Electromagnetic sensitivity

I am very concerned about wireless radiation in the United States. Our citizens must be informed of the potential health effects of EMF and RF exposure. It is the government's responsibility to research the ramifications of all these radical and rapidly changing elements in our environment, and to make the citizens aware of possible downsides to these technological advancements. I applaud your interest in listening to those who have been affected. For the last 30 years, my family has lived in an unincorporated area of Illinois outside of Chicago. My problem with sensitivity to exposure began with the COVID years, during which there was a proliferation of cell towers going up in our area. Our house was a mile from towers in four directions. We were protected from excessive exposure since we lived in a forested area. We began to research the topic, hired a building biologist, and limited our exposure to all types of radiation-emitting appliances, cell phones, smart TVs, etc. However, in 2024, the towers became visible over the tree lines. I not only had difficulty finding a place I could sleep in the house, but experienced side-effects throughout the day. We would have to move. In our desperation, we purchased a home in an area advertised as a natural fen. Then we learned the electromagnetic readings were very elevated at this site. We used our growing knowledge of all the parameters involved in choosing a safe home, paid to have prospective homes evaluated by a certified building biologist, and found a home in the "safest" location and moved in. I was free of all my symptoms for 6 months when I woke with a terrible pain in my head. Upon investigation, we saw all types of antennae and microwave equipment had been added to a guyed tower which was over a mile away. Based on meter readings and consultation with experts in the EMF field, these RF signals are directed toward our home. Once again, we are looking for more remote locations, outside of Illinois. Illinois seems bent on erecting as many towers as possible, leaving its citizens legally without a voice on the matter. If my home weren't enough of an issue, the spread of Wi-Fi now limits/prevents visits to doctors' offices, restaurants, church, and entertainment venues. Places where people congregate pose a problem as children, adults, and seniors live with tech "live" on their wrist, in their hands, and on and on. I am a 74 year-old woman. I have always been healthy. I do not take any medications. Now, if I am exposed to much wireless radiation: smart, blue-tooth, mother-boards, etc., I will wake with an excruciating burning on my head. It is not a headache, but feels as if a vise, ax or sledgehammer were taken to my head. The sensation subsides with time, after rising. OTC pain medications provide no relief. This is my most disturbing symptom. There are others. I have seen a sympathetic neurologist whose advice was to move far from our new technologies. We have shielded, grounded, removed all wireless, use a VOIP phone, drive an older model car without a 360L. You name it. Unfortunately, our lifestyle is profoundly affected. Those suffer from EMF/,RF hypersensitivity have nowhere to turn. We must continue to study the topic, isolate as much as possible, and keep moving! I trust you will listen to my story as well as those of others who are suffering from unregulated radiation.

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, Marlene Schmidt . I first noticed Electro Hypersensitivity symptoms in 1992 as I was driving by high towers . I experienced excruciating leg pain. The pain would get much worse. I would get brain fog and anxiety . Smart meters in 2012 caused similar symptoms. Smart meters in 2012 caused similar symptoms. I get a sensation of head swelling , brain fog, pins and needles, headache, my balance is off and and I get weak if I spend too much time under high tension wires or near cell towers. These exposures to RF radiation as well as Multiple Chemical Sensitivities that i am diagnosed with overlap to cause adverse symptoms such as motor skills, and speech disruption, headaches that can be debilitating, arthralgias, toxic encepalopathy, increased inflammation, fluctuating pulse and blood pressure, disruption in vision, and various types of pain of various nature, which RF radiation is known to contribute to. The degree of the exposure will determine the severity of the symptoms, and the breadth of the reactions. This disability affects every aspect of my life because I am unable to use cell phones , which produce the same symptoms as above. I have to hard wire my computor with a ethernet cord for protection against EMF . Since the government is installing cell towers every 2 miles it makes it very difficult to avoid radiation from them. I do use certain devices to try to shield myself which helps a little bit . I opt out of the smart meters as you can do that in Arizona . I have been diagnosed by Doctors in the above symptoms. I do feel much better when not exposed to RF, Smart meters, EMF , etc. One time where I uses to live in Northern California , a storm came in and knocked down the electric for 5 days and I did not have any pain and slept 8 hours straight and virtually all symptoms vanished , which shows me how much these electric fields plays big part in our bodies that produce illness in our bodies. 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.

