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Posted 2026-10-27#5442 · Permanent link ↗

Raises concerns about towers, mitochondrial effects, brain tumors and dementia, particularly for children…

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The current fairly unregulated use of EMFs via the abundant towers is unacceptable for the general health of all people and especially children. There is enough research at this point to acknowledges that the current EMF frequencies are harmful to everyones health and general well being. Some have mentioned the destruction of the mitochondria and the inability of the body to adjust to the firing and perpetual bombardment of frequencies not compatible with humans and probably any animals. These frequencies can probably be made more harmonious for all living beings but have not been. The question is why not? Cell phones have been linked with brain tumors and the current views of some doctors is that 50% of people will develop Alzheimers. One contributor is most likely cell phones and the lack of awareness of the dangers of using them next to the head. Why is there no information presented with the purchase of these devices. this needs to changes as well as once again the frequencies being used.
Posted 2026-10-27#5376 · Permanent link ↗

Reports family neurological and cardiac symptoms, breast cancer and AHIs attributed to radiation, describ…

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Thank you Honorable Secretary Robert Kennedy for caring about all the people who are suffering daily. Myself, husband and one of my sons have been injured from EMF, RT and WR exposure with severe tinnitus, pain in extremities, headaches, vertigo, constant interruption during sleep, rapid heart beats, raised blood pressures, fatigue and physical hits on our heads and bodies. I have went through breast cancer as a result of these radiation frequencies with no paternal or maternal family history of breast cancer. This has caused us to have severe AHI's. My husband can no longer work in his career as an IT analyst for IBM and me and my son had to undergo so many hardships with family because many did not know what was happening and thought we were losing our minds. It was such a horrific time but we are trying to stay strong in our faith with the Father to get us through and in constant prayer daily. I appreciate all you are doing for all civilians across the world to help stop this horrible weaponization. God bless you always. Tamera C. Williams
Posted 2026-10-27#5352 · Permanent link ↗

Reports inability to drill wells and multiple symptoms attributed to EMFs, improvement with exposure redu…

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I am writing about what effects I have had from exposure to Electromagnetic Radiation and Radio frequency radiations. -I am a water well driller and I haven't been able to drill any wells, due to the electricity from cell and radio towers gathering in my equipment. -Continuous operation of a wi-fi router in my home disrupts my sleep and it has to be shut off. -I had a cell phone in my pocket, and my leg got injured at work. It was just a minor cut on my shin; it would not heal and progressed to an infection similar to gangrene. The doctor I saw said my white blood count was low, and if it didn't get better, my leg would need to be amputated. I got rid of my cell phone and started sleeping in a Faraday cage. Then, my leg healed. -When I'm in high EMF my blood pressure goes up. Then when I get out of it my blood pressure goes back to normal. -If I'm riding in a car full of EMF, I feel weak and, when I get out of the car, I feel clumsy and about to fall down. -I can't sleep in hotels, I can't even go to town, or to stores that are using wireless technology, without getting headaches. -I have to regularly soak my feet in water to lower the voltage in myself. -It dries out my whole body 24/7. -My wife was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) in August 2021, about a year and a half after we had wi-fi installed for our kids to do their schoolwork during covid, and 5G was rolling out around the same time. She stayed at home to keep helping them along with their studies. Then she was diagnosed with melanoma not long after that. That was taken care of, then she got BREAST CANCER! She sadly passed in 2024 from the ALS. -I've read a lot of studies about the effects of EMF from the Environmental Health Trust. I've read studies written by Dr. Martin Pall, Dr. Sharon Goldberg, Magda Havas, and Dr. Devra Davis. -I've read the book Dirty Electricity by MD Samuel Milham. We sincerely appreciate your attention on this matter. I recognize that EMF is very cancerous and toxic to EVERYONE! I hope that we solve this problem. SOON!
Posted 2026-10-27#5324 · Permanent link ↗

Describes family sensitivity, sleep problems, cancer and atrial fibrillation in the context of household …

