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Posted 2026-10-08#1931 · Permanent link ↗

Reports new EMF sensitivity and neurological symptoms around the period of COVID and 5G deployment, incon…

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Hello, ever since the 5G rollout, I have experienced neurological issues that I never had before. Tingling in my head, limbs ect. I have become very sensitive to EMFs and never had an issue before. I have had full MRI scans for MS and beyond and I keep getting told that my nervous symptom issues are unexplainable. It took me over 6 months to get into a neurologist in my area with many clinics taking no new patients. My nervous system constantly feels in overdrive. I never had these issues before COVID or the 5G rollout. Sincerely, a 37 year old active female struggling with environmental challenges.
Posted 2026-10-08#1924 · Permanent link ↗

Describes severe neurological, cardiac and other symptoms beginning after smart-meter installation, attri…

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It started in 2011, when a smart meter was put on the house. I began noticing a burning sensation on my skin, the kind that felt like a radiation burn—flushing, tingling, pins and needles that settled hardest around my head and chest. Headaches followed, excruciating migraines that would not let up. My eyes felt jiggly and unstable. There was a constant internal vibration, as if something inside me was humming. Weakness set in, then deeper weakness in my arms and legs, along with trembling. My joints ached and went numb. One eyelid began to droop. My heart raced. Shortness of breath came with it, and chest pain that felt like the start of a heart attack. I grew faint and, more than once, passed out. Vertigo made the room tilt. My ears hurt. Sleep disappeared; insomnia left me awake through the night. Nausea turned into vomiting. My stomach stayed unsettled. I could not keep enough fluid in me and felt dehydrated. Through all of it ran a heavy malaise, the sense that my whole system was failing. I would get “sunburnt” sitting inside the car. The signals bounce around the metal interior and pass through the body. It was a long road to discovering the culprits. Exposure leaves me basically disabled. The triggers include dirty electricity, ungrounded electricity, surveillance cameras, cell-phone signals, electric transmission lines, electric cars, smart dashes, smart watches, smart televisions, Wi-Fi, 5g, LED lights (I can use only incandescent bulbs), and anything that emits a microwave signal. We sold our forever home at a loss and moved to a remote place with no cell service and no smart meter. I keep only hardwired electronics, an old landline, and older appliances with no smart features. After moving-I secured a new job that was in an all electronically wired building. I left my job after the building allowed cell phones inside and installed Wi-Fi printers. Before that it had been a high-security workplace where everything stayed wired, and that had been tolerable until that point. I cannot go into a store or sit in traffic among other people’s phones. Stepping back to this necessity lifestyle has used up our monetary resources. I can't earn an income. To understand what had happened to me, I read the work of Dietrich Klinghardt, Joseph Mercola, Martin Pall, and Mark A. Plinsky. I have also found a few organizations that offer a lot of information on how to avoid and remediate emfs and rfs in every day life. The complaints I live with—the skin burning, the crushing headaches, the fatigue and weakness, the heart symptoms, the ear pain and jaw pain, the internal vibrations, the dizziness, and the insomnia—match the cluster those sources describe in people who attribute their illness to electromagnetic fields. The setup required to minimize my illness is very isolating. It would be good for the American public to be more informed. This is a very real problem. It is a health emergency for many. I believe that folks don't know what is happening to them-and doctors/caregivers don't know where to look for answers-as this is not generally recognized as a mainstream problem. It should be.
Posted 2026-10-08#1921 · Permanent link ↗

Reports clinician-diagnosed electromagnetic radiation syndrome, headaches and insomnia, describes tower a…

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I have suffered from Electromagnetic Radiation Syndrome for over 6 years. It was diagnosed by two clinicians. Our home is near a cell tower and we had to take significant measures to remediate our exposure not only to the cell towers, but also to our exposure to all the smart meters in our neighborhood. We have no WIFI in our house and painted the walls in our bedrooms to block the radiation coming through. It gave me headaches, insomnia and aggravated my Lyme disease. It's especially bad inside a newer car with all kinds of smart devices. I was made aware of more people who had the same issue and became an EMF Consultant. I have clients who suffered horribly from their exposure, and many didn't have the financial resources needed to mitigate the problem. This is a serious problem. Our government agencies must do their due diligence to protect the people from this ubiquitous environmental toxin.
Posted 2026-10-08#1917 · Permanent link ↗

