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October 21, 2026 HHS Request for Information on EMF and wireless radiation: Docket Number: HHS-OASH-2026-0397 Studies specifically on the higher frequencies used by 5G and close-proximity small cells are totally lacking, indicating the significant need for more research. Some reports point to concerning trends about the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) relying on outdated standards and brushing off evidence of potential harm. No one knows how this will affect bee populations, birds, other wildlife besides the close proximity to living areas for humans, expecially children, babies, pregnant women, or the elderly. In some cases these 5G small cells have been placed right outside someone's house near bedrooms The FCC is a compromised agency ignoring the science that already has shown harm from close proximity to non-ionizing radiation exposures. My comments are based on peer reviewed research. Question 11: “Should exposure assessment or risk evaluation differ for sensitive populations such as those noted below? Please explain.” ANSWER: Yes it should be evaluated totally differently due to the higher risk to children and pregnant women that can be as high as 10x more of a risk factor than that to a 25 year old male risk factor. Also many of these exposure limits are determined by a plastic mannikin head for thermal effects only. These are all totally outdated risk assessments. (References applicable to this statement found here: “Research on Children’s Vulnerability to Cell Phone Radio-frequency Radiation” https://ehtrust.org/research-on-childrens-vulnerability-to-cell-phone-radio-frequency-radiation/ ). Question 12 and 13: ANSWER - For more on scientific studies these weblinks below hereby incorporated by reference at 1. and 2. and 3. that includes numerous citations: 1. “5G Wireless Technology: Cutting Through the Hype” https://www.saferemr.com/2017/11/5g-wireless-technology-cutting-through.html ). 2. Low-level EMF effects on wildlife and plants: “What research tells us about an ecosystem approach” https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9732734/ B Blake Levitt 1,*, Henry C Lai 2,*, Albert M Manville II 3,* Abstract “There is enough evidence to indicate we may be damaging non-human species at ecosystem and biosphere levels across all taxa from rising background levels of anthropogenic non-ionizing electromagnetic fields (EMF) from 0 Hz to 300 GHz. The focus of this Perspective paper is on the unique physiology of non-human species, their extraordinary sensitivity to both natural and anthropogenic EMF, and the likelihood that artificial EMF in the static, extremely low frequency (ELF) and radiofrequency (RF) ranges of the non-ionizing electromagnetic spectrum are capable at very low intensities of adversely affecting both fauna and flora in all species studied. Any existing exposure standards are for humans only; wildlife is unprotected, including within the safety margins of existing guidelines, which are inappropriate for trans-species sensitivities and different non-human physiology. Mechanistic, genotoxic, and potential ecosystem effects are discussed.”. . . Go to link for complete abstract. 3. The FCC’s reliance on outdated EMF/RF exposures based on thermal effects only shows the very dangerous policy oversight of the FCC by ignoring thousands of published, peer reviewed studies showing biological harm at non-thermal levels for a number of frequencies. For more on scientific studies these two weblinks hereby incorporated by reference: ‘Americans For Responsible Technology’ https://www.americansforresponsibletech.org/scientific-studies and ‘Physicians For Safe Technology’ https://mdsafetech.org/5g-telecommunications-science/ To conclude, I implore the HHS to work with scientists that are not funded by the telecom industry so you can truly help to protect the public and our biosphere from negative impacts of exposures to microwave technologies; the data that says these exposures are safe are seriously lacking and putting all of us at risk now and for future generations.

