Neurological symptoms & sleep

Three years ago they added 5G towers to our neighborhood and shortly after that I experience a severe vertigo spell, loosing hearing in my right ear and now have constant ringing in that ear. I am a nurse in a hospital and at times I feel dizzy at work around all of the computers and equipment.

When the phone company “upgraded” us(without consent) to 5G, I got extremely lethargic, couldn’t work or concentrate. We downgraded and only then did I feel better.

I am submitting my information to document the effects of wireless radiation on my health. And I am requesting that people be informed on the potential harmful effects of wireless radiation and also requesting to lower the regulatory levels of what is considered safe. Attached is a letter from a research scientist who has been studying for the past 28 years, at the date of her letter, the biological and health effects of electromagnetic pollution. My Story: In Oct 2016, I was overexposed to the wireless radiation of a GPS in a car that could not be turned off. I knew that they made me dizzy. And my friends knew to turn off their cell phones in cars because they gave me headaches. Following this over-exposure to a GPS, over the next weeks, the dizziness continued and at time got much worse. I would also get tingling in my legs. And I had persistent fatigue regardless of how much I slept. In Sep 2017, when Hurricane Irma took out the power throughout our city for 6 days, I noticed a big change in my symptoms. The symptoms went away and I was able to volunteer with hurricane relief for a number of days. Following this power outage, I was now certain what caused my symptoms – wireless radiation. I then proceeded to reduced my exposures in whatever way that I could. In July 2019, I experienced severe dizziness for 2 weeks. I then found that they had installed a third row of cellular antennae on the cell tower less than a half mile from my home. I shielded the wall of my home facing that cell tower to reduce my radiation exposure at home. I also became trained in doing EMF consultations for others to help reduce their radiation exposures, especially at night when the body needs peaceful, non-EMF exposure time to rest and regenerate to then be better able to handle the unavoidable exposures that we deal with daily in our current society. There are exposures from WiFi that is everywhere, cell phones with every person, cell towers all around and the smart meter network. All of these add up to an environment in which my body is very sensitive and experiences negative health effects. I now live in a shielded home that I created and most of my home is flashing green on my Safe & Sound Pro II wireless radiation meter. This is the lowest reading. When I go outside of my house, most areas have wireless radiation. And a lot of the areas have red or flashing red readings which creates lots of radiation exposure. This is the opposite of what I experience in my home. I have to limit the number of times I can leave my shielded home per week, otherwise, I can experience a significance decline in my health and ability to do things. I especially have to avoid going out into crowded areas where most everyone has a cell phone on them, that not only has cellular service, but WiFi, GPS, data, Bluetooth and sometimes a find my phone signal. My life has been drastically changed. It is my hope that people can become more education on the harms of wireless radiation, especially with our children. Websites like www.WirelessEducation.org should be broadly known and incorporated into our schools and with parents. And where safer technology can be used, it should be. I have no wireless radiation in my home. I have landlines and my computers are hardwired. And this safe technology in my shielded home, allows me to have and live in a home that reads flashing green on my Safe & Sound Pro II meter – a home where I am protected from the high wireless radiation environment. We need to have regulatory standards that protect us from harm. There are thousands of documented scientific studies that show biological effects. And these affect not only humans, but all life forms. We need to protect the world that we live in.

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.

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…)cellphones, wifi, smart meters, blue tooth devices 3b. Nature, duration, frequency, and approximate timing (e.g., years):cellphone use since 2001, 3hrs/d 2007-2021, flip phone until first iphone use in 2014 3c. Adverse health effect(s) experienced:migraine, trigeminal neuralgia, brain fog, connective tissue pain 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:about 12 years, worst pain coincided with first use of iphone 3e. Was medical evaluation or treatment sought? (Optionally:) Was there a diagnosis?Yes, blood work, magraine treatment, no diagnosis 3f. Were steps taken to reduce or eliminate exposure, and were there subsequent changes in the effects?eliminated home wifi and threw out cellphone in 2021. Drastic improvement in symptoms but still suffer in public places and transportation with all the phones and wifi around 3g. Any supporting documentation? This includes Scientific Reports, exposure measurements, or other relevant information:no 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:Sadly I am socially isolated more and more because of all the phones and wireless devices. I drive a 20 year old car B1a. Sources you experience as causing you Adverse Effects:cellphones, wifi, bluetooth devices, applicances with high magnetic fields B1b. Sources you can sense, but don't seem to harm you: B1c. Sources you can use without sensing or being harmed:Limited wired computer use. Flickering lights worsen symptoms. B1d. Sources that seem to provide benefit (i.e., electrotherapy):Walking in forest B2a. Health conditions you think may contribute to your sensitivity to EMFs including wireless:mold exposure, eptstien-barr virus. Symptoms worsened after contracting covid in early 2020 B2b. Health conditions you don't necessarily associate with your sensitivity to EMFs including wireless, but might be relevant:Joint pain, autoimmune udifferentiated connective tissue disease 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 clothing, supplements for migraine: B2, CoQ10, Magnesium, D3 B3b. That you recommend, but you’re not positive that they help:Plant based mediterranean diet. B3c. That helped you but you don’t recommend. (e.g., the benefit did not last long or the side effects were too harmful):Carnivore diet, keto diet. B3d. Treatments that had no effect:extreme exercise 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?Early 2000s read about this in the news, had home tested by building biologist in 2021, installed ethernet in home for internet at that time. B6. What country, state, province, or major city were you living in when you first noticed your sensitivity to wireless or electromagnetic fields?Port Townsend, Washington State, USA

