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Posted 2026-10-24#4419 · Permanent link ↗

The commenter reports pain, dizziness, headaches, racing heart and social isolation associated with avoid…

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I am glad HHS is requesting this. Because I use no wireless phone anymore, I have gotten cut off from much of society. That is very painful to me, Close relatives even, don't speak to me. They think I'm not sane, certainly stubborn and ignorant. But I am none of the above. I was trained as a scholar at U C Berkeley, in the PhD Program. Have intelligence, discernment and use logic. I started reading about the dangers of wireless , several books by medical doctors (they have all disappeared from book sellers shelves). There is a definite prejudice against not following the latest technology. People are addicted to 'Smart' phones, but they make one dumb. A cashier cannot do simple addition when the computer stops adding. People look for confirmation of any opinion, thought, feeling on their device. . It has more of a negative effect than heroine addiction (doesn't destroy individual lives as quickly, but is 100 or 1000 times more widespread.) From the beginning of the 1st role out of cell phones I knew something was wrong. I had bought a cell phone and started using it. Mysteriously, it made my wrist hurt. Then as cell towers went up, I would feel dizzy, nausea and get a severe headache. I bought a meter that registers the level of wireless radiation to try to avoid it as much as possible. That helped at first; it was amazing to see how the levels varied. I could find hotels which had no wireless or a lower level. I also learned there could be a 'white spot' in a restaurant for example where the radiation had a gap. One book sugested people might have a signiture: a partcular level irriitated them the most while perhaps higher ones did not,. (An idea, but I don't know it's accuracy. But there was a amazingly high reading at a subway station in Berlin and it did not feel bad. There is a lot more research that should be done, especially for the sake of the health of Nature. I think wireless along with many other pollutants is killing Nature. AN enormous number of trees along the road to our Ski Basin are dead or in the process of dying;; an old but still present enemy are the asbestus fumes from brakes but the addition of all the drivers being on their cell phones is the last stroke. Ones body gradually adapts to the radiation and feels it less. But all diseases are on the riise; It affects the digestive process, many become obese, fewer become abnormally sklinny. It's not the only cause but is added to all the other causes like a blanket of harm. Wireless is a stimulant, it affects my heart, Taktta Cardia, I can feel it racing at night, I cannot sleep without some powerful sleep aid. It has sped up time, people alk faster, like robots. It has benefits but is used far too much and not only as a necessary tool but as one lady told me as I asked her to turn off her phone in my gallery. Oh, No I can;t! It's more me than Me! (You are in trouble Lady, I thought to myself..)
Posted 2026-10-24#4409 · Permanent link ↗

A commenter experiencing unexplained infertility requests independent research on reproductive, mitochond…