A veteran describes sensitivity and disabling migraines following a blast injury, reports difficulty obta…

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I am an army veteran. While I was standing in front of a row of radios fixing them in the battalion TOC, a rocket hit in the parking lot out front. I was standing on the elevated part of the room where radio operators sit but I was standing. People below me were all sitting. Because I was standing I was above the sand bags that were in the windows. When the blast came through while it did not knock me out I felt the force of it go through me. But as no one else seemed affected I assumed I was fine other than having a headache for which I went to the medic and got medicine for. How this is related to frequencies is that I have over the years since this event became very sensitive to frequencies. To the extent where I am now disabled. The VA does not recognize this as the cause but as they will not hear me over the past 20 years I have had to learn ways to deal with the symptoms. My spouse and I have tracked what makes the symptoms worse. Frequencies seem to really set it off. When this happens it causes migraines, dizziness, nausea sometimes vomiting and acute sensitivity to everything. Saw noises set it off. When it’s a cloudy day high pressure that sets it off. Going to stores or indoor places of any kind that has a lot of floresent or led lights sets it off. I have had to avoid these places that includes church because of it. My hope is that by this inquiry these concerns will be looked into. I’d be glad to help.
Posted 2026-10-08#1912 · Permanent link ↗

In French, attributes cardiac, joint and sleep problems and a pet’s death to electrical and wireless expo…

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Bonjour Je témoignage que les ondes non naturelles et même l'électricité "sale" à des effets néfastes voire dangereuses sur m'organise humain Cela m'a causé de nombreux problèmes de santé (coeur, articulaires, insomnies notamment certains jours plus que d'habitude,..) Notamment, la 5G peut être plus dangereux que les précédentes antennes. Mon animal de compagnie a perdu la vie en 6 mois après l'installation de 5G dans mon quartier. Moi-même j'ai eu des douleurs au niveau du col du fémur. Cela ne part avec aucun médicaments ni d'exercice physique. Il faut juste que je quitte mon domicile et partir loin des ondes, mais cela est devenu qui impossible si on recherche la civilisation surtout en France c'est la folie....
Posted 2026-10-08#1909 · Permanent link ↗

Reports longstanding EMF sensitivity, neurological and cardiac symptoms and a cancer history, describes e…