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To whom it may concen I am glad that I get to share my story as I hope it will help with reform in regards to Emf and cell phone towers etc I grew up with a mother who was so sensitive to electrical outlets in the house that ahe had to sleep in the middle of the room on rhe floor to find releif. Fast forward to years later when I found her sleeping in a room where there was a wifi modum on the other side of the wall where she was sleeping. I asked her why she wasnt reactinf to the emf coming from it and she said since she had put 3 rather large obsidian crystals in front of it they had stopped bothering her. I thoufhr that was very interesting until a couple of months later she became very ill . Thats when I discovered that she had 4 golf ball sized tumora growing in her breast tissue. We had it biopsied and it was cancer. She died a week later. She was a very healthy grandmother who ate extremly well excercized and was very fit! Fast forward to 2020 and my husband who is also very healthy amd extremly fit with a great diet started to hve odd symptoms after qe had moved to a new house. He had installed about 8 wireleaa Sonos speakera in the house. My daughter and I couldnt sleep in the rooms that they were in. We have all our homes tested for wifi and emf levels and the levels before we moved in were great! Unfortunatly because each Sonos speaker has ita own Wifi built into each speaker the levels in our home went from nothing to Extremly Dangerous levels. My daughter and I had moved to Tahiti so that we could eacape all the Emf pollution in Calif and my husband commutes every month to see us One year later he developed Afib and had to have an ablatian. Two years later he developed prostate cancer! I just cant beleive that we arent able to protect ourselves or hve any sayso on where we live and the emf that invade our home!! Its just insane that we dont have any right to clean air and clean energy! We have since moved to yet another house and we just found out that we live across the street from 6 cell phone towers and an huge antena!! All if this while my husband it healing himself from a very significant disease! We are now looking at buying a 30 acre property in the mountains just so we can have some righta to clean energy free living! How is this legal in Usa??
Posted 2026-10-27#5304 · Permanent link ↗

Recounts pituitary-tumor diagnosis and surgery, a surgeon's concerns about cellphone radiation and cited …

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Re: Public Comment on Request for Information on Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs), Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation, and Wireless Radiation Exposure Docket No.: HHS-OASH-2026-0397 To Whom It May Concern: I am sharing my experience as HHS considers whether research and federal safety standards adequately address exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs), radiofrequency (RF) radiation, and wireless technologies. In 2015, at age 33, I began experiencing blurred vision. I suspected my LASIK surgery from three years earlier might be reverting. I scheduled an appointment with Dr. J. James Rowsey, a pioneering refractive surgeon at St. Michael's Eye and Laser Institute in Largo, Florida. Dr. Rowsey helped develop laser treatments for myopia beginning in 1988 and previously chaired Ophthalmology at the University of South Florida. Following examinations, including a visual field test, he suspected a brain lesion. An MRI confirmed a pituitary tumor pressing against my optic nerve and causing blurred vision. Dr. Rowsey referred me to neurosurgeon Dr. Carrie Shulman, who trained at Walter Reed Medical Center, served as a U.S. Army neurosurgeon, and was Neurosurgical Director during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Her experience gave me confidence before surgery. During an office visit before my transsphenoidal endoscopic resection of the tumor, I asked Dr. Shulman whether she had any theories about its cause. Medical literature indicated that the causes of pituitary tumors were largely unknown, although some research suggested approximately 10% of the population might have them, often without symptoms. Dr. Shulman's response has stayed with me for more than a decade. She believed the next ten years would bring greater awareness of the potential health effects of cellphone radiation, comparing it to the evolving understanding of cigarette smoking and its consequences. She explained that cellphones emit RF radiation and expressed her personal belief that exposure could contribute to tumor development. She also shared her precautions: never holding a cellphone against her head during conversations, avoiding wireless earbuds, and keeping her phone in another room while sleeping. In the years that followed, as Dr. Shulman predicted in 2015, several studies raised questions about the potential carcinogenic effects of RF radiation. These included the U.S. National Toxicology Program's Toxicology and Carcinogenesis Studies in Rats Exposed to Cell Phone Radiofrequency Radiation (2018); Falcioni et al.'s Report of Final Results Regarding Brain and Heart Tumors (Ramazzini Institute, 2018); Carlberg and Hardell's Evaluation of Mobile Phone and Cordless Phone Use and Glioma Risk (2017); Choi et al.'s Cellular Phone Use and Risk of Tumors: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (UC Berkeley collaboration, 2020); and Mevissen et al.'s Effects of Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Field Exposure on Cancer in Laboratory Animal Studies: A Systematic Review (2025). Notably, the 2018 NTP study reported increased pituitary adenomas in some RF-exposed male rats. Though classified as equivocal evidence, it still warrants further investigation. In 2017, the California Department of Public Health issued guidance acknowledging that studies raised concerns about possible links between long-term cellphone RF radiation exposure and certain cancers and other health effects. It recommended precautions to reduce exposure. Additionally, the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B) in 2011. Cellphone technology has benefited society over the past 30 years, transforming communication, business, information access, and emergency response. These benefits should not prevent investigation of potential long-term health consequences. I believe telecommunications companies and cellphone manufacturers should take a more proactive role in addressing potential health risks through independent research, technologies that minimize unnecessary RF exposure, and clear consumer information about possible risks and precautions. Through God's grace and the God-given skills of physicians like Dr. Rowsey and Dr. Shulman, I am here today to share my experience. Eleven years after surgery, I am thankful to report no recurrence of my pituitary tumor since 2019—seven years of encouraging post-op results. I respectfully encourage HHS to investigate long-term RF exposure, potential cancer risks, and effects on children and vulnerable populations, while examining whether existing safety standards and consumer disclosures adequately reflect these potential risks. Thank you for considering my experience. I sincerely hope it contributes to a better understanding of RF exposure and helps protect the health and well-being of the American public. Respectfully, Rich Fernley
Posted 2026-10-27#5243 · Permanent link ↗

