Towers & siting

Thank you for providing individuals and families with an opportunity to be heard. There are many ways electromagnetically intense environment can affect physical state of a human, aside from a direct hit by concentrated electromagnetic beam or a 'parcel' of concentrated energy emanating from a communication tower, which has been experienced in Denver, CO (2008) and a small town in Wisconsin (2013) where a Data Center is no being built. Aside from direct exposure to radiation, coverage creates opportunity for interaction with equipment, particularly digital equipment. For example, manipulation of blood pressure measuring devices are well known and happen routinely to personal devices, as well as those in hospitals, or those provided by pharmacies, was found as a result of direct experience and observation of other people reaction and comments. Whereas towers are usually cited as a threat, I find that intensity of wireless coverage caused uninterrupted interference with my physical health in our neighborhood in Wisconsin town of Grand Chute from 2010 through 2020. Since 2021 it got only more intense by the year, and that after we moved from a coverage intense neighborhood at previous address. The interference with physical health at those locations is more complex than simplistic statements about radiation, - density of coverage is more appropriate term for understanding of the matter. I am submitting this comment in response to HHS’s Request for Information on Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs), Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation, and Wireless Radiation Exposure.

How do we know that 5G cell towers are safe to be placed directly on school campuses, where for example an elementary student will be in close proximity to that cell tower for up to 7 years (pre-K, kindergarten, 1st-5th grade)? One study examined students attending schools near cell towers and found differences in certain cognitive measures, and a new 2026 study of 200 elementary-aged children at eight schools found an association between higher RF exposure and a biological marker of genomic instability. Neither study proves RF causes illness, but the important point is that **the long-term effects of continuous environmental RF exposure in young children aren't settled**, and much of the broader research relies on cellphone exposure rather than school-based tower exposure. When there is uncertainty, especially when children are involved, it is prudent to use caution when discussing health impacts, especially because children don't get to choose their school environment. 2018: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6775553/ 2026: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-60822-1 The 2026 article finds that the higher RF levels schoolchildren were exposed to, the more micronuclei they found in those children. What are micronuclei exactly? From a different article, “Micronuclei research has regained its popularity due to the realization that genome chaos, a rapid and massive genome re-organization under stress, represents a major common mechanism for punctuated cancer evolution.”

Being close to 5G towers gives me migraines.

About four years ago, I lived close to a cell phone tower. It was actually line of sight but I can't reliably attest to exact distance, maybe a quarter of a mile. After a few months living there I continually experienced mobility issues that escalated to constant pain in my legs and lower back. I had not sustained a fall or other injury at the time. I was mystified about the cause. One evening, while I was in a high degree of pain, I sat at my desk and removed my earrings, necklace that had a metal chain and a ring. Within about 15 minutes all pain left my legs. I was amazed. I began to wonder if the electromagnetic waves from the tower were electrifying me to the point of pain causing the mobility issues. Perhaps the jewelry provided a circuit which amplified the invisible waves? I checked a website www.antennasearch.com and found 90 cellphone towers and hundreds of antennas within a 3 mile radius. The tower near my house was .2 miles. So I moved to a very rural area with only 9 cellphone towers within a 3 mile radius. While the pain has lessened. It is not eradicated and I continue to suffer from dehydration no matter how much water and electrolytes I consume. Do these emf waves carry electrical charges that dehydrate us? Even though our area is humid, many I have spoken with complain about chronic dehydration. In my home I have no wifi, no laptop, no television, no microwave oven. The roof of my house is shingle, not metal. The smart meter is far from living areas. When short term renters moved in on either side of my place last year and turned on wifi the same day, it sent me to bed for a couple of days with intense pain. I wondered if my earlier exposure had now led to long-term consequences, long-term sensitivity. I have never been this affected before but now must pay attention. It is debilitating. Where does it come from? The nearest cell tower is about a mile away! Is it the satellites beaming down emfs? A plethora of cell phones especially when weekenders come out to the rural areas? Neighbors wifi? My own refrigerator? I live in a very rural area and have great difficulty navigating big cities because of the uptick in pain. Mainstream doctors don't seem to have solutions. I feel left to my own ingenuity and to that of a few visionary thinkers who have looked outside the box. I also look to nature, acupuncture, homeopathy, sound healing and martial arts for relief. It is like there is an invisible problem (biologically detrimental emf waves) causing visible distress. Where do real lasting solutions lie? Are the solutions visible or invisible? Or both? Can we get to the cause of the cause and actually cure this? Or will we continue to address symptoms if we can and hope for the best? Any chance these emf waves can be modified to become biologically beneficial? Wouldn't that be a boon? I also wonder how emfs affect our pets not to mention our children and grandchildren. I have heard of success stories out of Switzerland with Biogeometry solutions and some well thought out products from Blushield in America. A French company also has a long term track record of transforming the emf waves into biologically beneficial solutions without affecting the efficacy of the communication channels. It is not an all or nothing game. We have the insights to integrate technology and public health for the benefit of both. Do we have the will? I am pleased that our government is taking this issue seriously. Becoming the country who takes the lead in solving this or at least putting us on the right track will help make America the best, once again... At least in this significant area of public health and well-being. Do we have the will? Do we have the capability? Do we have the wherewithal?