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**Re: HHS-OASH-2026-0397 — RF/EMF Exposure, Reproductive Health, Mitochondrial Function, and Emerging Wireless Technologies** **Questions 2–3: Personal Perspective** I am a 43-year-old woman experiencing unexplained infertility. For more than half my life, I have lived in metropolitan environments with extensive cellular infrastructure, Wi-Fi networks, and wireless devices. Although I cannot establish that these exposures contributed to my infertility, I question whether the long-term biological consequences of widespread RF exposure have been adequately investigated, particularly regarding reproductive health, mitochondrial function, and developing children. **Questions 5, 6, and 11–12: Reproductive and Mitochondrial Health** I urge HHS to examine whether current RF exposure standards adequately address reproductive and developmental outcomes, including potential biological effects beyond tissue heating. A 2024 systematic review by Cordelli et al. identified potential adverse reproductive effects in experimental studies, although evidence remains uncertain. A 2024 review by Meyer et al. examined oxidative-stress biomarkers and found very low-certainty evidence. Mitochondrial function is fundamental to cellular energy production, fertility, and healthy development. I request independent studies investigating whether chronic RF exposure influences mitochondrial respiration, oxidative stress, egg and sperm quality, implantation, pregnancy outcomes, or childhood development. Research should prioritize women attempting conception, pregnant women, developing fetuses, and children, using objective measurements of real-world, cumulative exposure. **Question 13: 5G and Emerging 6G Technologies** Emerging 6G systems may use higher-frequency spectrum, including sub-terahertz frequencies, to support greater bandwidth and data capacity. Advanced beamforming and denser wireless infrastructure may also alter exposure patterns. Although higher frequency alone does not establish greater biological harm, expanding these technologies without adequate long-term biological research raises legitimate public health questions. I urge HHS to independently evaluate the biological implications of emerging frequencies and exposure patterns before widespread deployment wherever feasible, rather than assuming existing standards adequately address every new technology. **Questions 14–15: Environmental Health** Potential RF effects on pollinators, birds, plants, and other organisms also warrant investigation, particularly concerning reproduction, development, behavior, and ecosystem health. **Questions 9, 16–17: Federal Research Priorities** I respectfully request that HHS: 1. Fund independent, longitudinal studies examining fertility, pregnancy, childhood development, and mitochondrial function. 2. Investigate biological endpoints beyond tissue heating, including oxidative stress and cellular energy metabolism. 3. Measure realistic, cumulative exposure from multiple wireless sources, accounting for frequency, intensity, duration, and proximity. 4. Establish transparent research priorities for 5G and 6G, with independent replication and disclosure of funding conflicts. 5. Provide accessible exposure data and evidence-based guidance to families seeking to minimize unnecessary exposure. **Conclusion** Technological advancement should be accompanied by equally rigorous public health research and accountability. As a woman struggling to conceive, I believe reproductive health, mitochondrial integrity, and the biological consequences of lifelong environmental exposure deserve serious federal attention. Scientific uncertainty should motivate independent investigation, transparent risk assessment, and reasonable precaution—not premature assurances of safety or unsupported claims of harm. **Selected References** Cordelli et al. (2024). *Environment International*, 185, 108509. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.108509 Meyer et al. (2024). *Environment International*, 194, 108940. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.108940
Posted 2026-10-24#4405 · Permanent link ↗

