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I am describing my personal experience:  In January 2019 I moved into a house with a broadcasting smart meter. Soon after, I experienced an immediate decline in my health. I noticed headaches, tinnitus, insomnia, exhaustion, sleep problems, leg cramps, chest pains, joint aches, anxiety, whole body buzzing sensations, rashes, loss of bladder control, tingling in the extremities, irritability, inability to concentrate, and agitation. I was unable to find a doctor who could help me.                      My life has changed in almost uncountable ways since my experience of living in a house with a smart meter. Getting it removed didn't make it be as if it had never been there although the new non-broadcasting opt-out meter's arrival meant that things stopped getting worse.        I used to be able to drive, ride a bicycle, walk on a road with houses on it, take public transportation, and go to places where people are. I can't any more because I can't be where there are cell phones, smart meters, WiFi, or power lines without experiencing pain, tinnitus, headaches, and aching joints. It takes several days to recover if I absolutely have to go into town (for medical appointments).  I used to be able to do all these things, and more. When I say I can't do things I mean the price is too high. I'd rather sit in the dark than turn on the light, for example, not because the small jolt I feel is excruciating but because it takes a while to recover from it and because avoiding these stressors means I might not get worse and I might improve. (Other, larger, devices give more discomfort, sometimes a lot more). I used to be able to use a toaster, a coffee grinder, a waffle iron, a blender, a food processor, an insinkerator, a flashlight, an electric shaver, a vibrator, a computer keyboard, a cordless phone, a cell phone, a laptop, a digital camera, a cook stove, a refrigerator, an electric blanket, a pellet stove, a heating pad, an air conditioner, a television, a DVD player, a ceiling fan, a floor fan, a dishwasher, a laundry machine, an iron, a vacuum cleaner, a lawn mower.  How do I live? I don't do these things at all or I get someone to do them for me or I create Rube Goldberg machines or scenarios to get around it. I turn on a lamp by holding an iced tea spoon with a reacher-grabber device so I can touch the spoon to the capacitive light switch on my battery-powered lamp. For years, if I wanted something from the fridge I'd only get it if someone brought it to me, I couldn't even be in the same room as the refrigerator. Now the fridge has been converted to an icebox and a quarter of the space is taken up by ice. I'm glamping in my home. It's often cold and dark.               That's not all I lost. I became dependent on others for help. I can't visit people in their houses. If I see people they have to come to my home. I couldn't fly to visit my father when he was dying. Or go on trips with my family Or go to a store. Or a movie, or a play or a park, or the sea. Or a museum or a library. or go to a protest, do jury duty or vote. I am so grateful to be able to vote by mail, now. (And get some of my medical care remotely.)                      It's now October 2026 and I still struggle with the sequelae from living with a smart meter for a few months more than seven years ago. 

I am personally affected by dirty electricity, which is the only exposure I cannot avoid at all. I found out the hard way by living a mile away from a casino. I couldn’t buy a house I wanted (In the country!!) because it was too close to another casino. My symptoms are immediate itchiness all over, followed by itchy bumps, followed by rash & then leaky pus, much like poison ivy, only in protected areas---groin, armpits, face. And the loss of appetite, nausea, dizziness, insomnia & extreme exhaustion. I avoid EMFs, RFs, and Wireless because I have a friend with issues & I read The Invisible Rainbow. Not having a smart phone is EXTREMELY limiting, but necessary. My computer is hardwired & these days, which no longer supports the technology, is not as reliable as WiFi. I cannot have home security system as they all require WiFi. Too much Wifi causes tingling in my ear & hand while using a flip phone, which also are now not only hard to find but very unreliable. I had to search hard for a DUMB TV. I am concerned that if infrastructure does not continue to support wired internet connections, I may need to move or go without internet. PLEASE RESTORE LOW INCOME ACCESS! I strongly believe that other cable/wired options should be made permanently available to all who need or desire them & that technology supported. I am greatly concerned about the affect of wireless technology on people, especially children, who are not only exposed to unsafe, untested exposures, but seem to have lost their social skills, their communication skills, their connection to the real world, including nature. It’s killing our bees, our insects & affecting our natural food supplies. It’s harming wildlife, and ecological systems & killing trees. It’s EXTREMELY vulnerable to weather, terrorism & corporate/tyrannical control, affecting national security. Also if harm occurs, people should be compensated for injury, illness, or loss with CLEAR & PRECISE language on the symptoms, agencies to contact Bottom Line; I’m against it. I prefer the already taxpayer funded, safer, faster & more reliable & more DEMOCRATIC fiber-optics. Thank you.