My family and I were all injured by a 5G frequency cell tower installed in Fall 2021, we had multiple debilitating health conditions until we discovered the root of the problem. We removed ourselves from the situation, and we're all left with EMR-S, (electromagnetic radiation sensitivity syndrome), which has changed our lives. We can no longer work, socialize, do fun things we used to, eat out, be near lots of people, family members shun us and don't believe us, people don't take us seriously and much more. There should be in place accommodations for our disability, so we don't have to fight continuous uphill battles with systems just so we can live our lives in safety and comfort like we used to, because we're surrounded by cell towers, 5G minis, routers, phones, smart meters, etc. I should be able to opt out of my smart electric and gas meters, but the utility companies are ready to fight and ridicule, not help or assist with this disability they dismiss. My life is not the same. It should be the government's job to protect us, and give us injured sensitives rights so we can live normal lives again, especially when it's both government and private entities making money off the cell service, however at peoples' health costs. Me, my wife, and both my kids and mother in law, will never be the same because we can't do the same things we used to in life. We would like to be heard. We want protection and support. Stop putting up cell towers everywhere, and start accommodating to those who have been injured.

In 2010 I got completely handycapped by EHS - electro-hyper-sensitivity. I had been using my cell phone everyday for a couple of years and all of a sudden I could not hold it in my hand anymore. It felt awfull in the body as if I couldn't be in my own body. The only thing that helped was to run away from all wireless radiation - be it cell phones, cell towers, baby alarms, wireless routers or computers etc. At the same time I got allergic to low-frequency electro-magnetic fields like what comes from the electrical grid in houses, from electric lamps - anything electric. I fled out in a forest nearby living in a tent for ½ year until the winter came. I got help from my community, who shopped for me, sent my letters and did everything for me. I could not enter my surrounding society, could not shop, could not even speak on my landline telephone or listen to a radio. When the snow fell I got help to move into an old caravan for the next 2 years. The caravan never could be heated more than up to 12-16 degrees celsius during the winter, and all that time people helped with everything I needed. I could not even walk on the open roads in the landscape if electrical wires were dug down in the ground or hung close to the road. I did not visit my daughters family with her husband and my three grand children for 14 years. I used to visit them many times and often before and kept a relationship with the kids that way. The youngest did not know me when he was small and grew up - I was just an old lady the family came to visit a few times a year. After 2½ years in tent and caravan a mirical happened and I found a house I could stay inside in, in my village. I have lived in this house since, but 2 years ago a cell tower was raised 600 meters away from the village. I could measure and feel the radiation inside the house, and had to isolate the house with a steelnet on the walls and in the roof in order to keep living here. Before the protection went up my health deteriorated, my memory declined rapidly and the digestion system went hay-wire for several months, and my body shivered deep inside constantly. I have kept away from all wireless devices and people carrying smart devices on them for all these years, and maybe that is why the EHS has gotten a little less now and I can go outside and see people - I always wear protective clothing when I go outside. Getting ill from radiation takes your life away, - your income, your family, your living space, your friends - everything ! I know many people over the years, who has had to flee from their living quarters, houses, apartments and jobs and who end up in summerhouses in areas where they know no one in the neighbourhood. Being disconnected from your family - many get divorced eventually - , and your income is physically and mentally disabling. You live alone on the run for many years and don't know when it will ever stop. Most houses have wireless smart-meters and makes it impossible to live in the close surroundings from the smarts-meters which radiate far and wide. Thousands of peer reviewed scientific papers have been written over the years, showing how it causes cancer tumors to develope in the brain and many other illnesses. But powerful organisations manage to keep that knowledge from the mainstream news. It is devastating to be a victim to wireless radiation.