The commenter argues that industry influence distorts wireless safety research and exposure standards, ch…

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Thank you for requesting input from the public on a topic that has impacts on everyone. Yet I would honestly be shocked if any of this translates into concrete actions that protect the public from the many negative health effects of radiofrequency radiation. So far, the playbook has proceed as with other things that produce both large profits and significant harm - create the illusion of safety by setting standards that don't reflect reality, claim emissions are within the limits, and design some studies to obfuscate harms, and other studies to cast doubt on the higher-quality studies which have found clear harms. As with many other things, when industry had an undue influence in science, it can be technically true to make claims that sound assuring, about regulatory limits or studies finding no evidence of harm, yet actually be gaslighting - because the limits, and the studies, are designed to not honestly reflect the true impacts. And the health health of everyone – adults, children, the unborn, and our animal companions, as well as the well-being and productivity of our nation, suffers. This link is extremely informative regarding industry influence in the "science" that's used to gaslight the public about safety of wireless radiation from cell towers, cell phones, wifi routers, and the many, many, many, constantly expanding sources that increase everyone's proximity radiofrequency radiation. These studies are valuable in their own right, and indispensable to the bigger picture - where industry sponsored studies, often indirectly sponsored, pollute the information environment and give assurances of safety that do not stand up to scrutiny when followed all the way down: https://mdsafetech.org/problems/industry-influence-in-science/ With the false premise that only ionizing radiation is capable of harm, limits are set based on thermal heating that ignore the many ways cellular processes are disrupted by non-thermal exposure. This is wrong. It is scientifically, and morally, obviously, wrong. Enclosed are some of many studies showing negative health impacts from the shortsighted rush to expand wireless infrastructure, as well as studies explaining why the narrative around what is safe is a giant gaslight, while our country gets more chronically ill every day. Inclusions: The WHO-Commissioned Systematic Reviews on Health Effects of Radiofrequency Radiation Provide No Assurance of Safety. Scientific Evidence Invalidates Health Assumptions Underlying the FCC and ICNIRP Exposure Limit Determinations for Radiofrequency Radiation: Implications for 5G The Carcinogenic Potential of non-Ionizing Radiation If by some miracle this reaches anyone who cares more about humanity than about covering up harm for short term gain, thank you. Sincerely, Ellen Osuna

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Posted 2026-10-27#5215 · Permanent link ↗

A physician cites research concerning children's neurological development, cardiovascular and cancer effe…

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Thank you for this opportunity to comment on the serious health impacts of EMF radiation on the human body. EMF is negatively impactful to children and adults in the following categories: NEUROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS CARCENEGETIC EFFECTS INFLAMATORY EFFECTS (OXIDATIVE STRESS) I am a physician with over 40 years of clinical experience. Please consult the scientific articles referenced below for clear evidence of these effects. The best background paper of all of these is: Wi-Fi is an important threat to human health Environmental Research Published July 2018 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935118300355 I will also comment that EMF radiation is widespread in hospital settings with the extensive use of WiFi enabled instruments. By permitting these signals to remain in hospitals, students, providers, teachers, patients, and the care team will all be detrimentally impacted. While it is very disappointing that HHS and the FCC have been slow to recognize the volume of evidence corroborating these serious health impacts----it is never too late to enact rules that will better protect the public going forward. Thank you for your consideration of this important scientific evidence of the harmful impacts of EMF radiation on the human body. REFERENCES 1. THE IMPACT OF EMF ON THE NEUROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN i. Health effects of electromagnetic fields on children Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics 2020;63(11):422-428. Published online: May 26, 2020 https://www.e-cep.org/journal/view.php?doi=10.3345/cep.2019.01494 ii. Environmental and auto-induced RF-EMF adult and children far-field exposure simulations between 450 MHz and 26 GHz Physics in Medicine & Biology, Volume 71, Number 17 Published 2 September 2026 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6560/ae97ac/pdf 2. CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS OF EMF i. The interplay of heart rate variability and ventricular repolarization parameters in the obese state: a review Cardiovascular Endocrinology & Metabolism Published March 2025. https://www.ovid.com/jnls/cardiovascularendocrinology/fulltext/10.1097/xce.0000000000000323~the-interplay-of-heart-rate-variability-and-ventricular?context=latestarticles ii. Exposure to cell phones reduces heart rate variability in both normal-weight and obese normotensive medical students Explore (NY) Published Jul-Aug 2020 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32249199/ 3. CARCENEGETIC EFFECTS OF EMF i. Wi-Fi is an important threat to human health Environmental Research Published July 2018 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935118300355 II. Risks to Health and Well-Being From Radio-Frequency Radiation Emitted by Cell Phones and Other Wireless Devices Sec. Radiation and Health Volume 7 - 2019 Published 12 August 2019 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00223/full 4. INFLAMATORY EFFECTS (OXIDATIVE STRESS) OF EMF i. Thermal and non-thermal health effects of low intensity non-ionizing radiation: An international perspective Environ Pollution Published Nov. 2018 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30025338/ ii. Oxidative mechanisms of biological activity of low-intensity radiofrequency radiation Electromagnetic Biology Medicine Published July 2016 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26151230/
Posted 2026-10-27#5205 · Permanent link ↗

