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My name is Joel Wright. I am in my 20s and am a U.S. citizen. At 18, I began suffering extreme health complications which I believe are directly caused by exposure to modern telecommunications equipment. I ask HHS to research the biology of my condition and set conservative emissions standards to protect future generations and allow people like me to rejoin society. I offer my testimony for any official proceedings. My hypothesis is simple: current ambient levels of non-ionizing radiation are unsafe. The environmental levels of ten years ago were high enough to collapse my health, and they have only intensified in the years since. The collapse was sudden and violent. I started college and a small business at 14; at 16 I earned Eagle Scout; at 18 I had a top ACT score. Yet, within months of graduating high school in 2017, that life ended. Bedridden, I suffered from agonizing neurological pain, memory loss, chronic fatigue, and extreme muscle spasms, among other symptoms. At times, I lost the ability to speak and walk. I was forced to abandon a full ride scholarship. We discovered in 2020 that the world’s most powerful technology was destroying my young body. There was no escape; the dangerous radiation emanates from homes, vehicles and every person’s purse or pants pocket. When the COVID lockdowns began and people fled an invisible virus, I fled invisible radiation, isolating from society in search of respite. The world adapted and reopened, but I persist in my lockdown. My current health comes at enormous cost. Until six months ago, this meant near-total isolation. I left home perhaps twice a year. I could not even attend church. The life my peers never consider, walking into a store, sitting in a crowd, carrying a phone, is for me a series of calculated risks. I follow strict regimens of diet and medication, controlling for stressors down to caffeine and sugar. Even now, visitors must leave their phones at the door, a request which I know sounds unreasonable, costing me standing each time I ask. Maintaining my dignity spends that same dignity in the eyes of others; to be young without a phone is unthinkable. It has cost me opportunities, friendships, dating, and my youth, all spent trying to heal. My condition is doubted not because of contradictory evidence, but because for decades agencies like the HHS and FCC declined to study whether this exposure is safe. RF exposure is nearly inescapable. I can leave a building, but I cannot control what passes through its walls into my body. Radio frequencies are integrated into everything, leaving no room for choice. Whatever the truth, this exposure has been imposed for decades - untested, unquestioned and ubiquitous. That is what I am asking HHS to change. The scientific case is stronger than ever. For decades, inaction rested on one claim: fields too weak to heat tissue could not affect us. That no longer holds. In 2026, a CRISPR screen identified a protein, Cyb5b, that transduces electromagnetic fields into cellular calcium oscillations through a voltage-gated calcium channel (Hwang 2026), confirming a mechanism proposed years earlier (Pall 2013). These fields act on cells without heating them, and calcium signaling governs DNA repair, oxidative balance, and cell death. A field that reliably disturbs it is biologically active, with a threshold where its effect becomes harm. This harm does not require extreme exposure. At the low environmental levels of everyday life, below federal limits, RF induces oxidative stress - a driver of inflammation and cellular damage - and disrupts a vertebrate nervous system (Yakymenko 2016; Engels 2014; ICBE-EMF 2022). Yet FCC limits still assume only heating can harm, a premise a federal court found inadequately justified (EHT v. FCC 2021). The gap is widest for developing bodies. In-utero exposure altered neurodevelopment in animals, dose-dependently (Aldad 2012); birth cohorts link prenatal exposure to childhood behavioral problems (Divan 2008); and in nearly 700 adolescents, cumulative RF brain dose tracked reduced memory development (Foerster 2018)-consistent with children absorbing more RF, more deeply, than adults (Gandhi 2012). Limits built on brief adult-animal tests cannot be assumed to protect a brain developing from birth. These conditions-below the limits, over a lifetime, from childhood-remain unstudied. I ask HHS to fund the mechanistic and long-latency research they demand, before exposure grows. I can comment only because I recovered, a rare gift. The comments HHS receives come from those well enough to find and respond to this request. Those still bedridden and impaired, as I was, cannot respond. I’ve included health journals from before I suspected RF, untainted by expectation, to show the truth. I survived as much by luck as by effort. I am asking HHS to act so that survival is not left to chance, to act so people like me and those still trapped, unable to speak, may live once more.