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How I became EMF sensitive. I am 73 years old and I think, I was in my early 30's when my husband got us a new phone. He was so amazed, he could walk out of our apartment onto the sidewalk and still could talk and be heard on the other end. We keep this phone in our bedroom unfortunately. I learned many years later, the body repairs itself when we sleep. So, this phone was not letting us repair our bodies during the night. I remember, I had an one hour conversation on that phone and my head was hot and I was a bit disoriented. I made a note to myself, not to use that phone for long calls etc. I got a job working the front desk of a chiropractors office. For 13 years I sat in front of a computer, working 8 hours a day. At one point I got divorced and was walking through a Farmer's Market and this women had a cellphone. They used to have a big long antenna and she was moving her head up and down, left and right and I could feel the antenna energy, cutting through my head. You can immage, I was trying to distance myself from this lady. I eventually moved from Los Angeles to Norwalk California and moved into a mobile home. By this I was about 51 years old. Mobile homes are kind of close to each other and for some reason, I didn't like sleeping in the bed room. I preferred sleeping on the couch in the living room, against a wall, that had a switch, that turned of the energy from the electric socket. During this time, I was working out of my home and was on the computer a lot, plus I had a telephone and internet access through a satelite dish. During this time, I had a basal cell and saw a macrobiotic couselor who cured herself from a very heavy cancer. She recommended a few things to me: get rid of the satelite dish, spend less time on the compure and follow her macrobiotic diet. It took 1 year and 7 months but the basal cell was no longer cancerous. I also, looked out my bedroom window and I had 6 satelite dishes on the corner of each mobile home: my mobile home, my right neifhbor, across of him/ my right, the Mobile home directly across from me, the mobile home to my left kitty corner from me and the one to my left. That is WAY TO MUCH EXPOSURE. No wonder I didn't like sleeping in my bed room. So, I stop using Satelites for entertainment etc. At 61 I moved to Albuquerque New Mexico and they are one the top 7 states for cellphones towers. When I was 62 years I moved into a cooperative apartment complex. After 3 montjhs I started having symtoms: could only get 2 hours of sleep, I was having moments: I would loose consciousness for a few seconds, heart palpations, headaches that were very painful: like a knife was cutting through my head, tinnitus, skin rashes. Luckily I figured out what was happening to me and took steps to lower my exposure to EMF's. So, I went to a senior center and as I got closer to it, I noticed it had a cellphone tower directly across from the senior center. As I walked in, I over heard a conversation: Mary passed out at the senior center, they took her to the hospital and the doctors couldn't figure out why she passed out. I thought, I better not stay here to long, so I signed up for a class and left. As I walked out side, this cellphone tower was full of discs pointing in all directions and Up and down. I walked across the intersection, to stay away from the old cellphone tower and I was now on the sidewalk and the cellphone tower was across from me and I passed out. I must have looked my a drunk and fortunately I caught myself befroe I hit the grown. I thought, went I get home, I am going to do some research on EMF sensitivity. I learned that my symptoms were probably from EMF's and it recommended to move one's bed at least 5 feet away from the circuit breakers in my apartment. My bed was directly on the other side of were the curcuit breaker was. I 3 days, all my symstoms went a way except of the tinnitus. I was still getting occasional powerful headaches went I took a bus: which had wifi. I called comcast and asked them to turn off the wifi on the modum they gave me. 3 years later, I found out eventually that comcast not only turned the wifi back on each month when they rebooted their system but they also had a community wifi. So I was being double exposed. Not knowing this, I also never turned the comcast modem off and slept withing 5 feet of the modem. So, I was lucky, I caught it before permanent damage was done. This is how I live now: no refrigerator, not hot water tank, turned off all circuit breakers except for electric oven and kitchen electric sockets. I have no more symptoms. Except I have had moments: they were do some work through Albuquerque, to lay foundations for fiber optics Check out Great risk for EU, U.S. and International Health! Compelling Evidence for Eight Distinct Types of Great Harm Caused by Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Exposures and the Mechanism that Causes Them https://radiationresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/EU-EMF2018-6-11US3.pdf
Posted 2026-10-08#1904 · Permanent link ↗

Reports memory loss attributed to public alarm tests and exhaustion on public transport, describes avoidi…

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I am an indivdual consumer and have been aware of the risk of exposure for many years. I have taken all steps to avoid mobiles and WIFI in my own flat but I cannot void the constant use of WIFI below me. I wear shungite to protect myself but I cannot avoid it on public transport where the radiation is increased due to so many on mobile phones in a contained space. When the UK Government put out an annoucement that they were testing a public alarm system they must have upped the frequency as I completely lost my memory the entire day. It slowly came back to a degree but lost again when they did it a 2nd time. I am still struggling with my memory no matter what I try. If I dont take protection [ which is heavy] on public transport I arrive exhausted.
Posted 2026-10-08#1903 · Permanent link ↗

Reports longstanding dizziness and brain fog attributed to electrical and wireless exposures, describes h…

