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Effect of radiation on my body I am a Spanish citizen, and I wish to bring visibility to an extreme reality that I and thousands of people in Spain live through every day: the chronic pain, social isolation, and institutional neglect resulting from Electrohypersensitivity (EHS), along with other Central Sensitization Syndrome conditions (Fibromyalgia, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity). Since my youth, and subsequently alongside my late mother, I have suffered a continuous decline in health (severe fatigue, digestive disorders, headaches, brain fog, tinnitus, joint pain, among many other symptoms) strongly linked to exposure to wireless technologies (Wi-Fi, cell towers, DECT devices). This condition has forced us into severe isolation. Living in our own home becomes extremely difficult, having to dodge the impact of fragrances, perfumes, fabric softeners, etc., not to mention the technological devices of any neighbor or visitor, making social life completely impossible. Added to this is the fact that it is impossible for us to change housing, as the massive proliferation of networks and cell towers in both urban and rural areas has completely eliminated "white zones" or emission-free spaces where we could take refuge—all without taking into account the unaffordable financial cost this would entail. Because of all this, I see the imperative need to apply the precautionary principle and strictly regulate cell towers, as well as wireless devices (Wi-Fi networks, DECT phones, mobile phones, etc.). It is essential to find solutions

I am submitting this comment as someone concerned about the health effects of wireless radiation as well as the effects on the environment. I know two people who have been personally affected by wireless radiation. The daughter of a friend and my wife both have had negative health impacts from EMFs, RF, and Wireless Radiation Exposure. In the case of my wife, she has developed tinnitus, and in the case of my friend's daughter she developed tinnitus and skin rashes that caused the family to move to a rural area and limit their own use of wireless service and devices. I hope that HHS will use this opportunity to create a comprehensive report on the current medical, biological, and public health knowledge regarding these effects and take action on that. Please consider the experiences of those affected by this radiation as part of what is reviewed to come up with what should be the scientific underpinnings to actual protective standards and action by the federal government.

I purchased my first smart phone in 2017 the Apple 8. Within 2 weeks I started getting excruciating headaches, shooting pains in my head, equilibrium problems and vertigo, nose bleeds, difficulty with speech, brain fog, ringing in the ears, and more. I know it was coming from the cell phone because every time I would try to use it the symptoms would start and after about 1/2 hour or so when I turned it off they would start to get better. Cause and affect. I could actually feel a tingling in my body around the phone. My family would turn off their phones when coming into our home and every time they would forget, I would let them know their phone was on because I could feel it. They thought I had lost my mind and so did I until I began researching and discovered I had been over exposed to emf and now was suffering from Electrohypersensitivity. I still have the condition today and my life has changed dramatically. In order to not feel sick I have to stay secluded frequently and if I do go out there is always a price to pay. I will be sick and the newest of my symptoms after exposure is leg jerking and body jerks that feel like mini seisures. Doctors can find nothing wrong with me and Nueroligist think I am a nut case when I mention the phone and emf's being the environmental toxin making me sick. I have everything wired in my home and I use a land line. I have spent thousands on doctors, and blocking material to keep my home emf proof. Recently my neighbors boosted wifi is so high I can no longer even sit on my deck without becoming ill. I can't travel and socialize or enjoy my life without symptoms. I applied for disability and was denied twice. I am unable to work and now I am 63 and forced to live on a very tight budget to get by, not knowing what the future holds. There is an Environmental Health Center in Dallas Tx. that specializes in treating people with EHS symptoms but ultimately the treatment is avoidance. If there is enough people getting sick from emf and a clinic for the condition has been opened, then a red flag has been raised. Hard to avoid the environment when everywhere you go there is emf/rf to extremes. I moved to the country but again "second hand" emf wifi boosting from neighbors forces me inside. I know we need this technology but I believe we could be more responsible with it. Education is key. We need to get the smart phones out of our children's hands and wifi out of the schools. The old style flip tops did not put out emf unless being used and that would be a safer way to have communication with our children instead of smart phones that continually put out emf. People need to be informed of the dangers and vulnerable populations need protection. I am hearing that AT&T will no longer be providing residential landline service and if that continues, I will be cut off completely. Technology has its place and we need to put it in its place. Please keep in mind that those of us who are sick need help. We need disability and our medical people education on Electrohypersensitivity. Thank you so much for addressing this very important life altering situation with emf/rf. I know that our HHS Secretary Kennedy is knowledgeable about this problem and I remain hopeful for my children, grandchildren, and future generations that we can make changes to protect our citizens and the world. It is too late for me but I pray for a better and more responsible tomorrow.

