Individual consumer / patient (age 59, Ashland City, Tennessee area) who has experienced symptoms associated with RF/EMF exposure from mobile phones, Wi-Fi, smart meters, and 5G.
I am 59 years old. My cognitive decline began when I was 55. Prior to that I was sharp, owned and ran a complex and successful business on Maui, and had no difficulty learning or retaining information. Since onset I have experienced extreme brain fog, a severely compromised ability to perform basic problem-solving, and an extremely limited short-term memory that has made me virtually unemployable—I can no longer learn and retain new things. I have had an MRI and cognitive performance testing; the results indicated early-onset Alzheimer’s. These symptoms have improved dramatically in the last two years only after intensive healing protocols. This was not the case prior to roughly 2021.
I have always been highly sensitive to EMF frequencies and Wi-Fi, and I am especially sensitive to 5G. Enabling 5G on my phones quickly makes me feel sick, and I can notice when I am near a 5G tower. For this reason I always disable 5G.
I used an iPhone 7 for many years and upgraded to an iPhone SE (3rd generation) in 2024. With both of these phones I could feel the radiation. The longer I held either device, the more severe the sensation became. Both caused strong aching in my hand and arm; after prolonged use this often progressed to tingling and/or numbness. The symptoms were noticeable during ordinary use and worsened with longer holding times.
In 2026 I upgraded to an iPhone Air. I have noticed a significant improvement: much less of the radiation sensation and substantially reduced hand and arm pain when holding the phone. I still notice some effect, but it is markedly milder than with the older models. I never hold any phone to my ear and always use speakerphone.
Published SAR values (U.S. FCC, averaged over 1 gram of tissue, cellular transmission) for these models are approximately:
iPhone 7: Head ~1.11–1.19 W/kg, Body ~1.14–1.19 W/kg (varies by specific model)
iPhone SE (3rd generation): Head 1.20 W/kg, Body 1.20 W/kg
iPhone Air: Head 1.19 W/kg, Body 1.19 W/kg (cellular-only)
Despite the similar official peak SAR numbers, my real-world experience of reduced sensation and pain with the Air has been consistent. This suggests that other design factors (antenna placement, power management, or everyday transmission behavior) may matter for sensitive individuals.
My wife and I both use our phones many hours a day; her job requires extensive phone use. To reduce overnight exposure I keep my phone at least two to three feet from my body while sleeping and sometimes place it in Airplane mode.
We live in an apartment building. Our Wi-Fi router is located in the closet in my wife’s bedroom because that is the only place the cable enters the unit. She rarely can sleep past about 2 a.m. She then remains awake—though exhausted—from roughly 2 a.m. until 5 or 6 a.m., after which she falls back asleep until her alarm only out of pure exhaustion. The amount of make-up sleep is woefully insufficient. This chronic sleep disruption has been extremely hard on her overall health and has resulted in permanent bags under her eyes. I am concerned that prolonged close proximity to the router may be contributing.
I am also very affected by smart meters. A bank of approximately a dozen smart meters (one for each apartment) is mounted on the exterior wall immediately outside my bedroom. The only mitigating factor is a walk-in closet between my bedroom and that exterior wall; the added distance makes the exposure more tolerable, but it remains noticeable. Combined with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 5G, and other sources, these create a continuous “soup” of RF/EMF exposure that warrants further study.
I lived on Maui, Hawaii, through early 2020. Maui was one of the last counties in the U.S. to receive a commercial 5G upgrade, and 5G was not present there during the time I lived on the island. After relocating, my cognitive problems began around 2021–2022. Given my extreme sensitivity to EMF/RF, the timing of these symptoms relative to increased exposure after the move is concerning to me, even though I cannot prove a direct causal link.
I am grateful that Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and HHS have opened this Request for Information to examine potential health effects of EMF and RF frequencies, including real-world experiences of sensitive individuals and cumulative exposures. Further research into device design differences, smart meters, residential Wi-Fi, and vulnerable populations is needed.
We have had three specific incidents in my household related to EMFs. First my husband was wearing an Apple Watch for a few months and started to get pain in his arm. He moved the watch to the other side, and the pain went with it to the other side. Then it started giving him burns on his arm. He stopped wearing it and all the problems went away. My daughter had similarly been wearing an Apple Watch for a few years and started having arm and chest pain. She had a severe anxiety attack with pain on that same side and went to the ER. They could find no reason for her issues. She took off the Apple Watch and it all resolved. I have also found that I am sensitive to EMFs on my body and they cause hypertension in me. I also gave up the Apple wearables.