It is well documented that EMFs beyond the acceptable range can cause innumerable health problems and exacerbate existing ones. As someone with electrical sensitivity and an autoimmune condition caused by mold and mercury exposure I can attest to the negative impact of high range EMFs. These include debilitating headaches, visual problems, dizziness and severe nerve pain. EMFs are also known to disturb pollinators and birds among others. The science is in and we need to be wise in our use of technology. Technology is supposed to make our lives better not hurt us and everything around us

The science industry is flooded with scientific information concerning this issue of electromagnetic fields (EMFs), radiofrequency (RF) radiation, and wireless radiation exposure and the mere fact that the question continues to be sought for response leads one to believe that there is enough concern to request comments so I appreciate the opportunity in hopes my comments are weighed and taken seriously. HHS/NIH knows already of the emergence of technologies in the arena of humans and health-care and our input requires swift action. As a nation we have embarked upon an experimental era of coexisting with emerging technologies: artificial intelligence, biotechnology, brain computer interface technology, nanotechnology, directed energy, and quantum technology (CRS IF1110). I have become victim subject to dangerous levels of wireless radiation exposure. I can't upload images for evidence because my library of intellectual property containing pictorial works have yet to be properly documented and registered with the U.S. Copyright Office. Emerging technologies coupled with 5G millimeter EMR is the commonality between biology, biotechnology, and IoT wireless connectivity, architectural infrastructures are the backbone of research and experimental development and discovery fueling the 21st Century Bioeconomy. Humans and health-care are inclusive and have become the bedrock foundation harnessing engineered programmable artificial DNA/RNA consumer cellular technologies, operatable only by means of wireless internet of things connectivity. Without the powerful use of radiation electromagnetics, radiofrequency radiation, and influx of internet of things Wi-Fi wireless connectivity devices: antennas, sensors, biosensors, RFID tags, biotechnology and recent developments of chemical technology vaccines coupled with directed energy there would not exist wireless radiation exposure neither could there be excitation operation of these materials, devices, tools and communication infrastructures. With the ongoing deployment of 6G and the coexistence of artificial intelligent in humans, brAIn and health-care transparency and action is required including readdressing current laws such as HHS/NIH 45 CFR Part 46 and EPA 40 Part 26 Protection of Human Subjects (clinical, experimental, and medical research). As a citizen of the United States with extensive knowledge on the direction of Americas' economy, I submit comments on behalf of the general population (particularly the vulnerable); for the good, safety, and welfare of all communities and environments. I demand real commitment to legal framework at the federal and State level to allow regulation of artificial intelligence in humans and the health-care ecosystem and across-industries having direct impact on electronic-magnetic fields, radiofrequency radiation, 5G IoT wireless connectivity instituting real changes to policy governing emerging technologies. No longer can agencies and institutions co-partner, create, develop, deploy, and award investigations and report back to directors and advisory boards to generate agendas, congregate in meetings, sit on webinars and post blogs. Daily the public is being exposed to dangerous levels of electromagnetic radiation radio frequency radiation from wireless device environments. It's not merely a question about "radiation exposure from cellphone" and FDA "SARS limits. Leadership at the FCC does not consist of doctors, patients or scientist but engineers and lawyers. Currently there is no plan or formal scientific consensus within the global medical industry to establish electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) as a medical diagnosis although the World Health Organization acknowledges that symptoms individuals experience are real and can be disabling however controlled "double-blind" studies have consistently shown that affected individuals cannot reliably detect electromagnetic fields. In past history this may have been the scientific conclusion and as a result mainstream medicine treats electromagnetic hypersensitivity as an "idiopathic environmental intolerance" which means symptoms are acknowledge but are not scientifically linked to wireless radiation. Upon legal scrutiny, security, copyright protections and registration and trademark with all rights reserved as the owner of my IP portfolio I will release authenticated photographs to the public. There will be national call to address "the legal and ethical issues that confront society due to artificial intelligence" this includes AI in humans and health-care and implications on privacy, transparency and plain language, consent and documentation of consent, surveillance, bias or discrimination, algorithmic discrimination, data breaches, inaccuracy or mistakes in (AI) procedural protocols, device to device protocols, large scale healthcare cybersecurity / IoT wireless interconnect within an conglomerate electromagnetic radiation environment.