To whome it may concern I became very ill tick borne illness and subsequently became much more sensitive to things. One of the things I became sensitive to in particular were solar flares (very intense ones) and in urban areas where I noticed many cell phone towers I noticed some of my neurological like symptoms flaring , most noteworthy and to name a few : dizziness, extreme fatigue waves out of nowhere, disoriented feeling, odd sensations acuh as buzzing and other bizarre neurological muscular symptoms. Extreme numbness and tingling in extremities. The above comments are not a "crazy person" or a "mentally ill person complaining about nothing that matters" I'm simply explaining very real things I've noticed and kept track of because they affect me and concern me and affect my day to day ability to function and be at my best for other around me. The first time I felt a solar flare I was at Trader Joe's in Burlington VT. I was not feeling well and was somewhat unable to speak or communicate I was in so much pain at the time...the boom. It's hard to find the words but I recall it was powerful enough to knock out the registers and I was so dizzy I actually wondered if there was a gas leak or something wrong because I alm5felt nauseous because I was so disoriented. Almost like you got off one of thise gravaotron rides at a amusement park when you were kid. Enough to make you puke m very distinct and memorable feeling and moment in my life. I remember going home and being so affected I looked it up trying to figure out why I felt like I was underwater afte coming back from Trafer Joe's ..there it was solar flare. I wonder if the same science overlaps. Regardless I do think cell phones affect my ability to sleep well and have deep sleep. I stopped sleeping with my phone near me and noticed a different quality of sleep. I attended a lecture in FL about EMF Exposure. I do believe it causes cancer growth in humam cells...especially topical ones like breast, thyroid, and prostate. This above statement is my opinion. I am submitting it hopes less people suffer cancer and pain we can avoid if we work together to protect each other and future generations especially. God bless this administration and thank you for this opportunity to be hward and validated. Warmly, Alexandra Bambery Vieques PR , 00765

I am writing regarding the FCC’s response to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals’ remand concerning its decades-old radiofrequency (RF) radiation exposure guidelines. The Court directed the FCC to provide a reasoned explanation for its determination that its guidelines adequately protect humans against harmful effects of RF radiation unrelated to cancer. Specifically, the court required the FCC to address the impacts of RF radiation on children, the health implications of long-term exposure, the ubiquity of wireless devices and technological developments, impacts on the environment, and the adequacy of the FCC’s testing procedures for cell phones and other portable devices. The FCC should fully consider evidence and real-world experiences concerning the health and environmental impacts of wireless radiation, including non-cancer health effects, impacts on children, long-term and cumulative exposure, cancer, and impacts on wildlife and the environment. Here is just one study I believe the FCC should review when addressing the concerns about wireless radiation: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S3050475926002745 The FCC is not a health agency and does not have expertise in medicine, biology or public health. Yet, the agency continues to assert authority over RF exposure standards and is preparing to reach conclusions about whether its existing guidelines adequately protect the public. I urge the FCC to recognize the critical role of federal health agencies, including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and to rely on appropriate health and biological expertise when addressing the issues identified by the court. This issue matters to me personally because: Our public schools are using FCC standards as guidance to support installing 5g towers near elementary, middle and high schools. Signing years long contracts and ultimately minimizing informed consent and risk as there are not sufficient studies saying there is ABSOLUTELY no risk. I urge the FCC to give meaningful consideration to the experiences and evidence before it and to fully address each of the issues identified by the court.

