Cancer & tumors

I used a hand held cell phone for about seven or eight years prior to being diagnosed with a non-malignant brain tumor in early 2019 at 75 years of age. I underwent surgery to remove the mass successfully but still experience vision and balance problems that prohibit me driving a vehicle. Of course there's no way to "prove" that the EMF radiation was causative, however, I had been exceptionally healthy to that point. The phone I have now features "Speaker" so that one can hear with the phone at a safer distance from the head. I limit having the phone on my body, near my head or even in my hand as much as possible. There's no question in my mind that the exposure to the radiation from the old phone technology caused the brain tumor. Even though the technology's safety is said to have been upgraded, much still needs to be carefully examined, redesigned and implemented for the protection of future communicators, both young and old.

This is to submit this series of article in the New Yorker called "Annals of Radiation" I will paste an excerpt here from the second article and a link https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1989/06/19/the-hazards-of-electromagnetic-fields-ii-something-is-happening excerpt: Meanwhile, Adey was pushing on with research aimed at finding out how weak electromagnetic fields might trigger amplified changes in brain chemistry. Since his earlier work with Leonard K. Kaczmarek, a biochemist, on calcium ions had suggested that highly non-linear effects must be involved—effects that would allow large releases of chemical energy to be triggered by tiny stimuli—he now proposed a three-stage model based upon the amplification of weak cell-surface events. In the first stage, the cell membrane senses the arrival of a weak field and reacts to it by initiating, in domino fashion, a release of calcium bound to the protein strands that protrude from the membrane surface. (Because of the domino effect, the energy released by the altered calcium binding is far greater than that of the initiating chemical or electric triggers.) In the second stage, this released energy is transmitted, in the form of signals that travel along the protein strands, to the interior of the cell. In the third stage, the cell interior reacts to the arriving signal by stimulating or inhibiting intracellular enzymes—protein molecules that act as chemical catalysts. During 1981 and 1982, Adey and Daniel B. Lyle, a research immunologist at the University of California, Riverside, together with two associates, demonstrated that the PAVE PAWS carrier frequency of 450 MHz modulated at the electrical-distribution-system frequency of sixty hertz could significantly suppress the ability of cultured T-lymphocyte cells from mice to kill cultured cancer cells; and when the four researchers published their findings in the journal Bioelectromagnetics, in 1983, they noted that progressively smaller suppression occurred when the microwave radiation was modulated at forty, sixteen, and three hertz. These findings had possibly serious implications, of course—not only for the tens of thousands of people living close to PAVE PAWS but also for the tens of millions of people living in the vicinity of power lines and electrical-distribution wires. Indeed, when Lyle later repeated the study, using simulated sixty-hertz high-voltage power-line fields, he again observed a large suppression of the killing capacity of T-lymphocyte cells—a chilling finding in the context of the 1979 study by the epidemiologist Nancy Wertheimer and the physicist Ed Leeper which found an increased incidence of cancer in children in the Greater Denver area who had been exposed to low-level magnetic fields from high-current electrical-distribution wires. The results of a study that was performed in 1983 by Craig V. Byus, an assistant professor of biomedical sciences and biochemistry in the Department of Biochemistry of the University of California, Riverside, together with Adey and two researchers from Byus’s department, gave cause for further concern about the future well-being of the inhabitants of Upper Cape Cod. Byus and his colleagues exposed cultures of human-tonsil lymphocytes for periods of up to sixty minutes to low level 450 MHz radiation modulated at ELF frequencies ranging from three to a hundred hertz. They found that the activity of certain protein-kinase enzymes within the lymphocyte cells was sharply reduced when the microwave field was modulated at certain frequencies between sixteen and sixty hertz. Because the effect upon the activity of the protein kinase was transient, Byus and Adey were cautious in their assessment of it when they and their associates published their findings, in Bioelectromagnetics, in 1984. They warned, however, that their observations regarding the effects of ELF-modulated radiation on human-tonsil lymphocytes, together with the findings of the earlier mouse-lymphocyte study, required additional and careful assessment. On August 18, 1984, the Cape Cod Times published a front-page article about the final results of Guy and Chou’s study. It started out by saying, “A five-year study on the long-term effects of low levels of microwave radiation has sparked a new debate over the safety of the Air Force’s PAVE PAWS microwave radar station in Bourne.” The article went on to quote Ruth Hubbard, the Harvard biology professor whose affidavit warning of the dangers of PAVE PAWS radiation had been dismissed as irrelevant five years earlier by Federal District Judge Tauro.<snip>