DÉCLARATION SUR L'HONNEUR Je soussigné, M.Djouob Yannick Charles Kitemona, né le 10 janvier 1986 à Limoges, de nationalité française, demandeur d'emploi, demeurant au 50 rue Philippe Lebon, Appartement 16,80000 Amiens, déclare sur l'honneur les faits suivants : J'atteste que depuis 2012, lors de mon emménagement dans mon premier appartement (pendant 4ans) au 37 rue Ledieu 80000 Amiens, j’ai subi du tapage violent, de jour comme de nuit, dû au voisinage proche comme éloigné. Cela se reproduit encore aujourd'hui dans mon deuxième appartement, où j’ai emménagé en 2018 et où je réside à ce jour, 50 rue Philippe Lebon 80000 Amiens. J’atteste être traqué, persécuté, et intimidé par des véhicules de l’armée de terre ainsi que par les forces de l'ordre (police, gendarmerie), des unités du SAMU, des ambulanciers et des pompiers, avec des nuisances sonores extrêmes dû à l’usage de gyrophare. J'atteste subir du harcèlement et du piratage informatique. J'atteste vivre au quotidien un stress nocif qui peut porter atteinte à ma vie car il y a une population civile recrutée dans ma ville et ailleurs, organisée pour de la traque automobile, en moto et scooter (forces de l'ordre et individus inconnus) et piétonnière sur ma personne, provoquant une inquiétude et une peur pour mon intégrité physique. J'atteste que des individus lors de croisements piétonnier, parlent de sujets concernant ma vie privée. J'atteste subir des tirs avec des armes à énergie dirigée sur l'intégralité de mon corps physique. Ce même harcèlement électromagnétique engendre sur ma personne :Acouphènes ; Problèmes de mémoire et de concentration ; de fortes migraines; insomnie; dépression; perte d'équilibre; douleurs et sensations d’enfoncement d'aiguilles. Tout ceci engendre un manque de sommeil et des crises de fatigue journalières m'empêchant un retour rapide à l’emploi. J'atteste subir des secousses de jambe, une perturbation de mon physique entier et mental, parasitant quotidiennement la concentration, la réflexion et l'instantanéité de la pensée et de l’action spontanée. Tout ceci 24h/24, 7j/7 avec une surveillance en continu et un suivi dans mon appartement, violant mon intimité depuis 2012. J'atteste avoir subi une garde à vue abusive et une psychiatrisation illégale. Des années sans savoir pourquoi, le comment de leurs agissements, et après avoir découvert leur stratagème et les enjeux, j’ai décidé d’aller physiquement porter plainte, même si j’étais persuadé que cela était inutile. Infraction initial: PV n°: 00100/2026/010358 Code INSEE: 80021 Infraction: 30571 P. V.: n°2026/010358. Reçu par Stephanie SAUVE / BRIGADIERE CHEF DE POLICE En fonction SD - GAJ HEBDO qui n’a poser aucune question et ma conseillé un suivi psychiatrique. Transmis à Monsieur le Procureur de la République du tribunal judiciaire d'Amiens MAZEYRAT Florence Commissaire Divisionnaire de Police. Je certifie que les informations mentionnées ci-dessus sont exactes et sincères. J’ai pleinement conscience que cette attestation pourra être utilisée dans le cadre d’une procédure administrative ou judiciaire et que toute fausse déclaration de ma part m’expose aux sanctions prévues par la loi. Fait pour servir et valoir ce que de droit. Fait à Amiens, le 18 juillet 2026

Hello, it's refreshing after more than 20 years that I suffer of hypersensitivity to EMF to have this opportunity to give my personal coment on a condition that has limited in many ways my life and consequently had an impact also to the life of my family. The hardest thing of my condition has been and still is the lack of recognition from my country (Italy) and internationally in general. In spite of A Scientific Consensus International Report, "The critical Importance of Molecular Biomarkers and Imaging in the Sudy of Electromagnetichypersensitivity" International Journal ofMolecularScience2021;22(14):7321.doi:10.3390/ijms22147321. and thausands of different studies, generally no doctor knows enough to be able to help as the research is brought forward only by private indipendent scientists and no government body invests on indipendent research. About me: In the presence of a mobilephone switched on in an eclosed space, I start feeling hot, dizy and generally unwell, strengthless. After about 10 minutes I might become all red in my face, start to see out of focus or feeling sensitive in my ears, that also become red and hot and oversensitive to sound. Even now, that I spend this time in front of my cabled computer, set on airplane mode, I start getting red in my face because the small radiations from the screen. I say might because different symptoms appear according to different frequencies, time of exposure, local environment..etc. The last train jurney I've undertaken many years ago caused me a very strong headache with nausea and fever for three days. I live in fear to find myself in the situation to have to stay in hospital for some reason as I know that I wouldn't find an adeguate environment (a room without emf) but instead I would have to be exposed to elettromagnetic fields that I know would contribute very negatively to my