As an update addendum to my earlier response, I just discovered not only does the light switch by my bed emit RF but the outlet does too. I tried shutting my circuit breakers off and it still emits the RF. I have read that the smart meters cause the house wiring to resonate with and transmit the signal. And I confirmed what was reported, which is that the meter constantly emits RF, contrary to the industry claims that they only emit infrequently. This is easily verified with a TriField meter. This very much looks like my entire house is a giant RF antennae and I am unable to shut it off. There is an opt-out program from PG&E to get the meter replaced with a manual one (it costs more but I'd be glad to do it). I will take advantage of that immediately, I wish I'd done it years ago. One major concern is what if a hostile government or AI hacked such devices and weaponized them, using the Havana syndrome frequencies/pulsing method? Could Starlink, or cell towers, or our own cell phones cause our demise? What would a world where everyone has severe Havana syndrome look like? And what if we already have a much milder syndrome, caused by EMR that we don't realize makes us less functional and less happy than we would otherwise be? Has testing been done to compare people living in RF saturated environments with those not so to check for neurofunctionality, neuroinflammation, cognitive performance etc?

I am a former instrumentation and electrical technician (2004–2021, oil & gas and pharmaceutical). The attached comment responds to Questions 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 13, 16, 17 and 18. It documents an unregulated residential exposure within the RFI’s scope: high-frequency noise voltage conducted on household wiring in the 2–150 kHz band, from switch-mode power supplies and electronic utility meters. Federal conducted-emission limits (47 CFR 15.107) begin at 150 kHz, and ANSI C12.1-2022 exempts the most common residential meter form from harmonic testing. I include laboratory and personal field measurements, a balanced summary of the health evidence, my own documented case, and six specific recommendations. I ask HHS to define this exposure, fund a validated measurement method with NIST and NIOSH, and coordinate with the FCC to close the 2–150 kHz gap.

I am father to two daughters that exhibit high sensitivity and adverse reactions to emf exposure, specifically cell phone, cell tower, and wifi router radiation. I am grateful that the HHS has invited public comment on this issue. As a high school physics teacher for over 30 years, I was at first slow to believe that wireless radiation could cause non-thermal biological effects in humans. The alarming symptoms experienced by my daughters, however, challenged my assumptions. I spent over $1000 on various meters so I could take my own measurements. I understand that there has been a lot of scientific research on this subject and that many studies conclude there are no harmful effects from cell phones or cell towers. My own experience and that of my family convinces me that this conclusion is false. Microwave radiation can definitely have serious effects on some people. In order to protect my family from wireless radiation harms we moved out of Chicago and now live in a semi-rural area on 2 acres. We use only wired internet devices in the home. We have no wifi router or bluetooth devices. The average microwave density in our home is now under 1.0 microwatt per square meter as measured by a Safe and Sound Pro II RF meter (see attached image). In contrast, the level in the high school where I teach averages 4.6, and in the eldercare facility where my son works around 18 𝜇W/m2. (See attached images) My eldest daughter began showing symptoms during her junior year at public high school in Chicago. When in the school building, which had a high density of wifi routers installed throughout, she would gradually feel more and more ill with nausea, brain fog, weakness, and bloody noses. These symptoms quickly abated when she left the building. Her high school counselor discounted her complaints and suggested she seek psychotherapy. She tried toughing it out, wanting to finish her high school diploma, but the continued high exposure only made her sensitivity increase. Eventually she had to withdraw and complete her diploma as a homeschooler. Meanwhile, my second daughter also began exhibiting similar symptoms. She was already being homeschooled but very active in Chicago community extra curricular activities – theater groups, art classes, park district programs, and martial arts. Sadly, because of adverse reactions to the radiation exposure in these facilities, she had to withdraw from these activities one by one. Similar to her sister, her reactions to RF include brain fog, fatigue, loss of speech, joint pain, and heart irregularities. While the move out of Chicago and the removal of sources of RF from our home was a necessary and effective remedy for my daughters, their lives are severely limited. High levels of RF, over 100 𝜇W/m2, are now becoming ubiquitous. My daughters must carefully limit time spent in stores, urban centers, medical facilities, even church and peoples homes. In person higher education is not possible for them. Radiation free employment is extremely difficult to find. Surviving emf sensitivity is not only logistically difficult but also expensive. In order to avoid the radiation from a smart meter, which emits intense short pulses of emf energy, I have to pay the electrical company a “manual read fee” of $115.77 each month. (See attached electrical bill) This adds up to nearly $1400 per year, a ridiculously unfair penalty. Another source of emf radiation which my daughters react to are LED lightbulbs. These devices produce what is known as “dirty electricity” in the home circuits. It is becoming increasingly difficult and expensive to purchase incandescent lightbulbs. The current federal rules prohibiting the manufacture and sale of incandescent bulbs needs to be repealed. I am very concerned for the future. If the spread of high radiation levels continues at the current pace, opportunities for a healthy life for people like my daughters will shrink ever smaller. I urge the HHS to take seriously the potential harms of RF radiation and pursue more independent research on this important issue.

