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I suffered toxic exposure and have genetic predisposition to issues with processing toxins. Post exposures I became severely hypersensitive to EMF, wifi, and especially smart meters. Utility company used to provide opt out for smart meters but without notifying members who opt out, just cancelled the right to opt out. (California requires opt out, many states offer it including the main Colorado utility, but United Power in Colorado is the one refusing to allow disabled people to opt out anymore - effectively making it untenable for them to stay in homes they worked hard to make safe. I have serious conditions and reactions and a clear before/after. Once the body is overloaded, exposures to EMF etc become devastating physically. Please contact me for more info and regulate these industries. How long did we have to wait for cigarette regulation, then cell phones and kids, at the very least we should be allowed the right to choose and live with the accomodations we need. Jill Iwaskow jiwaskow@gmail.com

I am very concerned about wireless radiation in the United States. Our citizens must be informed of the potential health effects of EMF and RF exposure. It is the government's responsibility to research the ramifications of all these radical and rapidly changing elements in our environment, and to make the citizens aware of possible downsides to these technological advancements. I applaud your interest in listening to those who have been affected. For the last 30 years, my family has lived in an unincorporated area of Illinois outside of Chicago. My problem with sensitivity to exposure began with the COVID years, during which there was a proliferation of cell towers going up in our area. Our house was a mile from towers in four directions. We were protected from excessive exposure since we lived in a forested area. We began to research the topic, hired a building biologist, and limited our exposure to all types of radiation-emitting appliances, cell phones, smart TVs, etc. However, in 2024, the towers became visible over the tree lines. I not only had difficulty finding a place I could sleep in the house, but experienced side-effects throughout the day. We would have to move. In our desperation, we purchased a home in an area advertised as a natural fen. Then we learned the electromagnetic readings were very elevated at this site. We used our growing knowledge of all the parameters involved in choosing a safe home, paid to have prospective homes evaluated by a certified building biologist, and found a home in the "safest" location and moved in. I was free of all my symptoms for 6 months when I woke with a terrible pain in my head. Upon investigation, we saw all types of antennae and microwave equipment had been added to a guyed tower which was over a mile away. Based on meter readings and consultation with experts in the EMF field, these RF signals are directed toward our home. Once again, we are looking for more remote locations, outside of Illinois. Illinois seems bent on erecting as many towers as possible, leaving its citizens legally without a voice on the matter. If my home weren't enough of an issue, the spread of Wi-Fi now limits/prevents visits to doctors' offices, restaurants, church, and entertainment venues. Places where people congregate pose a problem as children, adults, and seniors live with tech "live" on their wrist, in their hands, and on and on. I am a 74 year-old woman. I have always been healthy. I do not take any medications. Now, if I am exposed to much wireless radiation: smart, blue-tooth, mother-boards, etc., I will wake with an excruciating burning on my head. It is not a headache, but feels as if a vise, ax or sledgehammer were taken to my head. The sensation subsides with time, after rising. OTC pain medications provide no relief. This is my most disturbing symptom. There are others. I have seen a sympathetic neurologist whose advice was to move far from our new technologies. We have shielded, grounded, removed all wireless, use a VOIP phone, drive an older model car without a 360L. You name it. Unfortunately, our lifestyle is profoundly affected. Those suffer from EMF/,RF hypersensitivity have nowhere to turn. We must continue to study the topic, isolate as much as possible, and keep moving! I trust you will listen to my story as well as those of others who are suffering from unregulated radiation.

Good afternoon, I am a 33-year-old woman. In 2025, when 5G internet (as well as 5 GHz Wi-Fi) was introduced in my house, I started experiencing headaches on the very same day. Whenever I went outside, away from Wi-Fi, the headache would disappear after a while. As soon as I returned home, it would come back. Around three days after 5G was introduced, I also started experiencing a pulsing sensation in my ears, a symptom I had never experienced before in my life. I also own an apartment where I have to spend several days every week due to work. When my neighbours in the adjoining apartments started getting 5G, I found that I physically could not stay in my apartment for long periods of time. My headaches became persistent and no longer went away easily, even when I was away from Wi-Fi. Over the following months, I also began experiencing regular episodes of tachycardia accompanied by elevated blood pressure, despite never having had any problems with my blood pressure before. I underwent a brain MRI because of my headaches, and some spots were found on my brain. My neurologist told me that, in my case, these spots indicate changes in blood circulation in the brain. On several occasions, I had to stay in a room with an active 5G modem. Each time, the result was a severe headache and dizziness so intense that I felt nauseated, all within less than an hour. I simply had to leave the room and go outside because I physically could not remain there. This summer, I had a three-week holiday that I spent in nature, with almost no internet access. During that time, my headaches disappeared completely. However, as soon as I returned to work and resumed travelling to my apartment, all the symptoms quickly returned. At present, I continue to experience dizziness and frequent headaches, and I have been dealing with tachycardia throughout the autumn. I will leave you my email address in case you have any advice on what could be done to address this problem. I would be extremely grateful for any suggestions. I understand that I need to reduce my exposure to 5G, but this is quite difficult in my situation. Are there any tests that could help identify the underlying cause of this sensitivity? Thank you very much for your time and help.