recovery. In fact all patients are allowed to use their mobile phones in the shared wards to keep in touch with friends and relatives. My condition is socially alienating, as friends and family cant't find adeguate information about the condition, on the contrary they find istitutional sites that openly deny its axistance or explain it as idiomatic condition caused mainly by psycological state of mind. Luckily, I still find some understanding from the people that are very close to me. Since my first symptoms appeared doctors have given different explanations for each individual symptoms never been able to answer about the main cause of my general state of health. Only by experiencing the same symptoms when I was exposed to EFM and noticing the disappearance of these symptoms in protected o EMF free environments, brought me to realise my hypersensitivity to EMF. Realising and understanding the condition can help to evoid to be overexposed (with a consequent deterioration of the condition), unfortunately it remains impossible evoiding EMF all together or thinking that one day you'll be able to enjoy a "normal "life because the technology continues to ignore the biological effects proven by thousands of studies from indipendent scientis and the direction is towards incrementing population exposure, not decreasing it. In fact the subject of biological effects of electromagnetic field on people has become "tabu subject", and that's why it's refreshing to have this opportunity to coment. So at the moment and for the last 20 years, I had to accept not to be able to use public transport or fly abroad to see my grandchildren, not to go to cinemas, restaurants, museums..or other enclosed areas where there might be a lot of people with their mobile phones on, or a strong wi fi signal. Long jurney by car are problematic also as motorways are becoming smart roads. If I want to mantain a social life I have to ask friends and family to swich their mobile phones when they come and visit, or ask them to meet outdoors with their mobile phones switched off. As the condition is not ufficially recognised not everybody is understanding enough to comply. It definately would be easier to be allergic to peanuts! I try to convince myself that if I don't give my condition too much importance it won't limit me so much, unfortunately the syntoms remind me promptly make me feel ill there and after. The depressing thing is that I know that my condition in this "new tecnological" environment cannot improve, but is destined to deteriorate untill my life as the life of many other people with my same condition becomes impossible or very debilitated as the body, living in a constant state of allert, starts developing functional deterioration. It would be nice if the research for safer means of comunication, backed by truly indipendent scientist could go towards options able to offer services that are truly safe for people, especially with hypersensitivity, children and the old. I hope to have beeing able to contribute in someways with this coment and I thank for the opportunity. Anna

Comment on Docket HHS-OASH-2026-0397: Request for Information on EMFs, RF Radiation, and Wireless Radiation Exposure Question 2: Perspective I am submitting this comment as an individual who experiences adverse symptoms from exposure to wireless radiation and other electromagnetic fields. Question 3: Personal Experience a. Sources: I react to cell phones, cell towers, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, 5G, smart meters, wireless printers, and other smart or wireless devices. c. Symptoms: When exposed, I experience heart palpitations, elevated blood pressure, headaches, dizziness, nausea, disorientation, and elevated and erratic blood sugar. f. Steps taken to reduce exposure: I have no wireless internet or any kind of wireless device in my home other than a 4G cell phone for emergencies, which is kept off all of the time unless needed. Avoiding exposure has reshaped nearly every part of my life: Work: I cannot work anywhere other than at home. Housing: I cannot live in apartments or near other houses, buildings, or cell towers. Finding a safe home is becoming harder every year as wireless infrastructure expands. Transportation: I drive a 2003 vehicle because I cannot ride in most modern cars, which are full of wireless systems. Public life: I cannot stay in public places for long, and I cannot spend much time in the homes of friends and family. Healthcare and government services: I have had to walk out of medical appointments and appointments in government buildings because I became too sick to stay. Hospitals are among the hardest places for me to be. During one hospital stay, doctors did not understand why I became sicker and sicker until they realized that a wireless heart monitor was the cause and I improved once it was removed. However, the exposure usually comes from so many different sources in the building and the other equipment that the exposure cannot be removed or lowered enough. Because of this, I have had to avoid hospital stays or leave earlier than my