On a different note, I purchased a new Samsung phone in 2025 and had just set it up and it was sitting on my kitchen table. We often drink reminerlized water that has a piece of rose quartz in a glass big jar. It stays on the kitchen table. My husband and I were across the room, watching TV. When all of a sudden we heard a BANG! We looked around, went outside and couldn’t find anything. A little while later I noticed that the water was leaking out of the glass jar and onto the floor. The glass had cracked. We believe that the 5g on the phone (which I had not shut off yet) interacted with the quartz in the water and broke the glass. There was nothing else that could have caused it. We do not live near any high transmission lines. While these stories are anecdotal, we have had enough adverse effects to be very vary of 5g and all of the subsequent EMF issues.
Thank you for pursuing these studies!! MAHA!
I am the parent of an autistic adult who is fully dependent on my support. She was experiencing significant insomnia. Her heath care provider recommended she hard wire the house, turn off WIFI on the router, and eliminate WIFI and exposure to the cell phone in the bed room. This resulted in much improved sleep, including beginning to dream again. She was exposed beginning in ~2004, and had regular exposure to the cell phone as she did everything on it. The WIFI router was above her sleeping area. She experienced noticeable changes in her sleep which was much improved. It was recommended the house be remediated for EMF, so a building biologist was hired who identified ways to reduce the EMF load in the House. Smart meter was removed, dirty electricity remediation involved switching out fixtures, dimmers on lights were removed throughout the house, installing a sleep switch to turn on electricity in the sleeping areas, stopping electricity coming into the house on the water main, and other interventions. LED lights are NOT in allowed the house to avoid blue light. My doctor considers me EMF sensitive and will write letters to prevent me from unnecessary exposure to EMF. We do not let EMF emitting devices in the house and test the environment regularly with the Safe and Sound meter as new people come into house and new devices or appliances enter house. We relied on the building biologists many studies of harm from EMF exposure AND insomnia was a symptom that regularly was identified as a problem. The bedroom area and the house in general are not in the low EMF on the Safe and Sound meter.
Studies can be found at:
Regarding scientific support for negative health effects effects of EMF…. and included below in the attached document links to a website and a book.
I also included them here, plus attached the color charts:
i. The full Bioinitiative 2012 report can be found at: https://bioinitiative.org/table-of-contents/
ii. The attached are color charts below that list studies that looked at the biological effects of low exposure to EMF & is available at https://bioinitiative.org/rf-color-charts/
iii. A book on the topics is at: https://www.routledge.com/Electromagnetic-Fields-of-Wireless-Communications-Biological-and-Health-Effects/Panagopoulos/p/book/9781032061764
This type of energy is known to be dangerous to many types of living tissue. The government agencies and nongovernment agencies involved know this. I would appreciate an area in which these SMART technologies are not applied. Not all people are sensitive to it. I happen to be one who can feel and hear these energies. Countries outside the U.S.A. outlaw certain levels, frequencies, and amplitudes of these energies. Non military applications should be regulated here in the U.S.A.
Statement Regarding Wireless Radiation and Electromagnetic Fields
I have lived in a small mountain community for many years, valuing its natural beauty and peaceful environment. Initially, I slept through the night and could work late hours in my office without unusual fatigue or headaches.
My difficulties working in my office began after Wi-Fi was installed. After two to three hours, I would become tired, and by the end of the day I was often beyond exhausted, going home simply to sleep. Gradually, I reduced my time in the office to preserve my energy. Today, I can tolerate only about one hour there before needing to leave. This has significantly reduced my working hours and income and diminished my quality of life.
Over the years, wireless infrastructure in my community has expanded considerably. Smart meters, Wi-Fi networks, cell towers and antennas, and surveillance cameras have become increasingly prevalent. I also experience sensations that I perceive as related to frequencies or electromagnetic activity, although I cannot objectively measure these sensations or establish their source. I have resorted to wearing specialized shielding hats and installing shielding curtains around windows, glass doors, and my bed in an effort to make my surroundings more tolerable.
Looking back, I recall periods when the electromagnetic activity I perceived seemed to lessen, followed by periods when I became increasingly concerned about changes in my surroundings. I later read about maintenance and upgrades to HAARP that I understood might have increased its power. I cannot independently verify the timing or establish a connection between these developments and my experiences.
I have friends who report being more affected than I am. Others appear less aware of specific sensations, yet I have noticed changes in their energy and well-being. I cannot establish the causes of these experiences, but I believe they deserve respectful consideration and independent investigation.
I am concerned that people may experience changes in sleep, energy, concentration, or their ability to function without knowing what may be contributing to them. I believe such reports deserve scientific attention rather than being dismissed simply because they are difficult to measure.