Vineyards Elementary School in Naples, Florida, was built and opened in 1989 The large cell towers located on or adjacent to the Vineyards Elementary School campus in Naples, Florida, were constructed in 2011. Please, check the medical records for cancer of everyone who attended Vineyards Elementary School, taking years of attendance in to consideration and if they attended prior to the introduction of the cell towers. In addition, compare a random sample of people who live in the same area but did not attend Vineyards Elementary School. It is probable that there are other situations like this at other schools around the country. Link to a Video of cell towers at Vineyards Elementary School https://youtube.com/shorts/mBuW7sWarjw?feature=share Thanks, Arthur Oslund Picture of cell towers at Vineyards Elementary School

In response to the question of my personal health issues caused by exposure to EMFs, radio frequency, and wireless radiation exposure: I have not been able to go anywhere for over 10 years where there are groups of people, because of the high EMFs, etc. levels caused by their cellphones, and, of course, the proliferation of cell towers, including 5G. After so many years of being mostly stuck in the house, my mental state can be difficult to deal with. Wearing personal shielding clothing, I am only able to go to the store for groceries and other necessities, a local park, and the library for short periods of time. Due to the radiation from Smart Meters and cell towers in the vicinity of the mobile home park where we live, I can no longer spend time in my own backyard, which is adjacent to a beautiful, large creek. Sadly, I can no longer work in the garden. Before I got dramatically sick from cumulative wi-fi exposure on July 3, 2016, I was very active socially. For many years, I was a folk musician and performed all over the U.S and also in Europe. I also produced a music festival in Berkeley, California. But that life is over for me, now. When I got sick because of smart meters, cell towers, and the wi-fi router in our house, I couldn’t talk and I could barely walk, and what I did try to say was described as “gibberish”. Basically, my brain shut down to the bare minimum necessary to keep my body alive. It took 8 months of sleeping 10 hours a night in a house with absolutely no wi-fi and lots of shielding on the doors and windows (and excellent natural health care, including dietary measures) before I could think straight and communicate clearly again. I might add that after Smart Meters were put on the electric meters in our mobile home park with approximately 40 units, the bees and butterflies started dying. Of course, we “opted out” and convinced several neighbors close by to do the same. Actually, we have been paying their opt-out fees for about 8 years. I urge you to take the human and environmental consequences of EMF exposure seriously and consider slowing down the increasing number of 5G towers across the country. In making these important decisions for every American, please remember me and everyone who spoke against more microwave/EMF technology. You have a chance now to prevent the coming avalanche of cancer, atrial fibrillation, other heart problems, and nervous system disorders, including mental problems. Microwave radiation has a severe impact on the body, but by the time most people realize it, they are already very sick and it is difficult to recover. I am one of the lucky ones who managed to recover, thanks to my partner who has made a huge effort to totally shield our house, including the windows, to protect us. I will be 80 years old in December and I live in a mobile home that is totally shielded to keep out microwave-radiation, thanks to the efforts of my partner. We have incurred approximately $5,000 in costs for the shielding necessary to live in a wi-fi free home with WIRED computers and router. My partner is a wholistic chiropractor, and he has many patients who are ill (and some who have died) because of wi-fi exposure, including but not limited to cancer and atrial fibrillation, which is happening more and more across the U.S. We are very grateful to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for focusing on the dangers of this harmful technology. It’s long over-due for regulation.

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 myself and as a concerned member of the public. Wireless radiation has affected me and my family. When my phone is in either back pocket, it causes my buttock and hip joints to ache within minutes. My daughter has a similar effect. This has been ongoing for about 5 -6 years. Now notible quite instantly whereas previous did not notice this? Maybe with the increase from 3G to 4/5G? When removed from my pocket the pain lingers but reduces greatly. This has affected daily life simply due to increased pain. In today's world of everyone wanting a quick response, it's convenient to have the phone on you physically, however I often leave it in the house when going out now just due to the side effects it has given me.I believe HHS should address this issue.Im concerned with our youth as they are growing up with them with much exposure. Cancer rates are exploding. We are one sick nation and I feel this is a huge contributing factor. Thanks for listening! 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.