doctors recommended. This is a serious problem when I need medical care. This is not a minor inconvenience. It limits my ability to earn a living, find housing, use transportation, receive medical care, access government services, and maintain relationships. Question 13(j) and Question 11(d) and (f): Wireless Medical Devices My doctor prescribed medical equipment that I cannot use because it relies on Bluetooth. As medical devices increasingly become wireless by default, people who react to RF exposure are being shut out of care they need. Wired or non-wireless alternatives should remain available for medical devices, and patients should be told whether a device emits RF and whether its wireless functions can be turned off. Question 11: Sensitive Populations Yes, exposure assessment should differ for sensitive populations. In addition to children and pregnant women, HHS should recognize people who experience symptoms from RF/EMF exposure as a population that needs specific study and protection (11g). Case reports have documented people developing symptoms after nearby 5G installations [18], and studies of people living near cell towers have reported symptoms such as headache, dizziness, and sleep problems [19, 20], as well as changes in blood sugar [25]. Children absorb more RF radiation into their brains and bodies than adults do [1, 2, 21]. Prenatal exposure has been linked to neurodevelopmental and behavioral changes in animals [3], and RF exposure has been associated with effects on memory performance in adolescents [4]. Question 12: Evidence of Effects Below Current Limits Current federal limits were set in 1996 and are based mainly on heating. Research has reported biological effects at levels below these limits, including oxidative stress [5], DNA damage [6, 7, 8], reproductive harm [9, 10, 11, 12], and tumors in animals exposed over their lifetimes [13]. Reviews conclude that non-thermal effects are not accounted for by current limits [14, 22, 23]. Question 14: Environmental Effects RF radiation may also affect wildlife, including bird and insect orientation and insect exposure at higher frequencies [15, 16, 17]. Recommendations [24] 1. Fund independent research on long-term and cumulative exposure. 2. Develop science-based exposure limits that account for non-thermal effects. 3. Require safety testing of wireless devices before they go on the market, and track health problems after. 4. Improve oversight and enforcement of exposure limits. 5. Reduce exposures for children, vulnerable groups, and wildlife. 6. Require wired or non-wireless options for medical devices. 7. Create low-EMF areas in hospitals, medical offices, and government buildings. 8. Require clear disclosure of RF emissions from devices, vehicles, and infrastructure. References are provided in the attached PDF.

Hi there, Thank you for letting me share my life experience as a victim of EMF radiation. I'm also speaking on behalf of people I know but who are in a much worse way, forced to live in the forest unable to live a normal life amongst other people, due to EMF smog and electricity radiation.I have attached a PDF with my story. Thanks a lot.

Comment from EHS Association in Denmark (EHS-Foreningen – https://ehsf.dk) The Danish EHS Association represents people who experience adverse health effects from a wide variety of EMF and RF-EMF emitting sources. The association currently have around 500 members. Adverse health effects (insomnia, heart palpitations, headache, migraine, restlessness in the body, fatigue, cognitive issues (brain fog, memory issues, etc.), burning skin, nausea, dizziness, joint pain, pain in organs, tinnitus, stress and more) are often reported by members to be related to: - Cell towers - Wi-Fi routers and devices - Bluetooth devices - Cellphones and smartphones - Wireless speakers - Smart meters - High-voltage cables in the ground - PV solar inverters - Robotic lawnmowers with active boundary wires - Induction and microwave cooking - EV charging stations and EV´s - Dirty electricity - Stray currents - "Regular" 50 Hz electrical fields or EMF from wires, household appliances, and electronics such as TVs, stereos, computers, etc. (some members turn everything off at night, or do not have electricity in their homes at all) Members also experience specific settings as being particularly often related to adverse health effects, such as: - Being in crowds in general: cinemas, concerts, family gatherings and more (many people = many cellphones = high exposure) - Using public transport such as buses, trains and boats (a closed metal box + many cellphones = high exposure) - Being in hospitals (WiFi, Bluetooth, DECT phone systems, Wireless medical equipment and many people) - Being in airports (many people with cellphones, wearables, etc. + radar) - Flying - Beaches and harbours with radar nearby Recommendations: 1. Inform general practitioners that they should register and notify the HHS (e.g. via an online form) when a patient reports adverse health effects related to EMF or RF-EMF exposure. To our knowledge, nothing is being systematically reported or registered when patients discuss these issues with their practitioner. We are sometimes contacted by affected individuals because nurses at clinics recommend contacting us. 2. Initiate a survey among general practitioners to provide an estimate of how often patients report having EMF or RF-EMF-related issues. 