I know someone who has had their life turned upside down from dangerous frequencies. She can no longer function as she once did due to debilitating symptoms. She suffers MANY health problems affecting her heart, nervous system, suffers seizures, blood pressure anomalies, etc, She can no longer fly or even be near an airport. Her doctor confirms it is due to exposure to radiation from EMF’s, RF’s and wireless radiation exposure. Personally, I also am affected by being in front of a phone screen, iPad, wireless devices. My nervous system goes crazy, heart palpitations, ears ringing, brain fog and much more. I can’t sleep if they are close to me and when I do, I don’t stay sleep. It feels like “restless leg syndrome”

Thank you for taking input from the public. I believe emf and 5g are having a negative impact on many people, many of whom are harbingers of things to come and we need to take notice and then take action by reducing the amount of radiation put out there. Some people have become so sensitive to it they cannot stay in their own houses for long before their neighbors' 5g and blutooth overwhelms their systems. At the very least there needs to be an abundance of places to escape the incessant wireless radiation...so please keep nature free of such things. We do not need cell towers everywhere, please keep the wild in wilderness...and thank you for listening.

Hello and thank you very much for soliciting feedback from the public on this topic. I'm borrowing a friend's computer to write of my experience, which has been unfortunately very troubling over the several years. I am a college graduate with a lengthy career in hospitality & customer service. As a relatively healthy individual with some chemical sensitivities, I do experience HSP (high sensory perception) and I'm deeply affected now around high powered/ high frequency microwave towers, radars, satellites and antennas. This has only recently become so problematic I must limit my time spend in city centers and in large crowds. I first began to recognize this as a critical health issue when Bluelink conjoined with an EMS tower went up adjacent to my folks house. At the start, it looked like flushing of the skin, heart racing, anxiety, cognitive impairment, tinnitus, eye problems and depression (for approx. 1 week after exposure.) Once I wore a heart rate monitor while at their place, and my resting was 120 BPM just sitting still (free of any caffeine) I also notated that my core body temp had risen by 2 degrees from 97 to 99 one evening when I had only spent 4-5 hours there. Once I made the connection it was from this installation, I began observing compounded health affects after stay overnight in densely populated areas (with hundreds or even thousands) with these instruments (mounted on rooftops of hotels) on every corner. Immediate exposure 2-12 hours would always result in heart beat irregularities, over heating/ sweating, chafing of the skin, dehydration, confusion, skin rash, watering eyes, anxiety, extreme thirst and insomnia. After 1-3 days of exposure... those symptoms expanded into eye swelling, vision changes, memory loss/ brain fog, neuralgia, reduced sight, inflamed sore gums, depression, fatigue/ malaise, restlessness and blood flow & nerve issues, mood changes and general feelings of illness. Basically the longer the exposure, the worse the symptoms.. simply put, it is cumulative. Now I must AVOID such areas where towers & antennas are packed in, and especially in DIRECT LINE of sight. That being said, as a person who loves to travel (and has always been a "city" person, this is deeply devasting as I am no longer able to put myself at risk therefore I have to be very picky and choosy now about where I spend my time and I can not just patronage these areas anymore with paying a significant price. The lingering affects of 1-5 days of continual 5G exposure often involves 1-3 weeks of recovery time for me, which I believe is due to the OXIDATIVE stress. Therefore, I strongly believe these microwave technologies are silently destroying soft tissues and cause all kinds of physical and mental illness. Especially after witnessing the RAPID deterioration of my folks, as they both appeared rather deathly and severely depressed.. their skin turned gray, and were no longer recognizable. They both got dementia at the same time and had heart * and organ problems. Additionally, they both had chronic infections. It was it clear to me based on their behavior and health, these high powered devices were slowly siphoning the life out of them and there was nothing they could do about it. Thankfully other family members were able to get them out of the house and move them after a year or two of this. One person nearly fully recovered. The other did not. I have therefore begun taking this issue VERY seriously as I can feel it's affects personally as a healthy person. However it is extremely difficult to AVOID exposure and over exposure when it is now EVERYWHERE and inundated into our daily environment. Hence, I am witnessing the impacts it has not only on humans, but also on the vegetation, trees, insects, animals and ambient heating of ground temps and local microclimates. I realize this is part of our infrastructure now, however I strongly encourage updated and rigorous regulations. In my experience LTE over 5G is safer and a better way forward for optimal human health. Additionally, I think set backs should be the gold standard for protecting all humans, especially seniors, children, nature preserves, livestock, ocean habitats, residential areas and even real estate values. Additionally, patrons of hotels and vacationers, should be able to experience rest and relaxation without harm. Or at the very minimum be able to stay in an ADA room with low emf for those with sensitivities. I could go onto explain other instances when I have been injured or affected but I think for for now, I will leave you with this.. As we continue to evolve in the future, through sustainable technology, perhaps HSP (high sensitivity perception) can be added to the ADA guidelines for safety and health requirements for building codes and hotel stays. And big tech must be held accountable to updated exposure limits for all.

