Towers & siting

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 a concerned citizen. This RF radiation is real and very harmful as I have had the experience of knowing people with health issues related to this radiation. I have deep concerns over what we as the general public are exposed to from towers and personal wireless devices. I feel that the level of danger to the public needs to be be investigated thoroughly. I support HHS taking 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 these experiences and the scientific evidence, identify gaps in current research, give particular attention to children and other potentially vulnerable populations, and establish appropriate federal research priorities regarding wireless radiation and public health. Thank you for providing individuals, families, health care providers, researchers, and scientists with an opportunity to finally be heard on this critical public health issue.

My family is desperate to make sure we do not live near 5G towers. We purchased a home in 2021 and moved from out of state . We started getting headaches and a general feeling of not well. We learned we had two local towers in front and behind us. We sold and move to the country nine months later with no towers in sight. The unwell issues stopped. If we had stayed who knows the long term affects this would have caused us. It would probably be news worthy 20 years from now after people and the environment all show the damage! We need our elected officials to stop this now. Where’s our EPA with this issue and the Weather Modification in our Skies showering who knows what metals and chemicals upon us and our environment! Our bees are disappearing… This is critical!

When I go up in a building with lots of towers on it, I feel physically ill. I struggle to not vomit. I'm severely nauseous. Obviously, that is at more extreme levels. But we do that to neighbors and schools. We need studies and regulation. I live in fear of a tower going up next to my house where I could not escape.

Hello, Thank you for giving me this opportunity to submit testimony about the harmful effects of EMF radiation. I am preparing to do battle with National Grid, even as I write. About 6 weeks ago they installed a data-collection antenna on top of the pole directly outside my house, and outside my bedroom window. They told me that the antenna was not active yet, but immediately my sleep started to suffer. I woke up five or six times a night, and eventually, by 2 AM, I couldn't get back to sleep at all. It took me a while to figure out what was going on. I have an EMF reader, an Accoustimeter, and although I was getting a continual reading from the pole --- INSIDE my house --- it wasn't super high. But what was happening was that, every hour, about 10 minutes past the hour, the antenna emits 10 -15 very high pulses, and that is what keeps waking me up. I can't sleep in the room at all anymore. I have moved to the other end of the house, and sleep on the living room couch! I am, of course furious. I am going to make life hell for them at National Grid until they do something about it. I would also like to mention that 15 years ago I was living in another part of the state, in a more urban environment, with my mother and sister. We knew absolutely nothing about EMFs, and none of us even had a cell phone. Completely without our knowledge or consent, the town installed a smart meter on our home, replacing the old analog meter. My mother and sister started to complain about sleep problems around that time, but we couldn't figure out what might be causing it, and decided that the problem was a difficult family situation at the time. I don't think so any longer. In two years, they were both dead, from very aggressive, sudden-onset cancers. I am convinced that the EMF exposure killed them. Believe me, EMF exposure causes insomnia, and it causes cancer.

Hello, Thank you for giving me this opportunity to submit testimony about the harmful effects of EMF radiation. I am preparing to do battle with National Grid, even as I write. About 6 weeks ago they installed a data-collection antenna on top of the pole directly outside my house, and outside my bedroom window. They told me that the antenna was not active yet, but immediately my sleep started to suffer. I woke up five or six times a night, and eventually, by 2 AM, I couldn't get back to sleep at all. It took me a while to figure out what was going on. I have an EMF reader, an Accoustimeter, and although I was getting a continual reading from the pole --- INSIDE my house --- it wasn't super high. But what was happening was that, every hour, about 10 minutes past the hour, the antenna emits 10 -15 very high pulses, and that is what keeps waking me up. I can't sleep in the room at all anymore. I have moved to the other end of the house, and sleep on the living room couch! I am, of course furious. I am going to make life hell for them at National Grid until they do something about it. I would also like to mention that 15 years ago I was living in another part of the state, in a more urban environment, with my mother and sister. We knew absolutely nothing about EMFs, and none of us even had a cell phone. Completely without our knowledge or consent, the town installed a smart meter on our home, replacing the old analog meter. My mother and sister started to complain about sleep problems around that time, but we couldn't figure out what might be causing it, and decided that the problem was a difficult family situation at the time. I don't think so any longer. In two years, they were both dead, from very aggressive, sudden-onset cancers. I am convinced that the EMF exposure killed them. Believe me, EMF exposure causes insomnia, and it causes cancer.