3. Set up an online form in which people who personally experience adverse health effects related to EMF or RF-EMF exposure can state which symptoms (headache, insomnia, dizziness, etc.) they experience and in which settings (scrolling on a smartphone, staying somewhere close to a cell tower, traveling by bus/train, going to a concert, etc.). 4. Make general information about how to lower exposure when using a cellphone widely available to the public. This is a brochure with the Scandinavian countries' precautionary recommendations when using a cellphone: https://foreninglet-cms-files.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/4244/xZ3LDeGaQmzZ.pdf Thank you for providing individuals, families, health care providers, researchers and scientists an opportunity to be heard on this critical public health issue. The board EHS-Foreningen - The Danish EHS Association kontakt@ehsf.dk https://ehsf.dk

I am a 62 year old woman who has suffered from electromagnetic radiation syndrome (EMR) since 2010, over 16 years ago. It started when a smart meter was placed on my home. I instantly had difficulties sleeping, severe anxiety and other mental health symptoms such as adhd, depression, and inability to focus. I also was diagnosed by a Doctor for the condition in 2013. I suffer extreme symptoms being around cell phones and wireless of any kind, and because of this, I also suffer with social isolation. The symptoms are many and varied depending on strength and length of time of exposure. I have had headaches, bleeding nose, bladder spasms, severe insomnia, memory loss, forgetfulness, brain fog, burning sensations in skin, neuropathy, and many more. There are many people I know that are suffering the same and some people have the same symptoms without understanding the cause. The research has been done and clearly shows the harm of these frequencies on human health and behavior and to ignore this would be a crime against humanity. There are other technologies that could be made available that would not cause the harm that comes from wireless.

I am sensitive to electromagnetic frequencies (EMFs) and radio frequencies (RFs) caused by cell phones, electricity, WiFi, cell towers, and other wireless and electronic devices. To say that the discovery of my sensitivity greatly impacted my life, is an understatement. It nearly RUINED me, I had thoughts of ending my life. It has certainly ruined my career as a public school teacher. I can no longer teach in person because I cannot tolerate being around antennas, cell phones, smart meters, and all of the other miscellaneous wireless devices. I am forced to work from home and do not make nearly the amount of money that I used to make. I began having health issues in 2016. My symptoms included leg numbness, brain fog, balance issues, gastrointestinal issues, heart issues, and list goes on. I had never had any health issues prior, at that time I was in my mid 40s. That year, in 2016 was the first year they put WiFi on the ceiling of my classroom. Additionally, I was in a classroom with several iPads and cell phones. Through my health insurance, I had several tests done. The doctors told me it might be MS or a brain tumor. Over a 4 year period, I had blood tests, MRIs, nerve tests, endoscopy, colonoscopy, ekg, and several visits to address the many symptoms that I was experiencing. In the spring of 2020, 5g towers were being deployed all over my city and around my neighborhood. I started developing ear infections, heart issues, and my body felt like it was vibrating all the time. I knew that I hit the end of the road with Western Medicine, all the tests were inconclusive and there was nothing they could do for me. So, I decided to take matters into my own hands. I got rid of my WIFI and cell phone, I fully wired my home and began sleeping with the electricity off in my bedroom at night. I was still living in a housing tract and was surrounded by cell towers, so my symptoms did not completely go away, but they were greatly reduced by the changes I made. Today, I live with a lot of land separating me from my neighbors. I have a shield on my smart meter, as my electric company will not entertain an analog meter and I am 3 miles from the nearest cell tower. I do not allow cell phones or other wireless devices in my home. I now live a relatively comfortable life with minimal symptoms as long as I stay home. When going out to run errands or traveling I often experience the following: headaches, watery eyes with head pressure, trouble focusing, brain fog, inability to think clearly, balance issues and many other health symptoms depending on the type of EMF or RF and the concentration. I cannot be comfortable out in public, my trips are usually very short. There is plenty of research