ORIGINAL COMMENT · UNEDITED TEXT
Questions 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16 and 18
I submit this as a resident concerned about persistent noise, perceived vibrations, health effects, and possible RF/EMF exposure near my home.
My family has lived for years in an all-electric home near Whitewater Hill in the Palm Springs area, beside an aging wind farm, with a freeway below and numerous communications and radio towers nearby. In November 2024, I awoke to a loud, high-pitched, sustained sound apparently coming from outside toward the wind farm. Similar sounds and perceived vibrations have continued almost daily and nightly, changing throughout the day and often becoming particularly disruptive late at night or early in the morning. I am concerned about a nearby 5G tower that appears directed toward my home. Its involvement has not been established by testing.
The disturbance has caused prolonged loss of sleep, severe headaches, exhaustion and two early-morning hospital visits. I was evaluated for tinnitus and told it did not explain my experience. My hearing specialist added a white-noise setting to my hearing aids. I have reverse-slope hearing loss.
I have spent nearly two years and considerable money investigating and trying to obtain relief:
Southern California Edison came three times, including at 10 p.m.
My solar company inspected its equipment several times.
Tesla replaced both costly home batteries multiple times; a senior representative also inspected the equipment.
I shut off electricity to the entire house twice for 24 hours. The sound and vibrations continued unchanged. One shutdown damaged a pool pump, costing $2,300.
I painted an entire room, walls and ceiling, with RF shielding paint.
I purchased and installed special RF shielding curtains.
I replaced all household ducting.
I reinsulated the attic.
I installed a new attic fan.
I kept a log of disturbance dates and times.
I installed a metal fence intended as shielding.
I tried to measure the sustained sound on my phone, but the display only thickened and did not yield useful measurements.
I filed a written FCC complaint.
I contacted Palm Springs code officials, who referred me to the county.
I paid a San Diego company $3,500 to measure frequencies. It tested only during the day and reportedly found a solar-equipment issue; the nighttime disturbance remains unexplained.
I contacted the wind farm operator. After I reported noise around 10 p.m., its representative arrived about an hour later, after the sound had stopped.
I wrote to a college seeking help through a research project.
I sought a tinnitus evaluation; my hearing aids were adjusted for white noise.
I purchased white-noise machines.
I purchased four EMF hats, two EMF blankets, an EMF nightgown, noise-canceling earmuffs, and marketed EMF-blocking stickers for household electrical equipment.
The shutdowns showed that switching off household electricity did not stop the disturbance, but they do not prove that a 5G tower or any other external installation caused it. My purchases do not prove that shielding products are effective.
My property formerly had substantial bee activity and was once a bee farm, yet I have observed no bees over the past year. I cannot identify the reason; habitat, weather, pesticides, disease and other factors may matter.
I ask HHS to support independent, multi-day and overnight investigation of complaints like mine; coordinated measurements of RF/EMF, audible and low-frequency sound, vibration and electrical interference; public access to relevant tower operating and compliance information; evaluation of cumulative conditions near homes, towers, wind farms and freeways; and better coordination among health agencies, the FCC, utilities and local authorities. Research should examine sleep disruption, headaches and possible environmental effects, including pollinators, without presuming causation.
After repeated service calls, private testing, home alterations, government complaints and medical consultations, I still have no explanation. Residents need a practical route to independent testing at the times disturbances actually occur. Please consider this experience when setting research and public-health priorities.
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