Children & vulnerable groups

I am responding as an individual consumer and parent. I’m 52 but my cognition is sometimes that of a 92 year-old due to EMFs. I eat healthy, whole, organic food; take care of my mental health; incorporate daily movement into an already active life as a partner-free mama to a nine year-old; and go to sleep between 9-10pm, yet smart meters and WiFi from adjoining houses prevent me from sleeping through the night. What EMFs are doing to the younger populations who have never known a world without 5g towers and the like is unbelievable. Please study these: https://substack.com/redirect/fa0e0b40-9971-4f20-8a7d-b24d9db59e1d?j=eyJ1IjoiNHY5bWEifQ.ThwqzKXOhra7eQnIDlMYDXIXp9lVxrwpuABHg4Ox3AE Thanks, Viv

One of our most important tasks of a civilization is to create an environment that allows people to be safe in their homes and at school. It is known that radiation, EMF’s and radio frequencies are harmful to humans when exposure is consistent and at close proximity. Our bodies and brains are constantly being bombarded with these dangerous conditions when our homes and schools are close to these toxic environments. Regulations must be put in place and enforced to keep populations from becoming vulnerable to cancer, brain damage and damage to our immune systems. Save our children and families and keep these towers are safe distance from all schools and neighborhoods!!!

I formerly worked at a telecommunications company in South Africa and am now in Florida USA. I can tell you I saw first hand how the field technicians said working on the cellular towers gave them cancer. How EMF can also disrupt and manipulate people. We would like answers on why our kids have no more sparkle in their eyes. What has happened to our natural ingenuity. How has this affected our own human electromagnetic field. We want to know why companies prioritised high tech communication above our neural, physical and emotional well being.

I am a licensed mental health professional who specializes in child and youth mental health and trauma. I have been working with children and youths in multiple capacities for nearly 30 years, and I have not only watched their screen addiction increase dramatically over the past decades, I have noticed something especially troubling in the past few years: A sharp increase in restless, unspecified anxiety and panic attacks in children and youths, and at younger and younger ages, starting with toddlers. This is sometimes misdiagnosed by other therapists as "ADHD". In the past, I saw anxiety and panic attacks primarily in children ages 12 and up, but now, it is becoming common in very young children, and one of the primary presenting complaints. I believe that many of these symptoms on the anxiety, restlessness, and panic spectrum, especially in children whose needs are otherwise met (e.g., they have adequate outdoor play time) and without trauma histories, are a direct result of their exposure to EMFs from screens, devices, and cellphone towers, but especially wifi and 5G. I believe that children and youths are especially exposed to this in public schools and public universities. When I suggest, as part of my treatment protocol, that parents drastically reduce or even remove their child's access to screens (and even find alternative education environments or homeschool if necessary to do this), this greatly reduces or even resolves the anxiety and panic symptoms in young children, pre-teens, and teens. It is harder for young adults to escape EMFs when devices are necessary for social functioning and the exposure is high at college or work. Of course, sometimes, the parents are so addicted to their own devices that they struggle to "unplug" the family, including the kids, from exposure to EMFs and symptoms persist. Likewise, I know anecdotally how EMFs affect me and my family members, causing sudden, intense pressure "headaches" or a sensation of there being a pressured force around the head, as well as general restlessness or even akathisia and inability to concentrate, when the wifi is on or nearby. I have read interesting research by the Weston A. Price Foundation that suggests that most of the modern viral epidemics and seasonal illnesses that we suffer are correlated to the installation of EMF-emitting towers and infrastructure. It is possible to use and emit frequencies for communications that heal human health rather than harm it--Take a look at Nikola Tesla's devices, inventions, and blueprints that were confiscated by the government. Please go beyond only researching this issue and make the infrastructure and frequency changes NOW. It will be easier to do this in 2026 before 5G and more intense harmful frequencies are so entrenched into our society's functioning that it will seem impossible to disrupt it. I am listing some links for your consideration below: https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/5g-negative-health-effects/#gsc.tab=0 https://www.westonaprice.org/podcast/272-the-shocking-truth-about-electricity-emfs-with-arthur-firstenberg/#gsc.tab=0 https://www.westonaprice.org/podcast-category/emfs-5g/#gsc.tab=0 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12531076/ Thank you for accepting public comments! Laurie A. Couture, M.Ed., LCMHC, LMHC New Hampshire

