on business trips to different cities in Finland and at the same time there could be up to 5 mobile phones in the car, several of which were in use at the same time. On such trips, I suffered from really severe fatigue, nausea and headaches, and the confused feeling could continue even days after such a trip. I connected the nausea to the mobile phone being on, as I once turned on the phone in the car and immediately a wave of nausea attacked me. The difference between the real car sickness and EMF sickness is clear; car sickness makes you vomit, EMF sickness gets better, once you exit the vehicle and the metal box filled with EMFR and you don't vomit. The feeling however starts in the back of your scull for both conditions. Later on, I even unknowingly tested the effect of the phone and noticed that, for example the arrival of a text message while driving causes a rapid, stabbing headache, and the ringing of the phone causes nausea and a dizzy sensation in the head even before the phone makes a sound. One time, my friend had, according to my wish, switched off mobile data, but she got a normal call during the drive and she just turned the voice down, but let the phone ring for a long time, because she didn't understand, that I really suffer because of it. I was about to throw up and faint for the rest of the journey. I had to roll the window down to keep us on the road. When we got home, she noticed, that the phone had rang almost 15 minutes in a row. I was absolutely wrecked for two days afterwards. After that episode, phones are allowed in my car only in aeroplane mode. I can feel, when I am driving in the middle of two cell towers, because I get nausea and my eyes start to wander on the road ahead. Usually I also feel sudden weakness in my shoulders and arms and I need to open the window. Also some cold sweat may appear. That is scary. GPS is a BIG "NO NO" for me. I get really dizzy if somebody wants to check our location while driving. In public spaces with Wifi or WLAN, I feel a strange nervousness in my body and I find it difficult to concentrate on what I read in the library, for example. I feel almost like before a migraine, when at least I have the feeling that my head does not "belong to the body", but is somehow separate. It's difficult to explain. In places like this, even in schools where I have worked as a substitute, it is difficult to find words and I feel awkward, not relaxed. At home, we don't have wireless networks and I've been able to reduce exposure. When I sleep, my phone is in another room and mobile data turned off. I've tried to talk to my children about the disadvantages of mobile phones and instructed them to keep their phone's mobile data turned off if they have it in their pockets. My children didn't get their phones until they were 11 and 12 years old, but both of them are already hooked on their phones after 3-4 years, and this is very worrying. I have manually chosen 4G in my phone and I get symptoms if only 5G phones are in the same room with me. Sometimes after such a day I get fatigue and even heart palpitations. I'm aftaid, that 6G will finally break my health. Besides my EMF sensitivity I have been absolutely healthy all my life and have no medication. I have, however experienced problems with mold in my work place some 20 years ago and I have understood, that many people sensitive for EMF have similar background. I'm 53 years old. Please, make this idiotic "progress" just STOP!!! You are killing people with your so called "safety limits" , that are from the last century and have nothing to do with safety of living creatures! People in Finland and all around the world are frying because of your lousy "science". EMF harms human body in many ways, the heating effect is not the only one. This should be clear by now!!! Mr. Kennedy, thank you for all your efforts in this and many other vital matters in this crazy world we're living in!

Thank you for reading this. Please do what is right for our children and our children’s children. You’ll find cell phone radiation is very similar to tobacco. Cell phones are very addictive and have a significant, detrimental health effects and sadly the impact won’t be discovered until years after extraordinary damage has already been done. Please step up and do what is right for the health and wellbeing of humanity and frankly all life on the planet. For the radiation is harmful to all living beings (plants, animals and humans). Many have died do to the effects of cellphone radiation. Many others suffer daily. Many are completely unaware of the dangers and the long term harm being created.Please, Please, please protect the public rather than corporate profits. In 2019 a colleague of mine facilitated the passage, in Oregon, of SB283 which was to review science to determine whether children in schools are safe being exposed to high power wi-fi routers and other wireless devices in the classroom. The bill passed unanimously in the Senate and overwhelmingly in the House. While lobbying the bill and gathering information he interviewed 2 children who had to leave school due to microwave sickness caused by RF in the school. He also met 2 teachers, one in Los Angeles with the same condition. The teacher in L.A. sued the school and won the lawsuit. The results of the science review by the Oregon Health Authority, quoting the first draft: "All studies showed worse health outcomes, all studies showed harm to reproductive organs..." The draft was withheld from a FOIA request and later obtained by journalist, Dan Forbes, who wrote a lengthy article about the corrupt handling and the crime committed by OHA in withholding from a FOIA request. In addition, commercial insurance companies will no longer insure for "harm from exposure to electromagnetic frequencies" This is an industry wide practice that has taken affect years ago. Cell telephone advertising shows people with the phone against their heads yet companies warn to keep the phone an inch from the body. I always wonder if legislators or others in high profile agencies and organizations that are compromised by industry money ever consider they are doing harm by defrauding science, writing phony reports, and controlling the narrative in deceiving the public that they are safe. A brief historical summary of those involved with passing the previously mentioned Oregon Senate Bill 283 Prof. Paul Héroux, Professor of Toxicology and Health Effects of Electromagnetism at the McGill University flew to Portland from Montreal to testify on behalf of SB 283, only to return to Monreal the following day. Prof. Héroux developed a Unified Theory of Weak Magnetic Field Action that proposes A radical new outlook. Dr. Paul Dart, an Environmental Physician of Eugene, Oregon, makes invisible electromagnetic radiation visible, using his instrument, as he testifies at the Senate. The term Electromagnetic Medicine has, over the years, meant researchers in laboratories looking to use electromagnetic radiation to treat diseases. Dr. Dart gives it a new, clinical meaning, in the protection of Lucia, 14 years old, who testified below. L---a (a minor) attended school while positioned just below a WiFi router. At 9 years old, she became ill with nausea and rashes, and for over a year saw 7 doctors before her family realized that she was made sick by the WiFi radiation. Her mother switched her to the only school available that did not have WiFi, and she recovered. Graduating from her current school, she is now looking to continue her studies in an environment that will not make her sick. Senator Laurie Monnes-Anderson introduced the bill as a legislator and retired public health nurse. Monnes-Anderson is also a former school board member and the mother of two children who attended Oregon public schools. She understands the strengths and weaknesses of our public education system and has become well versed in the potential risks of long term exposure to microwave radiation in the classroom environment and made a special appearance at the hearing to speak in support of the bill.