Thank you for reading this. Please do what is right for our children and our children’s children. You’ll find cell phone radiation is very similar to tobacco. Cell phones are very addictive and have a significant, detrimental health effects and sadly the impact won’t be discovered until years after extraordinary damage has already been done. Please step up and do what is right for the health and wellbeing of humanity and frankly all life on the planet. For the radiation is harmful to all living beings (plants, animals and humans). Many have died do to the effects of cellphone radiation. Many others suffer daily. Many are completely unaware of the dangers and the long term harm being created.Please, Please, please protect the public rather than corporate profits. In 2019 a colleague of mine facilitated the passage, in Oregon, of SB283 which was to review science to determine whether children in schools are safe being exposed to high power wi-fi routers and other wireless devices in the classroom. The bill passed unanimously in the Senate and overwhelmingly in the House. While lobbying the bill and gathering information he interviewed 2 children who had to leave school due to microwave sickness caused by RF in the school. He also met 2 teachers, one in Los Angeles with the same condition. The teacher in L.A. sued the school and won the lawsuit. The results of the science review by the Oregon Health Authority, quoting the first draft: "All studies showed worse health outcomes, all studies showed harm to reproductive organs..." The draft was withheld from a FOIA request and later obtained by journalist, Dan Forbes, who wrote a lengthy article about the corrupt handling and the crime committed by OHA in withholding from a FOIA request. In addition, commercial insurance companies will no longer insure for "harm from exposure to electromagnetic frequencies" This is an industry wide practice that has taken affect years ago. Cell telephone advertising shows people with the phone against their heads yet companies warn to keep the phone an inch from the body. I always wonder if legislators or others in high profile agencies and organizations that are compromised by industry money ever consider they are doing harm by defrauding science, writing phony reports, and controlling the narrative in deceiving the public that they are safe. A brief historical summary of those involved with passing the previously mentioned Oregon Senate Bill 283 Prof. Paul Héroux, Professor of Toxicology and Health Effects of Electromagnetism at the McGill University flew to Portland from Montreal to testify on behalf of SB 283, only to return to Monreal the following day. Prof. Héroux developed a Unified Theory of Weak Magnetic Field Action that proposes A radical new outlook. Dr. Paul Dart, an Environmental Physician of Eugene, Oregon, makes invisible electromagnetic radiation visible, using his instrument, as he testifies at the Senate. The term Electromagnetic Medicine has, over the years, meant researchers in laboratories looking to use electromagnetic radiation to treat diseases. Dr. Dart gives it a new, clinical meaning, in the protection of Lucia, 14 years old, who testified below. L---a (a minor) attended school while positioned just below a WiFi router. At 9 years old, she became ill with nausea and rashes, and for over a year saw 7 doctors before her family realized that she was made sick by the WiFi radiation. Her mother switched her to the only school available that did not have WiFi, and she recovered. Graduating from her current school, she is now looking to continue her studies in an environment that will not make her sick. Senator Laurie Monnes-Anderson introduced the bill as a legislator and retired public health nurse. Monnes-Anderson is also a former school board member and the mother of two children who attended Oregon public schools. She understands the strengths and weaknesses of our public education system and has become well versed in the potential risks of long term exposure to microwave radiation in the classroom environment and made a special appearance at the hearing to speak in support of the bill.

Docket: HHS-OASH-2026-0397 Perspective (Question 2): Individual consumer and homeowner who has measured ambient fields with a consumer multi-field meter (GQ EMF-390) and is concerned about cumulative exposure for my family, including a young child. Exposures (Question 3): I live in a typical household with a growing number of devices transmitting EMF. WiFi and bluetooth on multiple devices, smart meters, and wireless infrastructure. Observed Exposure Patterns (Question 4k): Observed exposure patterns: I got a sensor to review my family's exposure. A surprising finding was that just standard wiring by light switches would give high readings. As a small test i held the sensor up to my phone while streaming a video, our running microwave, and both the phone and microwave at once. The phone and microwave together showed higher readings than the devices by themselves. Holding the sensor higher resulted in higher readings. Taking the sensor outside was notably less exposure. Another surprise to me was that at my work in an office the signal generally was less than at home. My family is concerned but does not have any noticeable health impacts that can directly be attributed to exposures that I know of. Future Research Recommendations (Questions 4m, 5o): Existing studies seem to focus on controlled lab environments mostly over short term exposures. Future studies should look at cumulative real world situations. Cumulative meaning interactions of different sources of exposure and exposure over time. One example experiment is proposed. A straightforward way to test the claim of direct sensing is a properly controlled, double-blind or blinded field protocol: participants who self-identify as sensitive are transported or positioned near verified high- and low-exposure locations (cell sites, base stations, or controlled sources) without visual or other cues, with actual field levels measured independently. Demographic diversity (age, sex, race/ethnicity) would strengthen generalizability. FCC guidance accounts for multiple transmitters inside one product and for multiple fixed sources with known spatial relationships when evaluating site compliance, but does not fully capture the real-world ambient mixture of ELF wiring fields + intermittent RF from phones, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, IoT devices, and distant infrastructure. A controlled “future home” protocol that starts with a low-RF baseline and progressively adds devices while measuring both fields and any biological endpoints would help quantify cumulative patterns. Current Research (Question 6): Current research: Existing studies show limited conclusive health impacts but admit limitations of existing studies (Ruben et al 2010). Regulatory Recommendation (Questions 5n, 5o, 9, 10): The limitations of existing studies could be greatly reduced if agencies moved toward a planned, phased in implementation. Whenever a new technology is introduced that would change exposures, select a subset of states to release it in first. Conduct health and environmental surveys before and well after the innovation is introduced in the test states as well as their neighboring states. This allows a control group to compare against in all demographics with 1 procedural update. Otherwise, different tests would be needed to ensure safety of different populations and it will be far more difficult. With this process update, states would be motivated to get good health and environmental records to be able to be a part of a new innovation rollout. I expect that industry and states will be against it. However, an economic study using forecast computer models would be interesting. It would help distribute technology through the country rather than having central points of innovation. I could see arguments that the economy would benefit while reducing the potential harms to society. This recommendation does not stop innovation but presents a needed planned implementation. It proposed an experiment. Without it, in the current system, it is still an experiment, but it's an experiment without a control group which is far more difficult for individuals and policy makers to make informed decisions. Historical perspective (Questions 5, 6, 16): When microwave ovens entered widespread use, regulators set leakage limits (FDA) and exposure guidelines. Debates occurred; some Eastern European standards were substantially stricter. Ovens were not banned in the USSR; leakage standards and measurement protocols were developed and enforced. Cumulative personal monitoring analogous to ionizing-radiation dosimetry badges has not been standard for non-ionizing fields because the primary established hazard mechanism differs and ambient levels are generally far below thermal thresholds. As device density and infrastructure increase, revisiting whether population-level cumulative exposure tracking or better disclosure is warranted is reasonable.