The commenter identifies EMF sensitivity as a concern and requests comprehensive research on chronic illn…

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I believe that emf sensitivity is real and that it affects more people than we realize. I would love to see a comprehensive study on public health (long covid, miscarriage, still birth, chronic illnesses, cancer etc) in relation to 5 g towers, data centers, power plants, wind mill and solar farms and substations. God created this would perfect and were are detected from it (plastic everything) and its destroying our natural vibrational frequencies and causing mass issues across the board. We accelorated this when cell companies and data centers decided that there should be no safe space to be disconnected. "can you hear me now?" "Good" except was it good? is having artificial frequencies blasted at our heads 24 hours a day actually good for us? or could it be a major player in the massive epidemic of chronic illness sweeping the nation. I have attached a document answering many of the questions asked about. Please take the time to read. Thank you for considering this. Please help protect us and our children.

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Posted 2026-10-27#5192 · Permanent link ↗

The commenter reports headaches and other symptoms in themselves and their children, attributes family he…

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I, Morgan K, submit this filing as testimony and consideration the the HHS review of radio frequency and electro magnetic frequencies which include wifi routers, smart meters, cellular towers, 5g, 4g, 3g, 2.6g, all smart phones and cellular phones, fiber optics, wifi towers and antennaes. I am extremely concerned for the health of myself, my children, my pets and all humans who are subject to very detrimental and damaging frequencies that have been overtly studied and found to cause extreme disease, cancer and even death. I have been experiencing negative effects from RF since I was 18 years old when I began to notice terrible headaches any time I would use my celllular phone to my head. I soon began to notice that the DECT cordless phone would cause me to have insomnia if I did not unplug them and take the batteries out. Some of my primary concerns are cell towers, antennas and wifi towers within 5 miles of homes and schools. My children and I have suffered from RF exposure that caused headaches and migraines, dizziniess, inabiltiy to focus, learning difficulties and disabilities, insomnia, elevated cortisol levels, extreme heating to the head and more. Findings from many studies including the ones I have attached to this filing show without a down that these inorganic frequencies are causing these symptoms and more. They are also causing infertility, birth defects and long term impact on unborn children. As stated in the paper titled A review of potential health risks of radiofrequency electromagnetic field exposure from mobile phones and base stations in children and pregnant women (see attached), "It has been reported that chronic exposure to low-intensity GSM-like radiation (900 MHz) in female Sprague–Dawley rats shows mixed outcomes. There have been no pathological changes in Short-term studies, whereas long-term studies indicate significant reduction in survival (~9%)." So even lower frequencies as low as DECT 900mHz cordless phones pose a huge risk to humans and the environment. My mother has been effected by these dangerous frequencies when she was diagnosed with cancer. The correlation between RF and Cancer has been demonstrated by the studies I have attached to this filing as well as in many others. I strongly urge HHS and the FCC, under the weight and consideration of the scientific evidence, find the current RF exposure limits are deleterious and completely insufficient to public health and the environment. They should be dramatically lowered to reflect the science and the findings of science and people's irrefutable experiences from around the world that were previously dimissed and disregarded by the Commision. Thank you, Morgan K

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Posted 2026-10-27#5173 · Permanent link ↗

Requests separate assessment of RF, low-frequency magnetic fields and possible X-rays in radar maintenanc…