Our area is covered in microwave waves. I'm sick with stage 4 breast cancer. Please help our communities. It's too much. I get headaches, dizziness anytime I'm to close to Towers. They are on ball fields and places families and children are. These towers are all over our schools in Reno, Sparks, Minden. Everytime I'm near them I get so sick. My kids all had headaches in school everytime they were there. Now there is one .3 miles away from my home. It's located acrossed from a school and right next to a park and a neighborhood. They do not belong this close to us. Please help us feel safe in our neighborhoods.

I strongly do not want a cell tower above my home. I used to use wireless earbuds to listen to podcasts, music, and talk on the phone because of convenience. Often I’d have them in my ear with nothing playing, however I started to get ringing in my ears and feel irritable. The feeling of irritability immediately went away when I would put away the earbuds. The ringing would linger for a few hours depending on how long I’d had them in. Now I never use them.

We need to do like Brazil take the towers down the crime rate went up when they put him up just like it's doing here it alters to brain the way of thinking and acting people's attitudes change to violence we need to stop these towers from going up and releasing these radiation frequencies entering our house and damaging our organs it's a lethal weapon disguise as a cell phone tower population control they need to come down there's going to another civil war again

Thank you! Now, just a few more steps to also submit to HHS: 1) Select and copy your text from the box below 2) Click on the HHS Link Button 3) Paste your copied text into the HHS comments section at the top of the page on their site 4) Click Submit Comment at the bottom of the HHS page 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…)5G towers, WiFi, mobile phones, smart meters 3b. Nature, duration, frequency, and approximate timing (e.g., years):Every day, for 7 years now 3c. Adverse health effect(s) experienced:Headaches, brain fog, heaviness in my eyes, breathing issues 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:Immediate. Once I’m home and away from the exposure I start to feel better 3e. Was medical evaluation or treatment sought? (Optionally:) Was there a diagnosis?Yes and the doctor couldn’t explain the reasons why I would feel this way other than aging. 3f. Were steps taken to reduce or eliminate exposure, and were there subsequent changes in the effects?Yes, I have bought, wear, and use EMF clothing. It’s expensive though helps much 3g. Any supporting documentation? This includes Scientific Reports, exposure measurements, or other relevant information:HAVN has that info 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 would like to see all EMF devices to be destroyed B1a. Sources you experience as causing you Adverse Effects:5G towers. WiFi Cell phone. B1b. Sources you can sense, but don't seem to harm you: B1c. Sources you can use without sensing or being harmed: B1d. Sources that seem to provide benefit (i.e., electrotherapy):Silver lined clothing B2a. Health conditions you think may contribute to your sensitivity to EMFs including wireless:Fatigue , headaches, dizziness, B2b. Health conditions you don't necessarily associate with your sensitivity to EMFs including wireless, but might be relevant:Eye tiredness. Heavy Breathing 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:Silver lined clothing, supplements, being far away from the cities or where there is 5G B3b. That you recommend, but you’re not positive that they help: B3c. That helped you but you don’t recommend. (e.g., the benefit did not last long or the side effects were too harmful): B3d. Treatments that had no effect: B3e. Treatments that made your sensitivity worse:55-64 B4. What is your age range?55-64 B5. What year did you become aware of your sensitivity to wireless radiation or electromagnetic fields?2019 B6. What country, state, province, or major city were you living in when you first noticed your sensitivity to wireless or electromagnetic fields?USA Metro Detroit Michigan