I am an optician and I talk with many people about their vision problems. My concern is the blinding glare caused by headlights on cars and trucks that people experience when driving their cars at night. The radiation from the new LED lights is intense and blue. Many people have told me that they don’t drive at night because of the glare. I myself have a hard time with nighttime driving for the same reason. In the past year I have found that a yellow clip-on for my eyeglasses is indispensable at night, to moderate the blue color and glare of LED headlights. This is unfortunate because the yellow filter makes it harder to see hazards emerging from the side of the road. Additionally, if I have a headache, the bluish lights are even more irritating.

je suis hypersensibles aux CEM et autres rayonnements sans fils artificiels depuis leur invasion dans nos vies. j'ai 47 ans, depuis la création du wi fi, bluetooth, DEC, je ressens des oppressions cérébrales qui vont jusqu'aux migraines et une grande fatigabilité en leur présence proche, cela me vide. j'ai la chance jusqu'à présent d'habiter dans une zone quasi blanche ce qui me permet de survivre et travailler à mi temps. le développement de ces CEM est pour moi une grande atteinte au vivant; ce brouillard d'ondes est néfaste à nos vies et celle de toute la biodiversité. je suis capable de reconnaitre les avancées qu'elles ont permis, mais je rêve qu'une limite soit imposée. pourquoi certains pays préservent ils leur habitants et d'autres non? (la france autorise tout, l'italie a des seuils bien moindres...

I am sensitive to WiFi, Bluetooth and cellphone radiation and have had to reorder my life around avoiding it and minimizing exposure (it has a cumulative effect, so as long as my home environment has low levels of RF (wired Internet) etc., I can manage day-to-day exposures). If I hold my phone in my hand for too long, I feel electric charge build up in my arm and neck. If I have to use WiFi to complete a task, my whole body shudders when I turn it off. I get heart palpitations from these things, I sometimes can't be in other people's spaces. I've had to sleep in the car when sleeping at places with WiFi or I ask to unplug it. I always unplug WiFi at hotels. I have purchased products to mitigate exposures. I had to break a lease once because of it and had to sleep in the car during the dead of winter. This has been going on for over a decade and I've experienced that people don't believe me, so I no longer talk about it, but have gone to great lengths to structure my life in such a way to tolerate what I am exposed to. It seems like an issue with oxidative stress buildup. If there's anything that the government can do to regulate EMF pollution, everyone would likely benefit; not just the canaries in the coal mine. Non-human lives as well.

I am from Spain. My mother took her life in 2012 due to being electrosensitive, nobody knows what we lived. As far as I know, she was the first person to do so in my country. I was a founding member of the national electrosensitive association. Since then, five other members have decided to do the same. It is the most serious health problem facing humanity. Electrosensitive people are called the 'canaries in the coal mine.' Behind many health problems lies the cause of electromagnetic fields, but it is better to keep obeying the system, claiming there are no conclusive studies—the usual story, deception after deception, while there are people living an absolute nightmare, sleeping in cars, in the mountains, or even in caves to avoid the radiation. We are all electrosensitive; the difference is when affected people clearly understand the cause-and-effect relationship between radiation and their health problems, such as tinnitus, nosebleeds, extreme headaches, joint pain, arrhythmias, short-term memory loss, disorientation, burning sensations in the throat and ears, nervousness, irritability, and the pathologies of fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, and multiple chemical sensitivity, all related to the central sensitization system. Are you going to do something about it, or are you going to keep looking the other way? This affects all of us, because we are all exposed to cell towers, Wi-Fi, mobile phones, smart TVs, DECT phones... I am available for anyone who wants to contact me to explain everything that is happening with this issue, which is already EXTREMELY URGENT. Through our association, we are in contact with many scientists, doctors, and affected people's organizations from all over the world. As Magda Havas says: '5G, the oncoming tsunami... This is my association: https://electroyquimicosensibles.org/