Motor neurone disease and other illness near a cell phone mast with Tetra I am an individual consumer and neighbour to other individuals, adversely affected. From 2004 to 2007 I lived 30 metres from a cell phone mast at a fire station in the south of England, UK. The mast would have been 2G, but also included TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio), which was first utilized in emergency service communications in the early 2000s. My neighbour Anne, moved to this small new estate early in 2005. She lived 10 metres from the mast. She experienced almost immediate illness, first severe facial pain, then extremely high blood pressure before we left in 2007. She moved house in 2008, but then got breast cancer. She was then diagnosed with Parkinsons’s Disease, followed by Motor Neurone Disease of which she died in 2018. Another neighbour Chris had already been living 40 metres from the same mast before we moved to the area. The mast may have been erected in 1999. An FOI request states about this mast, “the earliest reference to a lease for a mast at this site is 14 April 1999, however, we cannot confirm that this is the date that the mast was erected”. However, before we left in 2007 Chris had already developed symptoms of Motor Neurone Disease and died a few years later. The medical practice (St. Helen’s Medical Centre, Isle of Wight), serving the area with the mast, currently has 6595 patients, 5 of whom currently have Motor Neurone Disease according to a recent FOI request. My experience of ill health after living near the mast for 3 years. At the time (2004 to 2007) I experienced chronic fatigue, through which I could work. In the third year I began to have panic attacks and stopped working. At that time, I was taking good care of my health, taking vitamin supplements (anti-oxidants) and walking by the sea, which may have offered some protection against EMFs from the mast. After I moved house in 2007, I gradually developed more symptoms, such as long bouts of flu-like illness (aching and severe fatigue) but without any respiratory issues. I was unable to work for lengthy periods. I also had severely swollen glands in my neck for weeks at a time. At this time, I had not connected my illness with EMFs and we had Wifi and DECT cordless phones in the house, though we did not have smartphones or other smart devices. I did not visit the allopathic doctor, as I did not believe they could help, other than provide medication which might deal with symptoms but not the root cause. Another ill-effect was severe temperature regulation problems. Once I became over-heated, it took very many hours to cool down. In addition, I have had sleep problems, tingling in the hands and feet, tinnitus, as well as fibromyalgia (diagnosed in 2018 in The Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine). Eventually from 2019 onwards, by which time I was fully convinced that EMFs had caused my ill-health and the death of my 2 previous neighbours, we got rid of wireless radiation at home and I have visited bio-resonance therapists, who have identified high EMFs levels in the hypothalamus area of the brain, in particular in connection with temperature regulation and sleep regulation. High EMFs were identified elsewhere in the body too - I can't be more specific. In the UK, however, NHS doctors are not trained in the adverse health effects of EMFs, but private bio-resonance therapy is very helpful. It can test the systems of the body for the presence of man-made EMFs and can regulate the system by putting in frequencies which harmonise body systems, but I sense there has been some permanent damage and this cannot fully repair itself over time, because I am almost continuously exposed to EMFs of all types, both from electricity and from the higher frequencies of wireless communications.

'Numerous recent scientific publications have shown that EMF affects living organisms at levels well below most international and national guidelines. Effects include increased cancer risk, cellular stress, increase in harmful free radicals, genetic damages, structural and functional changes of the reproductive system, learning and memory deficits, neurological disorders, and negative impacts on general well-being in humans. Damage goes well beyond the human race, as there is growing evidence of harmful effects to both plant and animal life.' https://emfscientist.org/index.php/emf-scientist-appeal

I feel concerned about 5G and smart meters. Wireless radiation can greatly impact the health and circadian rhythm of humans, animals, birds, and insects. What are the long-term effects for our children when they are consistently bombarded by electromagnetic frequencies during the most crucial times of their brain's development? The frontal lobe and prefrontal cortex aren't fully developed until age 25. There needs to be more transparent data on this technology, as well as information and access to remediate the harmful effects.

I live in a condo in the direct line of several 5g towers and wifi routers in the building. I can feel my head pulsing and my body buzzing when I work on my laptop in certain rooms and areas of my condo. I bought an rf meter and it will max out in those areas. I usually try to plug into the modem and run a line to a "safer" spot to work from. The bottom line is that emf and rf are definitely affecting our health and need to be toned down and regulated. I also believe they are affecting animals, plants, insects and the environment.