I respectfully ask federal regulators to support independent research into reported sensitivity to radiofrequency emissions and electromagnetic fields; transparent monitoring of wireless infrastructure and compliance with applicable exposure standards; and public access to reliable information about wireless installations and their emissions. Research should examine reported symptoms objectively, distinguish correlation from causation, and investigate whether some individuals may experience effects that are not yet fully understood.
My purpose is to document my experiences and ask that the concerns of people reporting difficulties they associate with wireless technology be taken seriously. Careful investigation, transparent information, and open-minded scientific inquiry are essential as wireless infrastructure continues to expand.
The impact of Radiation and Wireless Radiation Exposure and (EMF's) that it has on me and my family is enormous. I am sensitive to all of this technology, the WIFI, High Definition and being around 5G cell towers does not help. Eliminate the development of these EMFs because it is harmful and dangerous to children, Seniors and animals. Please put people over profit.
**651 days.**
That's 1 year, 9 months and 12 days since I've left my house.
Why? Because there isn't a street around me without overhead transmission lines or a cell tower either on it or within line of sight.
Some people wonder how I remain sane, being such an active person. However, just driving five minutes to the beach — a beach with significant EMF exposure — can set my health back for days.
I hope the people reviewing this are at least half as knowledgeable as I am about EMF measurement and monitoring, and have some understanding of just how high our dynamic background magnetic fields can be due to the power grid, along with the microwave radiation exposure from cell towers.
The discomfort I experience outweighs any desire to live outside my house, which itself is far from perfect.
I see myself as the opposite of *the Electric Man from Serbia*, **Slaviša Pajkić**, who is known for his ability to pass electrical current through his body and perform feats such as cooking a sausage using himself as a conductor.
Our standards and regulations don't adequately consider people like me, who report being at the extreme end of sensitivity to these exposures.
How did we get here? That's the question I have to repeatedly answer in my consultancy business, to mothers, searching for answers.
*The Canary in the Coal Mine*
2. I represent myself as an individual
3A. My comment covers in home wifi, smart meters (both electric and gas), cell towers, and cell phones. All of which I have had on my property, including a tower which is still here on my property.
3B. My worst experience has been with Smart Meters. I had one on the gas meter which was against the exterior wall of the house. That same wall was the wall of my bedroom where my bed was located. So when I laid down my head was 3 feet from the meter. My house had burned down and during the rebuild these smart meters were installed on the infrastructure that was still located there. I had no experience with them before and when we moved into the rebuilt house my sleep was instantly disturbed. I thought it was the wifi or the tower which were also installed during this time and bought devices to help with emf reduction, including a faraday cloth over my entire bed. And things worked in small increments. I had not realized the gas meter was also changed to smart and lived with that for 5 years. Just this summer I had both smart meters (elect and gas) removed and instantly my sleep was back to normal. Under the influence of the emf my sleep was agitated with lots of waking up with my heart racing and then no matter how long I layed in bed I woke up with baggy eyes not feeling rested. I would spend time on the couch in a different room and sleep much better but my back was not as comfortable there as in my bed.
Interior wifi has also disturbed my sleep. I removed all wifi from the house, and now have it through repeaters using Eero which lands outside the house on the porch and I can plug in repeaters inside the house when I need to. Then unplug them when finished. This has been happening for 6 years.
My cell phone also disturbs my sleep. So I charge it at the furthest point away from me across my room. I cannot use my cell phone on my ear because the ear and behind it heat up to an uncomfortable level. I use the phone on speaker and hold it away from my body. This has been going on since my first cell phone in 2000.
I have a cell tower on my property as well and it is adding to the lack of rest I experience, though now so much better without the smart meter. There is a noticeable agitation while on my property that I do not notice when I am elsewhere and it was not like that here before the tower went up on 2016. I’ve been living here since 2007.
3C. My sensitivity to this increased exposure to emf has produced a feeling that I am getting dementia. My ability to concentrate has diminished. My ability to hold a short term memory has diminished. And some of my cognitive abilities have diminished. All in a short amount of time that correlates to the above mentioned exposures. Lack of sleep and loss of income from less productive time have been my experiences as well.
3D. I first noticed poor sleep when the cell tower was installed in 2016. Then when we moved into our rebuilt house in 2019 the effects became much more severe. That was when my head was near the smart meter, and this was the most intense acute exposure I experienced.
3E. Yes I sought several doctors. I used an MD who wasn’t very helpful, then an Ayervedic doctor which helped using herbs, but the best was an anti-inflammation diet though an MD who was also a naturopath working on mold and emf stress. These helped me feel better but did not remove the problem.