Re: RFI Docket response on EMF & EMR comments Re: FCC’s failure to set safe guidelines for EMR exposure. This includes cell phones, all ‘Smart’ devices including smart meters, cell towers, cell repeating units, WIFI in buildings, outside WIFI repeaters, automobile EMR emitting devices, etc. The FCC or any agency that sets safety standards for all these devices need to do thorough scientific studies, but in the meantime, they must mitigate the levels of EMR from ALL devices. Re-tooling is required, no doubt, but it’s the FCC’s fault for allowing the level of EMR being emitted from the start. When cell phones first came out, the telecom industry warned its shareholders that they may be sued for injuries from people who were harmed by the devices. They never warned the customers buying the phones! This is blatant disregard for human health and safety. I have had EHS (also called EMR Syndrome) for over 12 years, all due to the exponential rollout of cell phones/towers, WIFI, and Smart Meters. My life went from normal to very ill in a short period of time. It took me a while to find out it was EHS. When exposed to EMR, I experience heart arrhythmias, an allover weak feeling, my legs feel very heavy suddenly (almost always a Smart Meter for that symptom), migraines, tinnitus, and sometimes stinging of the skin depending upon the level of EMR. If I don’t get away from the exposure quickly, I feel like I’ll pass out. I purchased a Safe & Sound Pro 2 EMF meter to discover where it is safe for me (lower EMF’s). The meter is certified and calibrated, and I can confirm that there are hardly any places left where the levels are truly safe. The safety standard I use is OSHA Standard for EMF exposure for Telecom workers: https://cwa-union.org/sites/default/files/osh-fact-sheet-16-microwave_and_radio_frequency_radiation.pdf 10 mW/cm(2) (milliwatt hour per square centimeter) for periods of 0.1 hour or more. Literally, I have NEVER found readings that are that low except deep in the woods away from homes, towers, and industry. All readings are higher. Smart Meters have been mostly 22,000 mW/sqMeter(intermittently). A parking lot near us presents readings between 12,000 to 1 Million mW/sqMeter! People are being bathed in this excessive exposure every time they go to that shopping center. Cancer, heart issues, brain issues, etc. - all are side effects of this deleterious exposure. It’s just a matter of time…. Day after day, people are dying from all the diseases caused by EMR. We have a dear friend who has brain cancer from holding the cellphone near their ear. Schools that have cell towers near them have been encountering students with cancer; some actually have died! It’s a fact that Autism rates have climbed at the same time EMR exposure has climbed. Pregnant women holding their cellphones on their belly are not warned against this, which is criminal, in my opinion. The FCC was ordered by the Court to re-evaluate safe exposure limits for EMR, and they have blatantly avoided doing so. They know exposure levels are WAY too high now and would be lying if they described a high level as safe, so they’re simply avoiding doing what they were ordered to do. The FCC is a captured agency and the people allowing the exposures from cellphones, towers, etc. need to be fired. People with morals need to replace these ‘officials’. If 5G is put up in the area where I live, I could end up living in my basement and never be able to go out again. It would be like being in prison. Is this what the telecom industry wants? Is this what the FCC wants? Is this what HHS wants? There are tens of thousands of people suffering with EHS in dozens of support groups (mostly on social media) communicating around the planet. They are all desperate for relief from this deadly exposure. If you question these principles of exposure, just look into the “Havana Syndrome”. This is a well-documented illness caused by high levels of EMR. It’s time for our government to wake up and stop ignoring this. We are desperate to have our good health back. There are hundreds if not thousands of scientific studies proving the harm of EMR. If you have one iota of care for the citizens of these beloved United States, you will DO something to fully correct the long-evaded issue of extreme EMR exposure to everyone! I will attempt to attach several studies that prove the harm. Thank you for taking this seriously! It’s long overdue.