The commenter calls for mandatory exposure monitoring, maintenance, removal where warranted and safe sepa…

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Anything that has a health risk concern like EMF, radio frequency, wireless exposure SHOULD be change to: any EMF, radio frequency, wireless frequency system SHALL HAVE a monitoring system at every at risk device and SHALL be monitored, maintained and possibly removed if those risk potentially cause harm to humans, animals and/or nature. All systems SHALL be within safe distance not to cause harm.
Posted 2026-10-24#4399 · Permanent link ↗

The commenter reports 5G sensitivity, palpitations, painful phone contact, insomnia and fatigue, describe…

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Dear Department of Health and Human Services, I am writing to formally report severe and ongoing adverse health effects that I attribute to exposure to 5G radiation. I first became aware of my extreme sensitivity to 5G in 2020. According to available data, 2020–2021 marked the peak years of the initial mass rollout of 5G infrastructure worldwide. In 2020, I began experiencing severe heart palpitations and sought emergency medical care. Physicians performed an electrocardiogram (EKG) and blood tests for cardiac enzymes; all results were reported as normal. I left the emergency room without any medical explanation for the sudden onset of these cardiac symptoms. After conducting my own research, I obtained a device designed to mitigate the effects of 5G radiation on the human body. Immediately after plugging the device into a wall outlet, my heart palpitations ceased. Since 2021, I have been required to use a 5G-compatible cellular phone. Whenever my fingertips contact the phone’s screen, I experience a burning sensation. After only one to two minutes of contact, my fingertips become completely numb. I researched mitigation options and purchased specialized gloves for handling the phone, as well as a stylus for typing. Without these protective measures, any direct contact with the phone causes pain. Even with them, touching the device produces shock-like sensations that travel up my arm and into my shoulder, resulting in significant bodily pain. I also have noticed that when I hold my phone close to my body, that I experience pain in the area that the phone is closest to. To continue mitigation efforts, I have needed to purchase protective clothing to use during my workday on the computer. I have also developed extreme insomnia, characterized by difficulty falling asleep, frequent nighttime awakenings, and early-morning awakening. The only reliable method I have found to obtain sleep is to unplug my Wi-Fi router at night. On occasions when a family member uses Wi-Fi late at night and forgets to disconnect it, I routinely awaken between 2:00 am and 3:00 a.m. and am unable to return to sleep. Additionally, on days of heavy 5G exposure I experience profound fatigue and extreme tiredness that severely impair my ability to function during the day. None of these symptoms occur when I am in natural environments far removed from 5G infrastructure. However, such areas have become increasingly difficult to locate. I am deeply concerned about the forthcoming deployment of 6G technology. I believe that 5G—and especially 6G—has the potential to harm human health, animal life, and the broader natural environment. For me personally, continued exposure could prove debilitating or worse. I therefore respectfully demand meaningful reductions in ambient levels of this radiation and urge rigorous independent investigation into its biological effects. Thank you for your attention to this serious matter. I am prepared to provide additional details or documentation upon request. Sincerely, Mary Okocha okocha.mary@gmail.com October 15, 2026 CITATIONS: Gartner forecast on worldwide 5G network infrastructure revenue growth (2020–2021):
https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2021-08-04-gartner-forecasts-worldwide-5g-network-infrastrucutre-revenue-to-grow-39pc-in-2021 Viavi “State of 5G” report — cities with 5G jumped ~350% in 2020 (to 1,336 cities):
https://www.lightwaveonline.com/broadband/article/55031716/study-global-5g-roll-outs-jumped-350-in-2020-despite-pandemic
(Related PR: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/command-the-5g-network-5g-roll-outs-more-than-tripled-in-2020-to-reach-1-336-cities-worldwide-according-to-viavi-report-301233149.html) GSA 5G End-of-Year Report 2021 (200 commercial networks, device counts, etc.):
https://www.microwavejournal.com/articles/print/37434-gsa-5g-end-of-the-year-report---2021
https://gsacom.com/paper/5g-market-snapshot-2021-end-of-year/ https://ehtrust.org/what-evidence-of-people-injured-by-wireless-radiation-was-ignored-by-the-fcc-historic-lawsuit-eht-et-al-v-fcc/ National Toxicology Program — 2018 The U.S. National Toxicology Program conducted extensive animal studies involving radiofrequency exposure at 900 MHz, representative of earlier cellular technologies. https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/research/topics/cellphones
Posted 2026-10-24#4392 · Permanent link ↗