3F. Yes I first moved my phone charging station the furthest away from my bed possible and that helped me feel better. Then I used a plug in emf reducing device and that helped me feel better. Also the faraday cloth around my bed. Each of these brought small incremental improvements. But removing the smart meter was an incredible relief and it was noticeable in the first evening.
5. The website at cell phone task force needs to be considered for the data and information it reports on:
https://www.cellphonetaskforce.international/
Also, Green Med Info contains many peer reviewed science articles about this:
https://greenmedinfo.com/
And:
https://greenmedinfo.com/problematic-action/electromagnetic-field-harms?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
5.N. A more comprehensive study needs to be done. EMF’s have been released upon the public without a full study of their effects. And especially, 5G amounts to an complete change in technology from the previous 1-4G which were not fully studied. 5G exacerbates the level of unknown about the strength and affect on the human body as well as on the natural ecosphere. This exposure also needs to be looked at as regards the satellites that are covering the planet with the same energies.
12. https://greenmedinfo.com/problematic-action/electromagnetic-field-harms?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
18. a published federal evidence review of the existing literature, with a timetable
I AM SURROUNDED BY 9 unregulated macro towers
Since they were secretly installed DIRECTLY OVER my home , my office and my animal Sanctuary
MY ANIMALS ARE DYING !
I AM NOW SICK . My family members are sick , MY NEIGHBORS ARE DYING rapidly.
It began when the towers went live , I started having heart palpitations, heart pain
, fluttering in my chest .
Ringing in my ears, terrible headaches, vertigo , blurry vision , terrible body pain , EXTREME fatigue,, memory loss, mood swings , nausea, vomiting and so much more that has effected how I live daily .
THIS IS NOW MY EVERY DAY LIFE .
I was diagnosed with radiation poisoning, then electromagnetic radiation syndrome.
There are unregulated towers on every corner in HOUMA LOUISIANA, Entergy forced a smart meter on my home , I now must use EMF / RF PROTECTION TO LEAVE MY HOME , MY HOME , MY BARN had to be completely covered with EMF protection for me to even be there . I AM NOW EXTREMELY SENSITIVE TO ALL RF / EMF frequency, electricity or electrical waves of any kind . Walking in a room with a router makes me instantly SICK or walking outside in the towers frequency around me .
My family members are now sick . The towers around us were not regulated, the smart meters they forced on our homes are not regulated. And I am now told OH WELL , You being very sick is not our problem
Because THE FCC allows whatever it is we wish to install .
Now I live a life I never thought could happen , I can not leave my safe areas without full EMF PROTECTION , I can not go to my barn or office as I did before , my horses are dying INSTANTLY UNDER THE TOWERS, my tortises were going blind and my small animals all DIED ,
9 of my neighbors have died on ONE STREET since the towers went live .
THE LOCAL PLANNING DEPARTMENT ALLOWD MORE THAN 100 Unregulated towers in our small town . My community is VERY SICK , AND DYING ,
CLUSTERS OF RESIDENTS ARE DYING UNDER THE TOWERS & WITH UNREGULATED SMART METERS forced on our homes . WITH ZERO REGULATORY STANDARDS, The death and destruction from unregulated RADIATION HAS BEEN CATASTROPHIC.
WE NEED HELP . So many of my neighbors are very sick , others are DYING RAPIDLY. Of CANCER or a host of radiation exposure related illness . WITHOUT VERY STRICT REGULATION ON RF RADIATION FOR ALL PRODUCTS, Everyone , EVERY CHILD is faced with a lifetime of illness and death .
Safe technology MUST BE THE STANDARD not something we must beg for .
This filing provides comments from B BBRENAC in the above_referenced proceeding. I âm a
member of the public concerned with the unaddressed potential health and environmental risks
of radioliequency (RF) radiation from wireless infrastructure and devices- SUMMARy Every
year, the number of connected devices and antennas increases, making it increasingly difficult to
find a place to live. The number of people suffering from electromagnetic hypersensibility
(EHS) is rising, and a significant increase in brain tumors is being observed among young adults
aged 20 to 35 in France-a trend confirmed by the national health agency. Cases of Alzheimer,s
and Parkinson's diseases are also on the rise.
Furthermore, from an environmental perspective, forest fires around the world_
particulary in developed countries.-- have reached massive proportions and spiraled
out of control since 2020, a period that marked a significant expansion of 5G. Nature
suffers as a resultt after all. when you use a microwave oven at home. you heat up food
-.-you don't produce ice.
CONCLUSION
Accordingly. I strongly urge the Commission to. under the weight of the scientific
evidence, find that the current RF exposure limits are insufficient to protect public health and the
environment. They should be lowered to reflect the science prerviously disregarded by the
Çommission.
Datcd: 08 Octotrer 2026 Sinccrely,
B Brenac