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Posted 2026-10-14#2899 · Permanent link ↗

Describes household symptoms, animal changes and a spouse’s cancer around wireless upgrades, explicitly a…

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Around the time our area was upgraded to 5G, we noticed several changes, including ringing in our ears, eye discomfort, and more frequent headaches. After our local internet provider upgraded our modem, we also noticed symptoms such as brain fog, increased thirst, and difficulty sleeping. Our cats began showing signs of illness, and the bird population around our rural property noticeably declined. My husband also battled cancer, which eventually spread to his bones and brain, despite initially being told those were areas his cancer was not expected to spread to. His cancer was also found to have a rare secondary cancer, adding another unexpected complication to his illness. I understand that these observations and my husband's cancer do not establish a connection to EMF exposure, and other factors may be involved. However, our experiences have left me with questions about the potential long-term effects of increased wireless technology. I believe more independent research is needed into cumulative EMF exposure and its possible effects on human health, animals, and the environment.
Posted 2026-10-14#2898 · Permanent link ↗

Requests a transparent reassessment of long-term, multi-source exposure limits, independent monitoring an…

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I submit these comments as an individual consumer and concerned family member (Q2). People cannot readily opt out of ambient exposure from nearby antennas. I urge federal agencies to reassess whether existing limits adequately address lifelong, real-world exposures, including for children and ecosystems. Q3–4: Sources of concern include cell towers/small cells, phones, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, smart meters, and wearables. People report headaches, sleep disruption, fatigue, and other symptoms they associate with RF exposure. Investigate these reports systematically without assuming causation. I report no personal diagnosis or clinical observations. Agencies should collect nonidentifying reports documenting device/source, measured exposure, timing, symptoms, medical evaluation, and changes after exposure reduction, using blinded tests where feasible. Q5–6: Compare FCC limits with ICNIRP 2020 and IEEE standards, WHO reviews, and IARC assessments. Explain how limits address frequency, SAR, power density, modulation, duty cycle, beamforming, distance, exposure duration, and multiple sources. The U.S. National Toxicology Program reported clear evidence of malignant heart schwannomas in male rats under specific high-level RF exposure conditions; these results do not establish risks from everyday 5G exposure. IARC classified RF fields as “possibly carcinogenic” (Group 2B) in 2011. Recent human reviews, however, found no increased risk for several studied cancers. Assess studies below limits and distinguish cellular changes from proven harm. Q7–9: Use calibrated broadband and frequency-selective meters, personal dosimeters, SAR testing, and validated modeling. Measure actual exposures across locations and times, including indoors, during peak traffic, and from multiple sources. Publish accessible antenna locations, operating characteristics, compliance methods, measured exposure ranges, uncertainties, and ways to request independent review. Q10–11: Build privacy-protective surveillance combining cancer registries, occupational and environmental monitoring, longitudinal cohorts, and voluntary adverse-event reports. Investigate clusters with comparison groups; reports are not proof. Biomarkers for individual RF dose are not established. Prioritize children, pregnant people, older adults, workers near transmitters, people with implanted medical devices (including interference risks), and people with preexisting conditions. Evaluate symptoms reported by people identifying as electromagnetically hypersensitive without presuming an RF cause. Q12–13: Investigate reproducible biological findings reported below some limits, while recognizing that a laboratory effect is not necessarily a health hazard. Compare exposure profiles—not merely the number of devices—for 5G, emerging 6G, Wi-Fi, satellites, IoT, wearables, smart homes/cities, autonomous vehicles, wireless medical devices, and smart meters. Exposure characteristics differ. Require updated assessments when technologies change. Q14–15: Fund rigorous studies of pollinators, birds, plants, and livestock, controlling for pesticides, habitat, climate, and other factors. An evidence map found hundreds of studies with quality limitations. Evaluate installations near homes, schools, childcare and healthcare facilities using site-specific measurements, cumulative neighborhood assessments, antenna characteristics, and realistic small-cell operation. Q16–17: NIH should fund independent, preregistered long-term epidemiology, developmental research, animal replication, and mechanistic studies. FDA should evaluate consumer and medical devices; CDC should coordinate surveillance and risk communication. FCC and health agencies should publicly explain how new evidence informs exposure standards and disclose conflicts of interest. Q18: I request (1) a time-bound, public reassessment of RF limits and their treatment of long-term, multi-source exposure; (2) publicly accessible environmental monitoring; (3) special review and community consultation for installations near schools and homes; (4) funding for ecological and human studies independent of industry; (5) practical wired options and clear device settings for consumers; and (6) a transparent process to report concerns and challenge incomplete compliance assessments. The 2021 decision in Environmental Health Trust v. FCC required the FCC to better explain its treatment of certain health and environmental issues; it did not find that 5G causes disease. A rigorous, updated public accounting is necessary. Sources: NTP, Cell Phone Radio Frequency Radiation Studies (2018); IARC Monographs Vol. 102 (2013); ICNIRP RF Guidelines (2020); Environmental Health Trust v. FCC, 9 F.4th 893 (D.C. Cir. 2021); WHO-commissioned systematic review of RF exposure and cancer (Environment International, 2024).
Posted 2026-10-14#2894 · Permanent link ↗

Raises concerns about technological exposure, corporate influence, surveillance and harm and requests mea…