I am submitting this comment as a consumer concerned about long-term exposure to wireless radiation from phones, Wi-Fi routers, cell towers, and other connected devices. I urge HHS to conduct a thorough, independent review of whether current exposure limits adequately protect public health. This review needs to consider those most heavily exposed and should examine potential effects beyond tissue heating, including evidence concerning cancer, reproductive health, and children’s development. Please prioritize research that reflects how people actually encounter wireless radiation: repeated exposure over many years, often from multiple sources and devices used close to the body. Assessments should consider signal strength, pulse patterns, duration, and combined exposure. Please consider Melnick and Moskowitz’s 2026 analysis of animal data, which argues that existing exposure limits may inadequately protect against cancer and reproductive harm (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-026-01288-6). I also ask HHS to evaluate Lai and Levitt’s review of exposure intensity, duration, and signal modulation (https://doi.org/10.1080/15368378.2022.2065683), and Scarato’s review of US regulatory gaps and proposed reforms (https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1677583). These papers warrant careful consideration alongside the broader evidence, including studies that have not found adverse effects. I ask HHS to: •Assess whether additional protections are needed for children, pregnant women, and other potentially vulnerable groups. •Support long-term research with safeguards against industry conflicts of interest. •Provide clear information about exposure and practical ways to reduce it, including wired alternatives in homes and schools. •Recommend updated standards wherever the evidence shows that existing limits are insufficient. Consumers should not have to navigate these questions alone. Please use this inquiry to advance transparent science, meaningful oversight, and public health protection.

Please update the dangers especially for children who use Ipads for school

Hi, As a Person a Mom and Grandmother inside our homes as well as the world is being Contaminated with all the Disease's in the Air way Government Systems to The Data Towards Radiation with The Cell Phones We're Getting Strong Pains inside our Bodies kid's are being Poisoned through the walls as well as the foods we eat We Cannot afford to Trust This System,

you should look at blood work before someone is on a cell phone and while someone is on a cell phone. As for me, our neighbors got solar and we've been gaining weight and it's been hard to sleep their house and their Transformer is about 10 ft away from our bedrooms. When my daughter was a baby she would wake up when anyone on our property would make a phone call. So no one could hear the call being made because someone was just pressing the green call Button on their phone. But she was sensitive and no matter how far away they were from her room or how quiet they were she would wake up every time they push that button if she was napping. So for us we've mostly just noticed how much it affects our sleep and the lack of REM sleep.

Dear HHS, 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 friend, parent, healthcare professional, and self. A friend of mine is severely affected by wireless radiation, from several cell towers and antennas near her apartment. Her symptoms are headaches, body aches and severe sleep interruptions. I also witness symptoms in one of my grandsons after iPad screen time. He becomes agitated. For myself, I notice muscle tension when exposed to higher levels of RF. I have an RF meter, and I occasionally monitor levels in our home. We live due east from (like about 20 miles) an island that has military activity. Infrequently, perhaps, there may be some radar coming from there, where I get a very high reading on my meter. I believe this radiation from wireless radiation is affecting our health even without symptoms. Prominent orthopedic surgeon and inventor and author Dr. Robert O. Becker MD warned of negative health affects of electro-pollution, including RF in his 1990 groundbreaking book: "CrossCurrents" 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, Patty Stottlemyer RN

Been in RADIOLOGY my whole life and have had radiation and DANGERS of ponded into my head since 1978! ALL RADIATION is DANGEROUS with short and long term exposure....These radiations are just as bad and DANGERIOUS ....I do not even own a cell phone because of this fact!....Children should not be exposed to these frequencies at all! The GOV NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THESE RADIATIONS AND RE-ADJUST EXPOSURE LIMITS AND TIMES/AMOUNTS FOR ALL HUMANS HERE IN AMERICA....THE FREQUENCIES NOW ARE MUCH LONGER IN DURATION AND TOTAL TIME EXPOSEURES ARE THRU THE ROOL...RUNNING WILD WITH NO REINING IN....NORMAL PEEPS ARE TOO IGNORANT TO KNOW....THESE FREQUENCIES/EXPOSURES ARE NO LONGER THE SAME FROM BACK IN THE 40- 50'S AND NEED REVAMPED ...PEOPLE HAVE THIER WIFI/PHONES ON ALL OF THE TIME...NEAR SENSATIVE TISSUES....AND CARE NOT....BECAUSE THERE ARE NO WARNINGS AND IF TEHRE ARE THE WARNINGS ARE VERY VAGUE AND IN TINY PRINT THAT NO ONE READS...DEFINETLY NEED REVAMPING OF THE RADIATION EXPOSURE/TIMES/STRENGTHS DONE! AGAIN RADIATION POUNDED...INTO ONE'S HEAD AND JUST WITH SHORT BURTS OF RADIATION WE WERE ALWAYS RADIATING WITH THE SLIGHEST TIME POSSIBLE/ACHIEVABLE....WITH ALL PATIENTS....TODAY..PEOPLE WALKING AROUND UNDER CONSTANT EXPOSURE...EVERY DAY! EVEN WITH NOT HAVING A CELL PHONE AND THAT IS BESIDE THE EXPOSURE TO SUN! EXPOSURES ARE CONSTANT AND THAT IS NOT GOOD!