Children & vulnerable groups

RE: Request for Information (RFI) on Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs), Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation, and Wireless Radiation Exposure Docket No: HHS-2026-19252 To the Department of Health and Human Services, As a resource in the consumer wellness and holistic health space, we are submitting this response to express support for a formal Request for Information. In our day-to-day work engaging with health-conscious individuals and community members, we observe a significant and growing consumer demand for clear, objective, and transparent data regarding daily environmental exposures. Evaluating the realities of cumulative, real-world exposure over time is critical. Today’s consumers live in environments vastly different from those of past decades, interacting continuously with cell phones, Wi-Fi networks, smart infrastructure, and emerging wireless technologies. Our community members express a persistent desire to make informed, proactive lifestyle decisions. However, they are frequently met with conflicting public reports and a lack of accessible, independent scientific consensus regarding long-term, non-thermal exposures. The following priorities should remain central to any federal inquiry: * Prioritizing Independent Research: Funding and elevating rigorous, independent scientific studies that distinguish verified science from emerging findings without commercial or industrial bias. * Accessible Public Data: Translating complex data into clear, accessible guidelines so that everyday citizens, parents, and community members can accurately evaluate real-world exposure metrics. * Focus on Cumulative Impact: Thoroughly investigating the long-term impact of multi-device exposures on developing children and sensitive demographics to ensure public safety margins are genuinely protective. Providing the public with transparent answers and robust, independent data is essential for individual health and well-being. We look forward to seeing the objective findings of this inquiry made fully transparent to the American public. Respectfully submitted, Growing Healing LLC Team

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 concerned member of the public. I support people affected by wireless radiation and I believe this problem will get worse going forward. I'm 64, and during my life I've seen an alarming increases in the use of wireless devices. Therefore, I have concerns surrounding the public’s ever-increasing exposures to RF radiation. Please thoroughly examine the evidence, and listen to people who report experiencing RF radiation-related health effects. 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.

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 my own experience. Six months ago, I had been having trouble sleeping through the night. No matter what supplements or calming medicine I took, I would often wake up feeling very alert and I could lay there for hours trying to get back to sleep, and if I did it would only last about an hour and I would wake up again; I felt highly stimulated and could not relax - I could not figure out what was going on. This had been going on for many years. One of my physicians suggested that I might be sensitive to wireless radiation and suggested that I turn off the wireless at night. I began doing that and immediately I felt differently. I did not have that stimulated feeling (like I wanted to get up and move around). If I sleep anywhere where I cannot turn off the wireless, I have trouble relaxing and sleeping. As soon as I come home and turn off the wireless at night, I sleep well. I am not a scientific researcher, but I am well aware that there are many, many studies that prove that wireless radiation can adversely affect your health. We have so much chronic disease in this country and deep sleep is essential for good health - there are no exceptions to that. HHS should address this issue; they are very concerned about chronic health and I believe the wireless radiation is one more huge stress on the body that keeps the body from healing and good health. You cannot be healthy when you are constantly stimulated in "fight and flight" mode and can't get good sleep where your body repairs itself. 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. Those who profit from wireless radiation must not be allowed to harm the entire population. A physically sick society cannot create a healthy, thriving nation. It just won't happen. The government must understand that. Thank you for providing individuals and families with an opportunity to be heard.

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's wife. My husband who has led a healthy lifestyle - not overweight, no smoking or drinking, dances twice a week, very active, got a malignant tumor at the top of his stomach about to enter the esophagus, so he just had his stomach removed, the protocol for this cancer. Why we suspect EMF...A year ago in July we had the wifi increased in our backhouse where my husband offices. He went to the doctor in August for his regular check up. All was well. THEN, 6 months later he has a tumor! A friend has a device that measures EMF and in front of his computer it registered off the charts. We moved some items to a more distant outlet and unplugged his computer and the device measured much lower. We cannot fathom another cause for this "out of the blue" tumor. He has now lost 20 pounds and can only eat small meals throughout the day. 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.