My family and I were all injured by a 5G frequency cell tower installed in Fall 2021, we had multiple debilitating health conditions until we discovered the root of the problem. We removed ourselves from the situation, and we're all left with EMR-S, (electromagnetic radiation sensitivity syndrome), which has changed our lives. We can no longer work, socialize, do fun things we used to, eat out, be near lots of people, family members shun us and don't believe us, people don't take us seriously and much more. There should be in place accommodations for our disability, so we don't have to fight continuous uphill battles with systems just so we can live our lives in safety and comfort like we used to, because we're surrounded by cell towers, 5G minis, routers, phones, smart meters, etc. I should be able to opt out of my smart electric and gas meters, but the utility companies are ready to fight and ridicule, not help or assist with this disability they dismiss. My life is not the same. It should be the government's job to protect us, and give us injured sensitives rights so we can live normal lives again, especially when it's both government and private entities making money off the cell service, however at peoples' health costs. Me, my wife, and both my kids and mother in law, will never be the same because we can't do the same things we used to in life. We would like to be heard. We want protection and support. Stop putting up cell towers everywhere, and start accommodating to those who have been injured.

In 2010 I got completely handycapped by EHS - electro-hyper-sensitivity. I had been using my cell phone everyday for a couple of years and all of a sudden I could not hold it in my hand anymore. It felt awfull in the body as if I couldn't be in my own body. The only thing that helped was to run away from all wireless radiation - be it cell phones, cell towers, baby alarms, wireless routers or computers etc. At the same time I got allergic to low-frequency electro-magnetic fields like what comes from the electrical grid in houses, from electric lamps - anything electric. I fled out in a forest nearby living in a tent for ½ year until the winter came. I got help from my community, who shopped for me, sent my letters and did everything for me. I could not enter my surrounding society, could not shop, could not even speak on my landline telephone or listen to a radio. When the snow fell I got help to move into an old caravan for the next 2 years. The caravan never could be heated more than up to 12-16 degrees celsius during the winter, and all that time people helped with everything I needed. I could not even walk on the open roads in the landscape if electrical wires were dug down in the ground or hung close to the road. I did not visit my daughters family with her husband and my three grand children for 14 years. I used to visit them many times and often before and kept a relationship with the kids that way. The youngest did not know me when he was small and grew up - I was just an old lady the family came to visit a few times a year. After 2½ years in tent and caravan a mirical happened and I found a house I could stay inside in, in my village. I have lived in this house since, but 2 years ago a cell tower was raised 600 meters away from the village. I could measure and feel the radiation inside the house, and had to isolate the house with a steelnet on the walls and in the roof in order to keep living here. Before the protection went up my health deteriorated, my memory declined rapidly and the digestion system went hay-wire for several months, and my body shivered deep inside constantly. I have kept away from all wireless devices and people carrying smart devices on them for all these years, and maybe that is why the EHS has gotten a little less now and I can go outside and see people - I always wear protective clothing when I go outside. Getting ill from radiation takes your life away, - your income, your family, your living space, your friends - everything ! I know many people over the years, who has had to flee from their living quarters, houses, apartments and jobs and who end up in summerhouses in areas where they know no one in the neighbourhood. Being disconnected from your family - many get divorced eventually - , and your income is physically and mentally disabling. You live alone on the run for many years and don't know when it will ever stop. Most houses have wireless smart-meters and makes it impossible to live in the close surroundings from the smarts-meters which radiate far and wide. Thousands of peer reviewed scientific papers have been written over the years, showing how it causes cancer tumors to develope in the brain and many other illnesses. But powerful organisations manage to keep that knowledge from the mainstream news. It is devastating to be a victim to wireless radiation.

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 and concerned member of the public. I personally know people who have moved to different states to avoid cell towers that were placed near their homes. They were aware of the critical health impacts they had experienced and were not able or willing to tolerate their health declining from exposure. I have had experiences of being near cell towers and feeling a pain shoot through the back of my head. This has not occurred anywhere else. My husband was near an auto shop that had 2 major cell towers and experienced double vision, was told he could be having a stroke, and went through an entire MRI procedure, eye exams, and emotional distress. In a few weeks, his normal vision returned and the doctors said they had no explanation. 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.

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 and concerned member of the public. Wireless radiation has negatively affected several people I know and care about over the past 12 years. It has majorly impacted critical areas of their lives such as housing security, employment, school attendance, finances and above all, their physical health and emotional well-being. It is imperative that the HHS assess this issue. It pertains to essential human rights. 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.