Am grateful to hear that EMF exposure will be seriously researched. I have a co-worker that worked in my office for 10 years - approx 10 feet away from her desk window is a power pole with multiple large lines going into it - not an average power pole. She began having mini seizures and was diagnosed with a rare, one of a kind type of epilepsy and was asked to be a study. Within 6 months, she moved to another job and all of her symptoms went away. In the past year, a 5G tower was put up near our neighborhood. Both my husband and I have been experiencing extreme brain fog and forgetfulness and insomnia to an uncomfortable extreme. We have been otherwise healthy. Makes me wonder about the utility box that is mounted just outside of our bedroom wall. In-home wi-fi and wi-fi appliances - are there any studies on the effects of short and long-term exposure? LED light bulbs - everywhere, since incandescent have been outlawed. I have seen reports that they have a blinking pattern similar to fluorescent lights. Are there studies on this? Studies need to be done by independent health-minded agencies or non-profits. Thank you for the opportunity give input.

My health and wellbeing have been severely compromised the last three years due to emf’s. When I first noticed that I felt ill whenever I entered my house, I struggled for months to determine who would be wiling and able to assess why that was happening. Eventually I learned about building biologists, but shortly thereafter learned that none of them were in Maine. With the help of a building biologist in Virginia, I was eventually able to have my house assessed. I learned that the rf levels were extremely high. After getting rid of WiFi and operating firm Ethernet, I felt some relief for a month. Then suddenly my electric bill leaped from 200 per month to 1000. With another assessment, I learned that I have extremely high levels of dirty electricity. I lived with every fuse turned off for another year and a half to mitigate the problem. Eventually I sold that house and moved only to have a problem with dirty electricity again in the new house. Again I had another assessment done and was given suggestions to mitigate the problem. I am just beginning to implement some of the things he suggested. I have CLL, which has gotten steadily worse due to the emf issues I have had. I know that I and other EMF sensitive people are the canaries in the coal mine. We feel what others are experiencing also, but may not notice. I so wish that peoples’ health mattered more in our country than profits and venture capital,