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I think this is An excellent platform for some honesty about the “So Called influential”people who are creating ways to attempt making the world into something of their own . I don’t know what that could be! it makes no sense for all Humanity, Wildlife, Plant life, and Water . We As Human People are Happy and content With the Natural World !!! We are Not Guinea pigs for those Organized Groups , Companies , Multi millionaires profiting off of EVERYTHING and EVERYONE around them . I know more humans that are totally Concerned and Frustrated by phone computer TV frequencies MEGA WATTS how high they are and the capabilities of THE Multi MIllionaires to be able to seek anything they can about any individual at any time and worse to harm us with the technology ( Mega Watts ) that are Way Too High for all human organs to function over time & People Are Getting Much Sicker from it. Constantly New Electric poles with ? # Wattage boxes put up on our roads in our yards to keep us under the radar and eventually KILL US ALL !! That is the truth , more and more people know that our Lives are at risk and NOONE IS DOING ANYTHING TO HELP US ALL AS WE TRY TO BE GOOD AND DO GOOD FOR OUR FAMILY LIFE ! THAT IS under attack from technologies wattage and those who control it . Please wake up before it’s too late ; get motivated and Set Some Real Standards and employ people to go out and monitor all these devices and set limits that WONT HARM HUMANS from Electric boxes , Phones , Iinternet , Televisions , Data Centers ,& AI .
Posted 2026-10-14#2888 · Permanent link ↗

Argues that exposure limits are too high and requests research into neurological effects of 5G and LED li…

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I studied biology to degree level, graduating in 1994. The subject of cell science was a favourite of mine. My comment arises from the fact that there is evidence that the current, Safe E/M Radiation Level is much too high, current levels causing changes in biological cellular activity. 5G masts are of concern in the UK, and LED street lighting is a further issue. While you can put up heavy curtains to dim the light, the radiation is of course unimpeded. Furthermore, one environmental consequence of LED lighting is that insect reproduction near these lights is mostly absent. A great deal more research into the neurological and neurophysiological response to these EMF sources should be carried out if we are to set a more realistic Safe level of exposure for the general public and all those who work near EMF sources.
Posted 2026-10-14#2869 · Permanent link ↗

A Dutch-language submission reports worsening cramps, palpitations, fatigue, insomnia and tinnitus with w…

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Sinds de uitrol van de draadloze technologie ondervind ik gezondheidsklachten die gaandeweg erger worden omdat er steeds meer velden zijn. Spierkrampen, bloeddrukdaling, hartkloppingen, dodelijke vermoeidheid en slapeloosheid naast tinnitus. Ik woon in een afgeschermd huis en als ik naar buiten ga, moet ik altijd afschermkleding aan. Mijn leven staat stil... ik kan bijna nergens meer heen en verlies ook sociale contacten. Er zijn al honderden onafhankelijke onderzoeken die duidelijk de negatieve effecten van straling aantonen. https://www.stopumts.nl/doc.php/Onderzoeken/ En ook de natuur en de dieren (bijen!!) hebben er last van.
Posted 2026-10-14#2865 · Permanent link ↗

Alleges criminal misuse of electromagnetic and communications technologies for targeting and surveillance…

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Nausea skin issues pain headaches , also used to target by criminals. Criminals are using it to take over police departments in certain areas, flock cameras , the internet they use TP Link, light communication system, they can acoustic cuff and hold you hostage, eye damages, ear damages, nose, throat, body waters changes, tissue changes, broken teeth, puncture wounds, burns, friction burns, burn top layers of carpets, water/heat damages, stop computers, witetappers tools being used too, can cause fear, loss of hair, rashes, bruises, blisters, oils in skin, follicle problems. So much more. I’m here to tell you they can take over communication from your home to your police department and everything in between and map everything out. They run crime rings with this and say police are their messengers and enemies they are after them. Pets behavior changes,
Posted 2026-10-14#2861 · Permanent link ↗

A beekeeper attributes harm to humans and bees to exposure and objects to towers near homes and inadequat…

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Absolutly causes harm to humans and most of all to my poor bees. As a Professional beekeepers doing a wealth of research im highly distributed on how this is not regulated by law. Cell towers being erected next to people's houses in Cuthbert Ga.
Posted 2026-10-14#2849 · Permanent link ↗

Reports family headaches, body aches and dizziness and nearby plant deaths in connection with the exposur…

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It produces headaches, body aches, and dizziness in my family as we live near one. It appears to kill plants that live near it.
Posted 2026-10-14#2840 · Permanent link ↗

A former master electrician describes investigating elevated apartment magnetic fields and sleep complain…

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This comment comes from a previously licensed master electrician who has been hired to solve problems associated with EMF/EMR. sensitivity. Never knew of the issue until contacted to solve a problem for people in an apartment complex with problems sleeping. Long story short headboard walls which were common in all units had a magnetic field measured by a gauss meter which was much higher than is naturally occuring. SInce then have found many issues with EMFs, RF, and dirty electricity affecting my health and I believe the health of the general public. Truthfully I believe the ever increasing amount of RF from satellites, cell towers, cell phones electronic devices are having a detrimental effect on all of us and the natural state of the planet. Look at the state of weather around the globe, the ever decreasing state of well being of everyone, we most likely won't figure it out until its too late. God help us. Because the people who could are willfully ignorant for various reasons.

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