Hello, Thank you for giving me this opportunity to submit testimony about the harmful effects of EMF radiation. I am preparing to do battle with National Grid, even as I write. About 6 weeks ago they installed a data-collection antenna on top of the pole directly outside my house, and outside my bedroom window. They told me that the antenna was not active yet, but immediately my sleep started to suffer. I woke up five or six times a night, and eventually, by 2 AM, I couldn't get back to sleep at all. It took me a while to figure out what was going on. I have an EMF reader, an Accoustimeter, and although I was getting a continual reading from the pole --- INSIDE my house --- it wasn't super high. But what was happening was that, every hour, about 10 minutes past the hour, the antenna emits 10 -15 very high pulses, and that is what keeps waking me up. I can't sleep in the room at all anymore. I have moved to the other end of the house, and sleep on the living room couch! I am, of course furious. I am going to make life hell for them at National Grid until they do something about it. I would also like to mention that 15 years ago I was living in another part of the state, in a more urban environment, with my mother and sister. We knew absolutely nothing about EMFs, and none of us even had a cell phone. Completely without our knowledge or consent, the town installed a smart meter on our home, replacing the old analog meter. My mother and sister started to complain about sleep problems around that time, but we couldn't figure out what might be causing it, and decided that the problem was a difficult family situation at the time. I don't think so any longer. In two years, they were both dead, from very aggressive, sudden-onset cancers. I am convinced that the EMF exposure killed them. Believe me, EMF exposure causes insomnia, and it causes cancer.

Hello, Thank you for giving me this opportunity to submit testimony about the harmful effects of EMF radiation. I am preparing to do battle with National Grid, even as I write. About 6 weeks ago they installed a data-collection antenna on top of the pole directly outside my house, and outside my bedroom window. They told me that the antenna was not active yet, but immediately my sleep started to suffer. I woke up five or six times a night, and eventually, by 2 AM, I couldn't get back to sleep at all. It took me a while to figure out what was going on. I have an EMF reader, an Accoustimeter, and although I was getting a continual reading from the pole --- INSIDE my house --- it wasn't super high. But what was happening was that, every hour, about 10 minutes past the hour, the antenna emits 10 -15 very high pulses, and that is what keeps waking me up. I can't sleep in the room at all anymore. I have moved to the other end of the house, and sleep on the living room couch! I am, of course furious. I am going to make life hell for them at National Grid until they do something about it. I would also like to mention that 15 years ago I was living in another part of the state, in a more urban environment, with my mother and sister. We knew absolutely nothing about EMFs, and none of us even had a cell phone. Completely without our knowledge or consent, the town installed a smart meter on our home, replacing the old analog meter. My mother and sister started to complain about sleep problems around that time, but we couldn't figure out what might be causing it, and decided that the problem was a difficult family situation at the time. I don't think so any longer. In two years, they were both dead, from very aggressive, sudden-onset cancers. I am convinced that the EMF exposure killed them. Believe me, EMF exposure causes insomnia, and it causes cancer.

I had a gizmo put into my electric box so that I could turn off circuits at night. It helped me sleep and my SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth) got better. Then it stopped working and the guy who sold it to me would not honor the warranty. My SIBO returned and my sleep got worse. Since then I have put in a Blueshield. Gradually my SIBO is improving and I am sleeping better but not great. During this time Delmarva put in a smart meter against my will. Also the number of antennae in the area where I live keeps getting higher and higher. When I first moved here, there were hardly any antennae. But now there are 124 within a three mile range! I need to move.

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 a patient and parent. I purchased my home 10 years ago and around 2020-2022 time frame I started suspecting that wireless radiation was affecting me as I was experiencing many of the symptoms that are common complaints: fatigue, couldn’t sleep, headaches. Around 2024-2025 I started feeling additional symptoms of dizziness, loss of balance, and skin problems. I started shutting my WiFi off at night and sleeping improved. Around the same time a 5G small cell tower was installed approximately 250 feet from my home without notification or say in the matter. Similarly, my utilities company stopped servicing my analog meters, and installed 7 smart meters on my row home without notice. I asked the utility company to bring back my analog meters and their answer was that ‘we can do it for you if you pay $75/mo plus get your 6 neighbors to agree to the same.’ Not reasonable at all. Now it’s 2026 and I’m diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma, usually benign but has already caused hearing loss and more vertigo. My symptoms improve when I’m away and come back when I return home. This is impacting my life significantly and has potential to be disabling and even require brain surgery. I am a single mom and the only one taking care of my child. I can’t be disabled or not work. HHS should address this issue asap. It will only get worse with 6G on the horizon. I am even more concerned about the impact this could be having on my child’s brain, short and long term. I would move but where is there to go to escape when they are allowed to build on any ROW without notifying and permission of the community. I support HHS taking 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 these experiences and the scientific evidence, identify gaps in current research, give particular attention to children and other potentially vulnerable populations, and establish appropriate federal research priorities regarding wireless radiation and public health. Thank you for providing individuals, families, health care providers, researchers, and scientists with an opportunity to finally be heard on this critical public health issue.

Well not only have I been unable to sleep well for probably 8 years or so since they put something on my gas meter to be able to read it without checking the meter, but I also have a friend that moved into a house cancer free over 10 years ago and there's a Wi-Fi Tower right in the backyard over the fence and now she has colon cancer and doesn't have much time after dose after dose of chemotherapy. I believe there needs to be something done about this situation. There's more and more Wi-Fi Towers going up all the time, at the rate they're going up it's only a matter of time before almost everyone has cancer. And the cancer rate is already astronomical just from all the processed food and the crap that gets sprayed in the air so just what we need is more ways to give us cancer. Please do something about ALL OF IT!