The commenter urges immediate protective action by HHS and FCC, favors fiber optics, criticizes siting pr…

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Radio frequency radiation (microwave) and electromagnetic frequencies have insidiously proliferated in our environment and are causing debilitating health effects in all biological organisms, including humans. We do not need more studies (see attached). We need the FCC and HHS to immediately recognize the harm and protect the health and safety of Americans and the nation. Fiber optics is safer, faster and more secure. Why has the FCC allowed wireless frequencies to proliferate without recognition of the harm? Why did the FCC pass laws in 1996 to disallow communities to stop the proliferation of cell phone towers based on health or environmental effects? Why hasn't the FCC updated their 30 year old safety studies that were flawed int he first place? Why has the funding for determining the effects of manmade frequencies been eliminated from the Environmental Protection Agency? Why hasn't the HHS taken the necessary steps to determine the effects of radio frequency microwave radiation on humans, animals and all biological life? Our government agencies have failed us and I request this issue be regarded as a top priority.

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Posted 2026-10-24#4334 · Permanent link ↗

The commenter alleges longstanding microwave, infrasound and surveillance targeting by criminal and gover…

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Hello my name is Andrew Paul, I lived in Olympia , that's where my targeting started in the apartments complex by Slyvestor Park, I believe it was infiltrated by the cartels (controlled by the CCP), and that explains why Olympia & BellTown have so many "crazies", it's not just meth & "keep portland weird" vibes. It's targeted microwave pulse devices, "audio spotlights" and cyber-operators (usually neighbors in apartment complexes with fake IDs on welfare so they don't need a job as part of their fake ID). Compounding with all the FRAUD of H1B, FOREIGN EUROPEAN/EURASIA/RUSSIAN/CHINESE born invaders that target the Native Americans/Mexicans/Canadians/Inuit, to kidnap & traffick & use for organ harvesting/occultic ritual sacrifice by various billionaires & millionaires corrupting local municipal,police, sheriff, national guardsmen, HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS. Me speficially I was getting "tinmitus" when I was barely a teen, my mom got cancer, and the cats died a month after she did (1 of the cats had tumors). So I believe besides Cuckooing & Entrapment by The Jubgle /Downtown Associations for basic set ups by Informant Gangs, I have been targeted by the CCP and or the KKK /cartels/Aryan Brotherhood, prison gangs. To not only take the apartment, but speficially use mk ultra & cointelpro tactics to turn me into a "vegetable" as they so often say via Infra-sound & other mechanisms (potential implants, but more likely "Near Field Communications", vaccines, and an apartment and even micro-city "community policing" and "internet service expanding" nonprofit controlled liberal "add ones" or "transceivers" that act like STINGRAYS, allowing entire "police departments" worth of Chinese & GRU cyber operators & "tech support scammers" (H1B) in Microsoft/AWS/security industry specialists, to play man in the middle and drastically alter not only the "feeds" of social media, but also the acoustic & EMF frequencies our devices output. To manipulate the biologic thought processes of targeted individuals such as myself Thi has being ongoing for at the least 10 years. But at least from age 20 onwards, before I got arrested for simple possession of "Jason's" meth pipe (he had my weed pipe and in fact, when I got out of Thurston county the next day, he traded it in front of me to some female for a lighter. Magickally "Jason" stopped hanging around the convince store by my apartment building when I became homeless Anyways, besides Reily and many other homeless tweekers being driven & dropped off to proxy stalk, talk, harrass, bother and beg foroney, weed, sigs, early on it was simply Emily being dropped off to wal towards me on the side walk to make it awkward when I was coming back from my normal routines of shopping for food, or smoking weed in the woods and simply autistically exploring the neighborhoods I grew up in, like the train tracks me and my friends would all.sneak off to during recess to smoke cigs or drink beer together as a group. I suppose it was a bit of nostalgia & back then were was still "illegal" and many of my friends died from the scurge of Fetty gangs taking over small towns Olympia used to have head shops and "no tweekers allowed" signs Now it's flooded with illegals FROM OTHER CONTINENTS, people that have NO BLOOD QUANTUM TO TURTLE ISLAND & WHO WERE SENT HERE AS PART.OF PSYOP PLATOONS, foot soldiers for the cyber operators. Logistics for FAKE homeless encampments, that used the JUNGLE as a BODY DISPOSAL SITE, DISMEMBERING BODIES FOR YEARS MANY PEOPLE TOLD ME "THEY CUT PEOPLE UP IN THOSE CAMPS, THE POLICE KNOW ABOUT IT, THATS WHY NOBODY DOES ANYTHING" AND "PEOPLE WILL PAY YOU TO GO TO TREATMENT" so, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF USA BORN AMERICANS ARE DEAD. We the people are fearful to walk the streets our ancestors paved We the people are threatened DAILY in our own homes. We are tortured with Infra-sound, microwaves, and constant noise campaigns below our windows by those who laugh at the death & suffering of others because they are COWARDS bowing down to the PRISON INDUSTRY RAPO-GANGS, that target children (selling drugs to them to GROOM THEM INTO GANGS/PROSTITUTION/ENTRAPMENT FODDER). These local cops/Sherifs take bribes from dealers who marry pregnant minors Minors constantly overdose or get killed on these lands camps Always stealing everything from everyone They are the "gangstalkers" (gangs, that stalk people in exchange for drugs & sex slaves from the RICO networks of NGO nonprofits). My name is Andrew, my friends have died, my brother go stomach cancer & died at 46, my mom got endometrisos and died from cancer at 58. Both her and me have been targeted for years even when she was getting cancer treatment They slander me by saying I didn't live at the building mom & I lived at for 20+ years These people pretend to have cancer to manipulate others, constantly lying & getting others killed. Background check them!

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Posted 2026-10-24#4330 · Permanent link ↗

A software engineer reports improvement after eliminating wireless sources but lasting life limitations, …