I am so happy that the public is finally being asked to participate in important health concerns. My Grand Daughter, at 10 years of age is now taking typing lessons at school on a computer. They have wi-fi exposure all day long and are on the computers a good part of that day. She comes home just bouncing off the walls, or sick! The school will not hear the parents about the dangers! They seem to need someone of "authority" to tell them that their decisions to go digital in all ways, are not benefiting the kids! I believe it is having the opposite affect! We need more "gold standard science" to PROVE that these technologies are dangerous, and promote illness not health in our kids!! Thank you for persuing this issue!!

I learned several years ago that I am hypersensitive to EMFs, and I know that I am due to pain that I experience in my ear and face. I take all precautions that I can to avoid them but of course I know total avoidance is impossible. I’m 74 years old. I am astonished that young children are increasingly subjected to EMFs in all walks of life, including at school. It is an outrage. Something must be done.

The research regarding EMFs, RF radiation, wireless radiation exposure, and LED light is woefully inadequate. The studies done by the industries which have an interest in these radiations are biased towards the industries and do not properly study the effects of these radiations, particularly on susceptible populations including women, children, the aged, and those with medical disabilities, registered or otherwise. The FCC has been complicit in this, by its failure to act in a timely way. Please note the ruling in the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation in Briganti v. Apple , where the court ruled that adherence to technical safety limits does not void a company's responsibility to inform the consumer of possible safety risks. The DHHS should be conducting a thorough unbiased study of the effects of EMF, RF, Wireless Radiation Exposure, and LED exposure, given the extraordinary increase in cancers and numerous other diseases and syndromes in humans, environmental degradation, and the deterioration in the quality of life of the increasing number of people who cannot tolerate one or all of these environmental hazards.

Saludos, mi nombre es Evelyn Quiñones, quiero expresar por éste medio que en Puerto Rico han instalado miles de antenas del 4g y del 5g y hasta del 6g en lugares que se supone que no se tengan instaladas. Las han instaladas en los condominios, irradiando a todas las personas que vivan en el condominios. Las han instalado al lado de muchas carreteras por dónde transitan millones de personas todos los días irradiando a las personas y a los niños que están en el auto. Las han instalado en los hospitales, cómo en Centro médico y el el hospital Auxilio Mutuo, y en otros, también las tienen instaladas al lado de escuelas públicas y colegios en dónde estudian tantos niños todos los días. También dentro de la universidad Ana G Méndez en Cupey en San Juan. Las han instalado al lado de los hogares de muchas personas y encima del techo de muchos negocios cómo restaurantes, supermercados etc. Hasta las han instalado en el techo de égidas, en dónde viven tantos envejecientes. Cada vez que yo paso por una de esas genocidas antenas me causan dolores de cabeza muy fuertes, y estoy tres días con ese dolor. Esas antenas emiten fuertísimas microondas electromagnéticas que nos están achicharrando y quemando nuestras neuronas. Nos están matando con radiación invisible. PLEASE, PLEASE HELP, HELP. Ayúdenos por favor, porque Puerto Rico está muy lleno de esas antenas y nos están enfermando y dañándonos nuestro cerebro y nuestra salud y a nuestros niños también. Y también deben de prohibír el wifi en los colegios y escuelas públicas, porque el wifi le está dañando el cerebro a los niños. Por favor, ayúdenos porque yo y miles de personas estamos muy desesperados por esa radiación que nos está matando. Y también los aviones llamados Chemtrails nos están envenenando también. Nos rocían todos los días metales pesados, químicos muy tóxicos, vírus vivos y muchas cosas más y nos están envenenando. Y nos están creando unas nubes ficticias con geoingeniería que están llenas de químicos y todo eso lo inhalamos y nos van afectando nuestra salud. Hay troces rociando unos humos para crear nubes artificiales llenas de gases tóxicos que nos están envenenando. Ayúdenos por favor, please mi número de teléfono es (939) 415-1777. Yo tengo muchas fotos y vídeos de esos aviones Chemtrails fumigándonos y tengo fotos de diferentes nubes muy extrañas que no son nubes normales, son nubes creadas para controlar el clima y para envenenarnos. Me pueden llamar cuando quiera. Gracias, espero que nos ayuden porque estamos ya desesperados. Gracias. Dios los bendiga.