I am amongst the 3% of the population that has EMF hypersensitivity. Other countries have safe zones. We do not. It is difficult to find employment locations that work, homes to live in and locations that are EMF safe. We need more information and education on EMFs, RFs and Wireless exposure, especially amongst children. Please do the right thing for our health and safety!

This is personal and family related as well as science too. The Environmental Working Group has also put out a report on RF/EMF. EMF cause my ears to ring. If I walk closer to a router the sound gets louder and if I walk away it will decrease or go away if I am far enough away for long enough. They also give me sinus infections. If I sleep with EMF's I have sinus infections and if I tent in the woods away from EMF they go away. I have repeated this process several times. When they put a smart meter on our house my kids started having ticks a lot, serveral times a minute and when we called and opted out of the smart meter the ticks stopped. I had tight muscles when they installed the smart meter but that went away after they changed the meter. We did not repeat this process. I have also seen family members kids and babies that had OCD much worse with RF/EMF. When it was removed or reduced it got a lot better. I believe that mast cell activation from the RF/EMF could be one of the reason for this issue. As Far as solutions I would like to see building regulations changed so no plug-ins have to be installed in bedroom and Cell tower are placed at least half a mile from homes, churches, and schools. The EU estimates that 2 to 3 percent of people have EHS (electromagnetic hypersensitivity syndrome). They have limits and the right to have your work checked and for the employer to reduce exposer. RF/EMF cages and bags can be used in rooms and offices without stopping wifi but reducing how much RF/EMF a person gets. Public spaces should not have high levels of RF/EMF because you are limiting the public that is sensitive to those spaces. Opt-out should be a mandated by law. I am wanting to move to a new town but they have no opt-out. How are my kids going to live in a house with no opt-out? Also opt-out should not carry a extra fee as we had no smart meters for decades and had no extra fee so this seems like you are punishing those who are sensitive to this when they had no control over it. DOI: 10.1080/09553000500303518 DOI: 10.1556/ABiol.56.2005.1-2.5 DOI: 10.1002/bem.22219 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113851

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 as a parent, individual consumer, and concerned resident of the North Houston, Texas, area. I do not have one specific diagnosed health event to report. My concern is the rapidly increasing, involuntary, and continuous nature of RF/EMF exposure in our communities—and the possibility of negative health effects developing over years of cumulative exposure. Our area has recently experienced the installation of thousands of new utility poles, along with additional cell extenders, small-cell equipment, and towers. Families are being surrounded by wireless infrastructure without meaningful notice, informed consent, health monitoring, or practical ways to avoid or reduce their exposure. I am especially troubled that cell towers have been placed at local fire stations. Firefighters already face significant occupational exposures from smoke, combustion byproducts, contaminated protective equipment, diesel exhaust, disrupted sleep, and chronic stress. They should not be subjected to another continuous environmental exposure where they work, eat, sleep, and recover. However, my concern is not limited to towers at fire stations. I want the cell towers, cell extenders, and small-cell equipment throughout our North Houston communities removed—not simply relocated from fire stations to another neighborhood. Moving this infrastructure closer to another family, school, childcare facility, workplace, or public space does not resolve the underlying concern. Reliable communication service is important, but I do not want perfect wireless coverage when it may come at the expense of our health. Faster speeds and uninterrupted connectivity should not automatically take priority over the well-being of children, families, first responders, and communities. Children are of particular concern because they are exposed from very young ages and may experience this exposure throughout their lives. Wireless signals now come from many sources simultaneously, including towers, small cells, Wi-Fi routers, phones, tablets, wearable devices, smart meters, appliances, vehicles, schools, and neighboring homes. Our bodies and nervous systems are given little meaningful break from this constant background exposure. I urge HHS to investigate potential negative health effects associated with long-term and cumulative RF/EMF exposure, including possible effects on sleep, neurological and autonomic nervous-system function, cognition, behavior, headaches, reproductive health, immune function, development, and cancer risk. The absence of an immediate or easily identifiable symptom should not be treated as proof that continuous lifetime exposure is harmless. Research and safety evaluations must reflect real-world conditions—not one device or frequency tested in isolation. Studies should examine continuous lifetime exposure, simultaneous exposure from multiple sources, pulsed and modulated signals, potential non-thermal biological effects, exposure during pregnancy and childhood, occupational exposure among firefighters, antenna density, and cumulative neighborhood exposure. This research should be conducted by independent experts in medicine, neurology, biology, epidemiology, pediatrics, reproductive health, occupational health, and public health, with strong safeguards against industry conflicts of interest. I am asking federal, state, and local authorities to stop further expansion of wireless towers and small-cell infrastructure in our communities and establish a process for removing the equipment already installed. Communities deserve clear disclosure, exposure measurements, meaningful authority over infrastructure placement, and access to safer wired alternatives. Technology should serve people without requiring constant and unavoidable exposure. We should not have to choose between participating in modern society and protecting our families’ health. Please place long-term human health ahead of convenience and ever-increasing wireless coverage.