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SUPPLEMENTAL COMMENT: RADAR MAINTENANCE, ELF FIELDS, X-RAYS, AND PARATHYROID DISEASE This supplements my prior HHS comments on radar maintenance, RF exposure, deficient monitoring, medical surveillance, latency, and accountability. I request investigation of extremely low-frequency (ELF) magnetic fields from numerous transformers and a Power Conditioning System (PCS) inside an ASR-11/MSSR equipment shelter, alongside RF and possible incidental X-rays. SWEDISH OCCUPATIONAL STUDY: Hakansson et al., "Arc and resistance welding and tumours of the endocrine glands," Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2005;62:304-308; DOI 10.1136/oem.2004.015479, examined 67 parathyroid tumor cases. Adjusted odds ratios were 3.3 (95% CI 1.6-6.9) for any welding, 4.3 (1.7-10.6) for arc welding, and 2.6 (0.9-7.1) for resistance welding. The authors considered ELF magnetic fields a possible explanation. Welding has other exposures; the association does not prove ELF causation. It does justify targeted research among electrical and radar technicians. ASR-11/MSSR SHELTER: Commissioned at my FAA facility in 2007, the installation placed numerous energized transformers and a PCS IN THE SAME ROOM where technicians routinely worked, often at close range. Transformer leakage flux, load currents, conductor routing, and power electronics can produce spatially variable 60 Hz magnetic fields, harmonics, and switching-frequency fields. These sources differ from radar RF emissions. HHS should examine equipment ratings, locations, loads, technician proximity and work duration, and any ELF surveys. RF SHIELDING IS NOT ELF PROTECTION: Metal cabinets and enclosures effective against radar RF cannot be assumed to attenuate 60 Hz magnetic fields. Ordinary conductive RF shielding may offer little attenuation at power frequency. Actual protection depends on magnetic permeability, thickness, geometry, frequency, and source arrangement. Some steel structures reduce ELF fields; effectiveness requires measurements or engineering analysis. RF compliance does not establish ELF safety. IONIZING RADIATION LITERATURE: "The Parathyroid as a Target for Radiation Damage," New England Journal of Medicine 2011; DOI 10.1056/NEJMc1104982, reported signs of primary hyperparathyroidism in 15 of 61 Chornobyl cleanup workers following substantial radiation exposure. "Dose-response relationships for radiation-induced hyperparathyroidism" (PMID 7829622) identified 36 confirmed cases among 2,555 people irradiated in childhood and a significant dose-response. "Parathyroid tumors in atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima" (PMID 1762105) reported a radiation-associated trend. "Therapeutic radiation and hyperparathyroidism" (PMID 2764660) provides further case-control evidence. A 2024 UK vascular surgeon radiation-safety survey (DOI 10.54522/jvsgbi.2024.155) reported one parathyroid adenoma, an observation that does not prove causation. These exposures differ from mine, but justify investigating occupational ionizing radiation and long latency. MEDICAL CHRONOLOGY: I maintained military radar/electronics beginning in 1982 and FAA systems through 2017. Original laboratory records show calcium 8.8 mg/dL in 2002; subsequent values include 9.0 (2004), 8.9 (2005), 9.8 (February 2007), 10.0 (2011), 10.2 (2016), 10.6 (December 2017), and 10.8 (March 2018). PTH was 174 pg/mL in January 2018. A parathyroid adenoma was removed April 23, 2021. This documents evolving biochemical findings, not proven disease onset or causation. The 2007 installation merits scrutiny without excluding earlier exposures. DISTINCT EXPOSURE PATHWAYS: Some legacy high-voltage radar electron tubes can generate incidental ionizing X-rays under certain conditions. X-rays, radar RF/microwaves, and ELF magnetic fields require separate exposure assessments. Neither RF compliance nor lack of personal dosimetry proves that other exposures were absent. Proposed mechanisms involving oxidative stress, calcium signaling, or endocrine-cell proliferation should be studied, not presumed established. I REQUEST THAT HHS: (1) review and commission follow-up to the Swedish parathyroid findings; (2) evaluate transformer and PCS magnetic fields at actual FAA technician positions, including shielding effectiveness; (3) establish long-term FAA ATSS and military radar-maintainer cohorts tracking calcium, PTH, parathyroid adenomas, hyperplasia, and hyperparathyroidism; (4) preserve equipment drawings, transformer/PCS specifications, maintenance procedures, shielding records, and RF/ELF/X-ray surveys; and (5) independently reconstruct exposures, evaluate latency, and investigate failures of medical surveillance. Missing measurements are not proof of no exposure. Federal radar technicians deserve rigorous investigation of their COMPLETE maintenance environment.

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