Saludos, mi nombre es Evelyn Quiñones, quiero expresar por éste medio que en Puerto Rico han instalado miles de antenas del 4g y del 5g y hasta del 6g en lugares que se supone que no se tengan instaladas. Las han instaladas en los condominios, irradiando a todas las personas que vivan en el condominios. Las han instalado al lado de muchas carreteras por dónde transitan millones de personas todos los días irradiando a las personas y a los niños que están en el auto. Las han instalado en los hospitales, cómo en Centro médico y el el hospital Auxilio Mutuo, y en otros, también las tienen instaladas al lado de escuelas públicas y colegios en dónde estudian tantos niños todos los días. También dentro de la universidad Ana G Méndez en Cupey en San Juan. Las han instalado al lado de los hogares de muchas personas y encima del techo de muchos negocios cómo restaurantes, supermercados etc. Hasta las han instalado en el techo de égidas, en dónde viven tantos envejecientes. Cada vez que yo paso por una de esas genocidas antenas me causan dolores de cabeza muy fuertes, y estoy tres días con ese dolor. Esas antenas emiten fuertísimas microondas electromagnéticas que nos están achicharrando y quemando nuestras neuronas. Nos están matando con radiación invisible. PLEASE, PLEASE HELP, HELP. Ayúdenos por favor, porque Puerto Rico está muy lleno de esas antenas y nos están enfermando y dañándonos nuestro cerebro y nuestra salud y a nuestros niños también. Y también deben de prohibír el wifi en los colegios y escuelas públicas, porque el wifi le está dañando el cerebro a los niños. Por favor, ayúdenos porque yo y miles de personas estamos muy desesperados por esa radiación que nos está matando. Y también los aviones llamados Chemtrails nos están envenenando también. Nos rocían todos los días metales pesados, químicos muy tóxicos, vírus vivos y muchas cosas más y nos están envenenando. Y nos están creando unas nubes ficticias con geoingeniería que están llenas de químicos y todo eso lo inhalamos y nos van afectando nuestra salud. Hay troces rociando unos humos para crear nubes artificiales llenas de gases tóxicos que nos están envenenando. Ayúdenos por favor, please mi número de teléfono es (939) 415-1777. Yo tengo muchas fotos y vídeos de esos aviones Chemtrails fumigándonos y tengo fotos de diferentes nubes muy extrañas que no son nubes normales, son nubes creadas para controlar el clima y para envenenarnos. Me pueden llamar cuando quiera. Gracias, espero que nos ayuden porque estamos ya desesperados. Gracias. Dios los bendiga.

Please consider doing more research into the dangers and problems associated with manmade electromagnetic fields. As a holistic and functional nurse practitioner I work with lots of people who struggle with symptoms related to their Wi-Fi routers Bluetooth and cellular devices, smart homes, data centers, 5G radio towers deployed in neighborhoods, smart meters on homes to measure electricity usage. When they are able to turn these devices off and shield themselves and move out of the area where these are deployed, it is remarkable to me how much better they feel. Many people are becoming sicker and sicker all the time and I think it is very important that we look into the effects of man-made electromagnetic fields have on the human body. Over the years I have found ways to cable all of my computers. I’ve gone back to old-fashioned appliances that do not contain Bluetooth and Wi-Fi devices in them. I have covered my smart meter. I have downgraded my Apple iPhone to an 11 which does not have a 5G radio and it has helped me so much. Please research the effects of such devices on children and the elderly before you just blindly allow them to be deployed.

I am very sensitive to EMF’s and if I don’t keep my phone in a Safe Sleeve I have pain in my hand and up my arm. I sometimes react even with the safe sleeve but it significantly reduces symptoms. My daughter had to stop wearing her Apple Watch because it was causing pain in her arm. Our EMF sensitivity increased following mold exposure. I’m concerned about long term effects. I also will get tingling in my hand while using my computer mouse.