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 mother, wife and member of society. I along with many others am sensitive to EMFs. Headaches and general not feeling well. Please don’t go to 6G as we already have problems. I believe that children’s brains can be affected. Please conduct extensive research before doing anything else for the good of everyone. 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 have EMF sensitivity, particularly to 5G and WiFi. When 5G was turned on in my neighborhood, I couldn't sleep for several days. I purchased a special bed cover to reduce its effect which helped but didn't eliminate it. I only travel if I can be assured of not being in WiFi exposure - which limits me greatly because WiFi is so prevalent. WiFi's effect on me has worsened over recent years because WiFi manufacturers have increased the power/range of their WiFi equipment. Please re-consider the testing and limits allowed for wireless equipment.

10/20/2026 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Request for Information on Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs), Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation, and Wireless Radiation Exposure Docket: HHS-OASH-2026-0397 Dear Secretary Kennedy and HHS staff, Thank you for your interest in receiving information from the public on the health harms of man-made electromagnetic fields (EMFs), particularly radiofrequency (RF) and wireless radiation. I experience firsthand, every day, how exposure to electromagnetic radiation (EMR) from Man’s electronic technologies diminishes health, while reducing exposure improves health. I am highly reactive to this radiation, and I respond to exposure with both debilitating acute symptoms and exacerbation of chronic conditions. Since I first learned that exposure to this unnatural radiation was contributing to my own illness several years ago, I have been personally investigating the biological and health effects of man-made EMR. I have integrated my research into the existing science on EMFs and health, along with my own personal perspective, into a paper, which has been published online by several health and health freedom organizations. While not strictly an academic paper, it includes references to scientific literature, including peer-reviewed research, government reports, clinical observations, academic publications, scholarly articles, and books. I have attached my paper, entitled “When Light Turns to Darkness: Electromagnetic Radiation and Health: Are Our Wireless Technologies Harming Us?” This paper and the resources to which it directs readers address each of the categories of information that HHS is seeking in this RFI: public experiences and reported potential adverse health effects, exposure standards and risk assessment, measuring human exposure and public health surveillance, existing evidence, federal research priorities, and additional information. Ultimately, I believe that we do not need the government to fund or conduct more research. Enough research already exists definitively demonstrating the health harms of man-made EMFs. All we have to do is listen to the suppressed and silenced voices who have been sounding the alarm for decades. When we do, it becomes abundantly clear: Now is the time to pause, roll back, phase out, and end our use of these destructive radiating technologies. Thank you for reading and considering my submission. Sincerely, Margot DesBois

Ive been electro sensitive for almost 20 yrs ...I was super sensitive in 2013 when a ham radio guy moved in ...He his all his antennas in his attic n flagpole.. I ended up in hospital with a SED rate of 94 two months after he moved in then 3 weeks later back in hospital my adrenals completely crashed I almost died running out of cortisol ..I tried harmonizers to no avail then luckily I found one that worked ..I was fine for almost 10 yrs then the ham radio guy increased his power dramatically in Sept 2024, he was lying n saying he didn't but I found on a ham radio site in Sept 2024 just when I said something got really bad here he got new high tech long distance equipment ...I never felt any wireless device this strong..He leaves it on all day sometimes overnight on those days i leave my own house n sleeping my car in a parking lot somewhere.Others on other side both died after he increased his power so much.. My other neighbor across the street went from mild arthritis to severe arthritis 3 months after he increased his power,,,,He is not a responsible user cause its on 24/7 now most of the time,,Wee all obviously getting over exposed and for me it is pure torture..I cannot believe some ho hum citizen can possess that kind of power,,I didn't realize ham radio operators can possess 1500 watts of power whereas a cell tower is limited to 100watts in suburban areas ,,,There is no way a citizen with zero knowledge on health consequences shpould posses that type of power in a residential area ...I know it's effecting many here within a couple hundred ft of him Foe me its debilitating I cannot evebn be at my house more then a few hrs when its on and again he don't care he leaves it on continuosly most days its rare it's off Thanks Derek