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My name is Bonnie. I have noticed problems with electronics in my life over 15 years now and slowly getting worse. It is ruining my life as I've done many things over the years to improve my EMF connection. The medical doctors I've spoken to about this seemed to be not interested or just know nothing about it. I have 12 books on the subject that have helped me to some degree. I turn off electricity in my bedroom, bathroom and my office at night. I had my son disconnect the wi-fi and bluetooth and all other related wi-fi connections in my entire house. The modem is in the basement at the far end away from the bedroom. I am so aware the the neighbors out back may have pretty intense radiation from their home as they work from home. I can start my day feeling like my old self but when I turn on the electric in the basement for the whole house it all returns. Sometimes going out for a walk does help but when I drive my 2015 version of Corolla it's not stopping me from driving as I bought a device that seems to help concentrate my brain. I don't know how much longer I can go driving, however I live alone and need my car almost every day as my husband has dementia in a facility and I visit him even though I am dizzy with brain fog. That foggy brain mixed with dizzy is what I experience for symptoms at nearly all times of day, not so much at night. It's been over 15 years at least now that I have those symptoms. Back in 2015 I had a Toyota Prius and that is when I first noticed how intense this was getting. Had to sell the car since every time I drove it I would get to tired that when I returned home or anywhere I had to lie down. That forced me to sell the car and that's how I ended up buying the Corolla Toyota as it doesn't affect me so badly even though the radiation device measures in the danger zone. Can you do something about this?
Posted 2026-10-08#1887 · Permanent link ↗

Reports sleep improvement after moving a router, personal electrosensitivity and family concerns near tow…

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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 patient, a parent and concerned member of the public. 15 years ago I went through a period of difficulty sleeping and frequent illness. After trying many avenues to figure it out, I had a person come and test for EMFs. Thankfully I had heard about this because it turned out that my wireless router was positioned on the opposite side of the wall from my bed. We moved the router and immediately I could sleep again. Not long after that, one of our neighbors a few blocks away knocked on our door. She and her family had been very inexplicably sick and it wasn't until the leaves fell off the trees that she discovered that a cell tower had been put up very near to her home and visible right out of her window. There had been no notice to the residents and she and her whole family (with young children) were trying to find relief by submitting a petition to get the cell tower removed. But since telecommunications companies have been given free reign to trample on property rights, the cell tower remained and the family had to sell their home. My son recently moved into an apartment building that has a small cell tower right out front in full view of his living room window. When he tells me he has a headache and is tired, I don't know what to tell him - move? It is unreasonable and unconscionable that cell towers are being permitted in residential areas, next to schools, and in parks. Communities should be able to decide whether more wireless infrastructure is installed or not. Without that right, our government has decided it is a tool for industry rather than a protector of individuals and property rights. I never agreed to have my taxes pay for that! How many people suffer from headaches and insomnia that are actually caused by too much EMF in their home environment? Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, for sure. Sleep is the time that the body heals and restores itself. Without restful sleep, other illnesses, cancers, etc are inevitable. Since my experience 15 years ago, I have found myself to be electro-sensitive and have had to make adjustments in my life. City environments are far too heavily laden with EMF so I choose to live outside of the city and I do not use wireless in my home, I have setup my office with hardwired ethernet connections. It becomes more difficult everyday as cell phones are sending off more powerful signals, and bluetooth is becoming standard on so many devices (like printers and cars) and often the wireless bluetooth signal cannot be turned off. Thankfully I am able to live outside of the city and setup a low EMF environment, but many cannot. They should not have to suffer while the telecoms profit at their expense. My children should not have to worry about whether the environment they are in is safe and healthy. 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.
Posted 2026-10-08#1885 · Permanent link ↗

A parent attributes a son’s health and anxiety problems and school withdrawal to EMF sensitivity near a s…

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I whole hearted support what Secretary Kennedy is doing. Protect us and our children from poorly regulated EMF Radiation. Why are they putting up cell radiation towers next to our schools and neighborhoods? It is a place for learning, not distractions with cellphones and its radiation, which brings bring fog and health issues. My son had EMF sensitivity in high school I told the school and they gave me red tape. They did not care because it was not their son that was having health and anxiety issues. He went from being an A student to dropped out of high school, once he transitioned from middle to high school. The high school had a cellphone tower, middle school di not. May everyone see the truth and stop denying the fact that radiation is harmful and needs to be seriously regulated. Cellphones are a distraction in schools. Radiation is a health concern that should not be ignored.

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