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I am submitting this comment with my perspectives in response to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Request for Information on Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs), Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation, and Wireless Radiation Exposure. I am responding from several perspectives: as a software engineer with extensive experience working with technology and electronic systems; as a person who has experienced significant symptoms that I associate with exposure to electromagnetic fields and wireless radiation; and as a professional who has spent the past several years measuring and documenting electromagnetic field exposures in my home and other environments. In January of 2022 I eliminated wireless technologies completely from my personal environment and whenever feasible reduced or distanced myself from electric and magnetic emissions. These changes improved my health and allowed me to reengage with the world. Unfortunately, avoidance of wireless technologies required changes that permanently affected my career, family, and personal life. It is impossible to avoid being exposed to all wireless and electromagnetic emissions. Radio frequency exposures from sources which are not my own continue to aggravate my symptoms and limit my life. I don’t want to feel these symptoms anymore when doing normal things like working in an office, walking into a store with an overpowered mesh / wifi system, going to a concert, restaurant, bar, or visiting family or friends. Over the last few years, I learned more about detection, identification, measurement, and mitigation to electromagnetic emissions. My sister became a Building Biology Institute-certified Electromagnetic Radiation Specialist (EMRS). Together we develop practical methods for detecting, measuring, documenting, and reducing electromagnetic exposures. Using these strategies we have significantly improved my functionality and not only am I back at the computer, but I have developed a web application that shows electromagnetic emissions and measurement statistics spatially. I have become particularly concerned that consumers are uninformed about the specifications of a product’s wireless features and have limited or no control over those features. Technology will continue to develop faster than long-term health research and regulatory processes can reasonably keep pace with it. Additionally, the way RF exposure is evaluated does not always reflect the conditions people experience in their daily lives. I therefore encourage HHS to consider these particularly practical areas for regulatory and technology standards: Wireless devices should provide a genuine, user-accessible means of turning off wireless emissions, rather than merely hiding wireless functionality or placing a device into a mode in which emissions continue. Cellular phones should support calls and text messaging when the phone is connected through a wired Ethernet connection to a router, so that consumers who choose a wired network connection can use their phones for these functions without requiring an active wireless connection. Products should be required to display prominently on the packaging standardized consumer-facing RF exposure information, similar in concept to other standardized product information that allows consumers to compare products and make informed choices. the type, number, frequencies and transmission characteristics of a device; how to reduce unnecessary close-proximity exposure; how to use wired alternatives where available; how to disable wireless functions completely; whether a device continues transmitting while in standby or charging; whether simultaneous transmitters were evaluated; whether children or other populations were specifically evaluated; and what exposure conditions were and were not included in testing. I am particularly concerned about exposure involving children, infants, pregnancy, and other populations that may differ from those of a typical adult. Children may spend many hours in schools and childcare facilities surrounded by multiple wireless transmitters, sometimes at very close distances. Wireless devices are also increasingly incorporated into products used by infants and children. Federal research and exposure assessment should therefore specifically address age-specific and developmental exposure scenarios rather than assuming that adult testing adequately represents all populations. I also believe that federal research priorities should include long-term, independent investigation of cumulative and chronic exposure, children and pregnancy, reproductive and developmental outcomes, neurological and sleep-related effects, cardiovascular and other biological effects, environmental and ecological effects, and exposure associated with evolving technologies such as 5G, future wireless systems, IoT devices, wearables, smart homes, wireless medical devices, and increasingly dense wireless infrastructure. See attached file.

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Posted 2026-10-24#4292 · Permanent link ↗

The commenter reports better sleep after moving away from dense Wi-Fi exposure, calls for investigation a…

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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 someone struggling with her own health issues, while seeing others struggle, as well. Also, as someone who is familiar with research suggesting radiation causes harm far in excess of anything paid shills for the industry are willing to admit. On a strictly experiential level: Radiation exposure is a lot like boiling a frog. The frog doesn't know what's happening, but it feels unwell, it has lost and continues to lose function and a baseline sense of well-being, and eventually, unless it's removed from the cooking pot, it will die. When I moved out of an apartment building blighted with a high density of WiFi signals... to a location with fewer WiFi routers per square mile, I started to sleep better, and other issues eased, as well. I'm still being boiled in all the other sources of radiation (cell phones and cell phone masts, smart meters, etc), but even this minor change has made an appreciable difference in my sleep. How much more lost function and productivity (over the past years) might I regain in an environment without all this toxic, weapons-grade radiation… that our own military used to admit was a threat to the health and preparedness of its troops! How many more of my health issues might reverse, if I didn't have to endure radiation levels up to a million times normal background radiation which our bodies and brains have historically been exposed to! How much more functional and healthy and happy might our children be, and all of our society be, without this pervasive and unprecedented toxic exposure! The failure to properly investigate and regulate radiation is nothing short of a crime against humanity. Ecocide, too. One way or another, the truth will come out. Better it come out sooner, to spare us needless suffering, and spare our planet the needless loss and extinction of its most vulnerable species, starting with insects and birds, but including our precious children. The link between radiation and biological harm is established for any who are courageous enough to acknowledge it. I urge HHS to take 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 ALL these experiences AND the scientific evidence, identify gaps in current research, give espeical attention to children and other potentially vulnerable populations, and establish appropriate federal research priorities regarding wireless radiation and public health. Thank you for providing me this opportunity to be heard.

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