out there that shows the dangers of wireless radiation. In 1971, the Naval Medical Research Institute in Maryland researched the biological effects and clinical manifestations attributed to radio frequency and microwave radiation. I highlighted the symptoms that I have personally experienced as a result of wireless radiation. In the Naval Medical Research Institute report, they found that the radiation caused all of the following and more: heating of organs, corneal damage, altered menstruation, altered fetal development, liver enlargement, decreased lactation in nursing mothers, altered renal function, changes in the oxidative processes in skin and organs, altered blood flow rate, electrocardiographic changes, myocardial necrosis, dehydration, death, headaches, insomnia, cranial nerve disorders, seizures, convulsions, altered heart rhythm, structural alterations in synapses of vagus nerve, stimulation of parasympathetic nervous system and inhibition of sympathetic nervous system, depression, impotence, anxiety, lack of concentration, tremors, dizziness, scalp sensations, chest pain, increased irritability, blood disorders, vascular disorders, biochemical changes, metabolic disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, endocrine gland changes, and genetic and chromosomal changes. (Navy-Microwave-and-RF-Effects-Brief-1971.pdf)

We lived 560 ft from three macro cell towers in Moorpark, CA, right off of Tierra Rejada near Brookhurst. In the home that we lived in, our family of six experienced ear ringing, vertigo, heart palpitations, and headaches. We measured the distance of our home from the three macro towers from AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile. Other neighbors had also experienced issues. Four of our neighbors who were closer to the cell towers ended up getting leukemia and cancer. These eventually passed. We had several city council meetings at the City of Moorpark addressing our concerns. The city said that the towers were to be present according to the Brown Act, which required telecommunications to be available to the community should there be an emergency. We stated that sufficient telecommunications had been available with the previous versions of 1G and 2G, but with the advancement of telecommunications allowing for higher levels of data for video and internet service, there was a stronger signal that was posing health risks to homes. Our plea to move the towers was ignored, and other towers were placed near homes. At Peach Hill Rd., another tower was placed near a family home, which was 45 ft from the home and 12 ft from the child's playhouse. This was not acceptable. This family also began to experience symptoms as our family had. This family also approached the Moorpark City Council in July of 2017 and December of 2020. This family's concerns were also ignored, stating the Brown Act. Other cities such as the City of Malibu and the City of Calabasas had ordinances in place to allow safe placement of cell towers from homes, but Moorpark does not. This concern was ignored. There are other homes in the area that have been at risk for health effects, such as homes that are near the Verizon tower on Tierra Rejada in Moorpark. One home is only 50 ft from the tower. Other homes close as well. A person should be allowed to live peacefully in their home without outside intervention. What we and others have had to endure living in a home where we were bombarded day and night with EMF, which caused symptoms that should not have occurred. We were unfairly driven from our home to be in a healthier environment, which our City was telling us was safe and not an issue at all. While we are not opposed to telecommunications, we are in favor of safe telecommunications where equipment is placed safely away from homes. Our experience has been heartbreaking, as we felt that we were driven from our home to be at a safe location where we and our children could be healthier. We ask that the United States government look into this issue and to provide regulations to the telecom companies as to where they can place their equipment. Equipment should not invade homes but should be placed at safe distances. If airports and fire departments are protected from unsafe placement of telecom equipment, why can't homes where people live for many hours. Something needs to change to help.

My name is Adam Gelfand. I am 42years old and I have been implanted non consensually with a brain computer interface along with a camera in my left eye, a nasal implant that makes me smell artificial odors and neurostimulators all over my body that electroshock and burn me. I have also been blocked from receiving any medical care and I need help. I would also like to tell my story on how it is like being tethered to AI. I work for the government and hold a tier two security clearance. I have no history of mental illness even though I am now treated as a non consensual patient by the government and by hired contractors. The photos I am attaching are of the burn marks that I receive from the direct current running through my body.