To the Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Communications Commission: I am submitting this comment because I believe the federal government has waited far too long to conduct a thorough, modern reassessment of radiofrequency (RF) radiation exposure standards and their ability to protect the public. The FCC adopted its RF exposure limits in 1996. Wireless technology and our exposure environment have changed dramatically since then. We have moved through multiple generations of cellular technology while wireless infrastructure and the number of wireless devices surrounding us have greatly increased. Yet the fundamental FCC RF exposure limits remain unchanged. The question should not simply be whether an individual antenna, tower, or device complies with an existing limit. Federal agencies should determine whether those limits adequately address the real world environment people live in today. People are not exposed to one RF source at a time. We may encounter cell towers and antennas, WiFi routers, cell phones, tablets, Bluetooth devices, smart devices, security systems, and other wireless technologies throughout the day. I am especially concerned about infrastructure located near places where children, older adults, and other potentially vulnerable populations spend significant amounts of time. This includes daycares, schools, 55 and older communities, senior housing, assisted living facilities, and residential neighborhoods. Children may experience wireless RF exposure for virtually their entire lives. Older adults, people with implanted medical devices, workers with substantial occupational exposure, and people with existing health conditions also deserve appropriate consideration. Technology continues to advance rapidly. Public health research and exposure standards should advance with it. There is scientific evidence that deserves serious consideration. The U.S. National Toxicology Program conducted large animal studies of RF radiation and reported findings including malignant schwannomas of the heart in male rats under certain exposure conditions. Research from the Ramazzini Institute and subsequent systematic reviews has added to the scientific literature. At the same time, some human epidemiological research has not found increased risks for several health outcomes. Differences in findings should not be used as a reason to stop investigating. They are a reason for better research. Scientific uncertainty should not become an excuse for continued inaction while wireless technologies and infrastructure continue to expand. I am asking HHS, the FCC, NIH, FDA, CDC, NIEHS, and other appropriate agencies to support rigorous, independent research into cumulative RF exposure, multiple simultaneous RF sources, lifelong exposure beginning in childhood, potentially sensitive populations, reproductive and developmental effects, neurological and biological effects, cancer outcomes, occupational exposure, and current and emerging wireless technologies. Federal agencies should also evaluate real world RF environments around daycares, schools, senior communities, assisted living facilities, and residential areas where people may experience prolonged exposure. The public deserves transparency. Americans should be able to understand when exposure standards were established, the scientific assumptions behind them, how compliance is determined, what research supports them, what research raises concerns, and what remains unknown. I am not asking federal agencies to presume the outcome of the science. I am asking them not to presume the answer before adequately investigating the questions. After three decades of extraordinary changes in wireless technology, the American public deserves a comprehensive reassessment based on today's technologies, today's exposure environment, and today's scientific evidence. Technology should not advance faster than our willingness to investigate its potential effects on human health. I respectfully urge HHS and the FCC to conduct the rigorous, independent, transparent review this issue deserves and to ensure that protection of public health, including potentially vulnerable populations, remains a priority. Thank you for the opportunity to comment. Gina Paeth

YES - I have even passed out twice from Radiation. 5G makes me so dizzy I cannot go outside now. I cannot go to Church, or Grocery Store or anyplace. If my husband passes away before I do, I will be forced to sell-out and live inside a metal trailer and pray I can get folks to deliver to me. EMFs, RF, and wireless are painful to me and many of the (eithernet) computer friends I have made. I live 4.5 miles from a town, and the towers still hit my home and yard. I am always "adrenal fatigued" from the devices man has installed. All of the original scientists who invented the cell phones have died because of RF exposure. My Mom, Dad and One cousin used those portable phones that emitted RF's and they all got cancers and died from it. Here are photos of a special fence we have around our home, and some of the special fabrics and face guards I wear when I have to go see a doctor. Debra Tobiasson = please notice the 7 foot tall wire and double wire fencing around back garden, and all walkways. Front of home also jas 7 foot double-wire mesh installed to block 5G. Husband has over $5k in meters to test RFs, sounds and more. He is a trained "Building Biologest". He shadowed Oren (from LA) during his training.

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 citizen and the sister of a brain cancer patient who daily used her cell phone for a long periods of time while working. She developed glioblastoma on the same side of her brain close to her ear as she would daily hold the phone while she was cleaning houses. She is only 52 and being put on hospice after lengthy treatments and surgeries. When I use my cell phone, my hands will ache. If I am not using the phone, my hands do not tingle or ache. We changed our Wi-Fi to a landline in at that time. I headaches, depression and brain fog went away. I am now able to get my household tasks done and in addition study to further my career. 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, families, health care providers, researchers and scientists with an opportunity to be finally be heard on this critical public health issue. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2092574/

I cannot believe this is America. No different than what Bassar al-Assad permitted in his country, Syria. Killing their own people, torturing their own. I am a two-time enlistee in the Military. A God- ordained Minister in Christianity and have been trafficked and tortured. If this was happening to an animal, it would be all over the news. I have two brain tumors; rotator cuff tear; plus fragmented bones near tear; a mass in abdomen; cataract; teeth knocked out of my mouth - 2 in one night; legs that are in severe pain all from microwave radiation in Ocala, Fl. The torture here and trafficking is horrendous. This is a hell hole. When I go to report any of this, a mental disorder is placed on me. All my jewelry has been stolen. My furniture is severely marred. Both brain tumors are inoperable. The pain from the torture in my legs is severe. These THUGS need to be placed in GITMO. They are absolutely no different than Hamas and Hezbullah. These terrorists are dressed in American skin on American soil and identify themselves as Americans. They are the true terrorists targeting many, many innocent people. No due process. This is the same country I served my time as a military soldier. I am a woman who is crying out for JUSTICE. Mr. President, for God's sake settle down in this country, your country of birth, and please clean up this horrific mess. People on these Watch Lists are innocent, good decent Americans. I cry out for JUSTICE. Barbara H.