I am a medical doctor, mother, and health advocate, who has studied the mal-effects of the EMR, especially related to children, for more than 16 years. Initially, my concern was regarding cellphones and laptops. In researching worldwide studies and incidences, wherever I pictured a student placing a cellphone or laptop, the rates of dysfunction of the tissue and cancer were elevated. There has been an egregious lack of oversight since the inception of this technology. In the last ten years, my concern includes children, families, and citizens with mal-effects from the cell towers present over schools, work and homes, as well as the "smart" meters. I began Louisiana for Safe Technology. org. to educate and record their stories. For example, one school presently with a tower near the early childhood center, playing field, and gym have extremely elevated readings. In the third grade, last year after being in the class nearest the tower, two children with acoustic tumors and another one with hearing loss, epilepsy, and headaches occurred. One girl in the class died of brain cancer. Cancer caused death in two teachers whose classes were in this area. Cancer occurred in two students who played hours on the field. These are a few of the health issues in a previously healthy group before the tower instillation. Another school had a tower on top of the music room. Two 7 yo girls had neurologic issues, one of whom can no longer be in the city because of her body's reaction. The teacher they had died of cancer, as well as the subsequent one. I have reports of children with gastrointestinal, neurological and behavioral problems in the classrooms with the wireless laptops, routers, and white boards. The children are nauseous and cannot hold it together psychologically until the end of the school day. Now, my concerns have expanded to AI data centers running ahead at warp speed, again with no studies and no transparencies. // The amount of suffering because of this unseen, but ubiquitously present, toxin is tremendous. Please, examine with transparency the thousands of studies and case histories as to the harms not only to humans but to animals and to the soil microbiome. Allow a health, uncensored debate on EMR, then set appropriate guidelines.

There have been many studies done on the harmful effects to the health of all organic life from 5G radiation and EMFs. Almost everyone i know complains of symptoms from this. Headaches, Sleep Disturbances, Agitation. Many people have devices in their homes to measure the output of wifi and it goes way beyond any healthy range. And that is why millions if not billions of people buy devices and technology to counteract this harm. Even having protection, no one can escape the harm all of the time, especially now that most homes have smart meters on top of everything else. Look at the data. Organic life thieves in nature and pulls and exhausts while being wrapped in these toxic frequencies. We all should care about the world we live in and all life upon it. Children in schools should be getting cancer at the rates they are now. Some schools have removed the cell towers for this reason. Please protect our right to good health!

The mounting evidence on nnEMF on human health, especially our children is irrefutable. Brain tumors, I now have one, Autism, Thyroid and Endocrine disorders, Cancers at a much younger age. The data is exponential on a tangent with the rise of cell towers and antennas everywhere. Lambda waves strengthen the energy, Human safety ignored. The evidence is extensive. You must create safe spaces for children to thrive as human beings not as techno creations. We can communicate safely on light. We can use wired technology as well. Stop the madness. Educate the public on the dangers. There is still time. I have too many files ro upload. The data is there. Just look at the absense of nature in areas where nnEMF is strong. No birds, bees, ducks, etc. Every living creature is being affected. Please help.