My love for electricity left me with over a decade of undiagnosed illness. My degree in Electrical Engineering specializing in signals and systems from the prestigious UC Davis left me completely unprepared for my future health issues. The connection of detrimental human generated EMF and biological disfunction is ignored. Others with my same credentials arrogantly state there are no health connections, their education does not adequately prepare them to make such statements. After now eight years aware of this cause and 15 years dealing with severe medical deficiencies western doctors could not diagnose, I implore you to take seriously the disease we are now intentionally spewing at all biological life. My intellectual pursuits of recent years has been in understanding nourishing harmonizing beneficial frequencies and how starkly different they are to what our cellular and wifi signals now spread worldwide. Tesla referred to these human generated frequencies as retarded waves. Doctors studying the energy fields in the body often call them sub physical as they damage biological tissue. BioGeometry is the only solution I have found that is repeatable and works. After studying this qualitative science and living in two homes now corrected utilizing this technique, I feel better than I have in decades. Most people have never heard of it. Switzerland hired Ibrahim Karim who found and implemented solutions to city wide illness caused by cell towers. Similar to how big pharma has caused mass corruption in our standard healthcare system, I believe the large telecommunications industry taken over the narrative spreading false unsubstantiated claims of benign impacts of these fields being generated now everywhere. One practitioner years ago had a revelation that he has an abundance of electrical engineers as patients. It became his belief that those of us in this field of work had more exposure sooner than others and therefore have become the first wave of what will be a modern epidemic of our own making affecting all life. I implore you to correct this before we annihilate not only our species but so many other innocents as well. My primary frequency induced symptom is sensory overload to the point I cannot live in most modern communities and exhibits similarly to brain fog and staring at nothing unable to process thoughts. My nervous system and limbic system become over reactive to threats that don’t exist. I am unable to sleep. I become highly anxious at absolutely nothing and have had several chronic days long episodes of increased heart rate while laying in bed. These are severe reactions to minor frequencies most other people do not notice. This happens around high frequency low decibel audible noise, wifi, near cell towers, neighborhood transformers (involving action now from two power companies at two different homes) and in hybrid cars, I avoid EVs. I have hardwired ethernet in my home, bought a full gas vehicle, use air tube headphones, often have my phone off etc. We are destroying Gaia earth. Augmenting the now higher harmonic than the Shuman resonance. Affecting lei lines, Hartman and curry lines as well. It is an absolute disaster. Please stop the spread! Of towers and signals everywhere!!

I am an individual, a consumer and a patient. I am affected by Wi-Fi, wireless infrastructure, mobile phones, smart meters, wearable devices, and occupational equipment. I have developed chronic pain, chronic infections/illnesses, fatigue, reactivated EBV, terrible sleep issues, tingling/numbness, tinnitus, lack of or no interest in many things I once enjoyed and other issues. I along with everyone else, is constantly bombarded with electromagnetic waves penetrating our bodies. This comes from all sources as stated above, but let's start with Wi-Fi Infrastructure. I moved into a vertical condo tower after leaving my house from toxic mold. We thought this structure made of glass, steel and concrete would be safe, but it was a Wi-Fi only structure, and this was several years prior to Covid 2020. I thought the Wi-Fi only was strange but learned that new builds were this way. When Covid hit and many businesses were closed or with limited service, 5G cell phone towers were installed, and mostly in the cover of the night. There were 1297 towers and antennas within a 3 mile radius of my street address, and 8 of these under one (1) mile. And this is not including all the Wi-Fi within the vertical building but was at the time I moved from this place because I became so ill. I had to leave a home, again. At the present time, my new place of residence 377 towers and antennas but the structures are built basically on top of one another. It has It has been said, but not published, that Wi-Fi amplifies mold and mycotoxins by 600 times. I believe this. I had a blood mycotoxin test performed in late 2024 and it was red on each type. Wi-Fi is everywhere. The residence is not safe, even with safeguards. At any given time, you can see multiple listings of neighbors Wi-Fi, which could be accessible, with their passcode, inside of my residence. This not only creates health issues with the bombardment of radiation, but it also appears to me to be an Invasion of my Privacy. Now add in the Smart Meters and the mysterious health issues.... When did a private company have the right to establish this and destroy our health? and demand that the meters can't be removed? The constant scanning from the meter to a place far away creates another level of radiation that is higher than established and acceptable levels by EPA. I attempted a wearable watch which would track heart rate and other measurements as I have experiences with racing heart and palpitations. It caused burning and strange vibrations, so now I do not wear any watch. Home sleep studies are basically impossible since most of Wi-Fi based. There are many people who suffer who do not know what is causing their symptoms and their physicians are baffled and usually dismissed as being normal, with nothing wrong. Occupational equipment and mobile phones are an issue as well. Computers, Wi-Fi printers, bluetooth and remote working all creates another level of havoc when people are constantly utilizing these items. Dirty electricity and high frequency light bulbs and LEDs are also problematic when mixed into this scenario and also by themselves. I did seek medical treatment and it is continuous. And I am thankful for this, but I should not be out of pocket monies for the destruction of my health by a private company, and others which help push these agendas. We should all have safety and these items are anything BUT safe. We moved from our residence in the vertical tower and have experienced some improvement but still bombarded by constant Wi-Fi radiation which cannot be controlled. The effects are lingering and it is unknown if returning to a point of past will ever be achieved. One used to be able to go into nature to "get away" but even now, you find these ugly Wi-Fi towers and routers everywhere. And the children. They have no chance with all of these items especially during their development phases.