Yes I have been, and currently am being severely adversely affected by local towers within 1000 feet or less of my home. I am a senior afflicted with a severe pulmonary disease and must use external oxygen 24/7. My ability to live and breathe is in jeopordy daily from Spectrum towers, I experience not only tinnitus and brain fog, but a feeling of being cooked from the inside out, my eyes are horribly teared, my lungs pulsate so badly I can't function or breathe, my gastrointestinal system shuts down for days at a time, I can't go outside as it has a crippling effect on me when in use, and yes I am able to feel when it is activated in the a.m. and shut down in the p.m. others in my neighborhood are also affected in various ways including a high rate of cancer, myself included. It has take a long time to determine the source of my problems, but there is doubt after spending weeks incapacitated in bed , now I know, these things are killing me!

Dear Madams and Sirs, I never really worried about EMFs until 5G implementation happened, and even then, only knew that what we are exposed to is non-ionizing and the DNA should be fine, but the other effects only became clear to me when I made friends with two people who call themselves "electrohypersensive". They both told me that after 20 minutes to a few hours in a high Wi-Fi environment, their weakness, headaches, brain fog, depression would climb and they would have to leave to find "quieter" ground to recover. One friend, a 30 year old male middle school teacher, has lived in his car for several years to escape to low EMF areas and can barely keep a job. The other friend, a 65 year old woman, 3 years ago predicted her death in the next year because she knew she was getting sicker and sicker as 5G grew. Her number one complaint was a constant and severe feeling of dehydration. Water, electrolytes, gels, watery vegetables, nothing helped her. Three months later she landed in the hospital, and the doctors were flummoxed by how many saline bags they had to keep giving her for three days before she began her recovery. I can now definitely attest to my own bizarre symptoms that kept increasing over the past 7 or 8 years finally improving after, out of simple peace of mind, I purchase Blushield's C1 and Pi devices for creating "harmonious frequencies" for my cells to attune to, instead of the ambient, chaotic EMFs we're all exposed to. It took about 6 months for me to realize these intense vasovagal storms where my blood pressure would suddenly drop, I'd fall to the floor unable to get up for several hours, diarrhea, vomiting, and terrifying immobility had stopped. My health, energy and mood improved in numerous ways as well. Since owning these devices, I've come to learn from numerous sources, including PubMed, that our cells, the cells of animals, insects, trees are suffering in a multitude of ways like chronic dehydration, cells clumping and sticking, voltage gated ion calcium channels are being overrun by the more powerful EMF voltages, and areas of our DNA that are normally kept "silent" for our own protection are now activating due methylation and acetylation malfunctioning, allowing viruses and retroviruses to wreak havoc on our immune systems. With up to 70% of the American population dealing with chronic illness, our current and rising EMF exposure will only take us down the wrong road. I have read that Big Telecom could alter these fields so they are harmonious to cellular health and life, and still deliver the same things we've come to depend on, our cell phones, internet, streaming and more. Why we don't do is not up to debate. It costs money to change what's in place, but this review on how EMFs have been impacting us is at least a start. Thank you for reading! Sincerely, Asia Real, Newbury Park, California

Walking into a store that sells technology, like Best Buy, leaves me feeling weak and disoriented. My nephew is literally addicted to his device. He can no longer carry on normal social interactions, because he must always be checking his phone. Our little black ants that have lived here at this home for over 50 years disappeared when 5G was installed along the highways for emergency vehicle use. Now we have much fewer ants. They are smaller and of a different color, more gray. One of my good friends needs to wear fabric woven with metal thread as underwear in order to avoid becoming disoriented while walking around the neighborhood. And she can not enter most stores for shopping, or drive on the more major highways, because the radio waves are too strong, and she becomes disoriented if she does. These are not small concerns. Cell phone use in cars is now illegal in the U.K. because they harm the brains of small children as the radio waves become trapped in the cars and bounce around causing damage to the brain. We know that bees can not find their way into their hives if cell phones are in use near their hives. Please consider these concerns and give them your thoughtful response when making decisions about whether or not to allow more wireless Radiation, RF Radiation or EMFs. Thank you.