1. & 2. I am responding as: an individual 3a. Type of wireless or RF/EMF sources involved (e.g., mobile phones, Wi-Fi, smart meters…)Sensitive to "dirty electricity" from building wiring, electronics, WiFi., broadcating utillity meters 3b. Nature, duration, frequency, and approximate timing (e.g., years):In 2002 I had severe symptoms that thousands of $ of medical test found no cause for. It turned out that electromagnetic exposure was the cause. We had to move to a country home with no cell towers, no broadcasting meter, no WiFi, etc. I cannot travel due to ubiquitous WiFi. 3c. Adverse health effect(s) experienced:Unbelievably severe insomnia. Pain in the left side of my head. Tingling and numbness in left arm and leg. Irregular heartbeat with episodes of sudden spiking of heart rate and blood pressure. Spasms when near electronics such as computers or store cash registers. At worst point, I could not walk and had to be taken to a clinic in a wheelchair. I felt as if I were made of paper. My husband checked at night to see if I was still breathing. 3d. Time from first exposure to first appearance of adverse health effects; and did a change in exposure coincide with the onset of adverse effects:Symptoms began with irregular heartbeat, then suddenly got severe. Perhaps due to a cheese factory that was on our substation line (and should not have been) installing yet more equipment that dumped harmfl frequencies onto the line. 3e. Was medical evaluation or treatment sought? (Optionally:) Was there a diagnosis?Thousands of dollars of test were done, including MRI of my brain as brain cancer was considered likely. I also wore a heart monitor. Mainstream medical system could only tell me that I had preatrial cardiac syndrome. One chamber of heart out of synch due to electrical signal out of synch. They had no idea why. Thank God an alternative practitioner put me in touch with Dave Stetzer of Stetzer Electric, who tested our electricity and coached us re what to do. 3f. Were steps taken to reduce or eliminate exposure, and were there subsequent changes in the effects?Dave Stetzer coached us re what to do to make our home safer for me and sent us the first Stetzer filters he had created. All symptoms disappeared. But I cannot travel or spend much time in urban areas due to the eposure there. 3g. Any supporting documentation? This includes Scientific Reports, exposure measurements, or other relevant information:Our personal physician kept notes from the time he began working with us. My mainstream medical records also should confirm. Additional Details you would like to share about your experiences of adverse health effects you believe to be associated with exposure to wireless radiation or EMF's:I am a natural wellness practitioner. I became an activist and had a website on the issues for some time. Many, many files of the info. I shared there. Effects cover the gamut from insomnia and brain fog through type three diabetes, M.S. and cancer. This is not belief. The research is vast and unequivocal. B1a. Sources you experience as causing you Adverse Effects:WiFi, variable speed motors, cell towers, computers, "dirty electricity" on building wiring and water pipes, inverters... B1b. Sources you can sense, but don't seem to harm you: B1c. Sources you can use without sensing or being harmed:Laptop computer with ethernet connection, run on battery. Still some stress, but doable. B1d. Sources that seem to provide benefit (i.e., electrotherapy):Avoidance is the biggie. B2a. Health conditions you think may contribute to your sensitivity to EMFs including wireless:I am 82. Joints all fine. Stopped wearing glasses. Not taking any pharmaceuticals. No medical conditions. The only thing that might have contributed was metal in my teeth, which is now long gone. B2b. Health conditions you don't necessarily associate with your sensitivity to EMFs including wireless, but might be relevant:None. B3. For each subquestion please list up to 5 drugs or therapies or home remedies (if any) B3a. That you recommend, as they helped you tolerate or recover from EMF exposure:Installed Stetzer filters, removed grounding to water pipes, have no WiFi, no CFL bulbs, no variable speed motors, no broadcasting meter, more nutrient-dense diet. B3b. That you recommend, but you’re not positive that they help:none B3c. That helped you but you don’t recommend. (e.g., the benefit did not last long or the side effects were too harmful):none B3d. Treatments that had no effect:none B3e. Treatments that made your sensitivity worse:75+ B4. What is your age range?75+ B5. What year did you become aware of your sensitivity to wireless radiation or electromagnetic fields?2003 B6. What country, state, province, or major city were you living in when you first noticed your sensitivity to wireless or electromagnetic fields?Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, USA