Neurological symptoms & sleep

I am reporting our experience of adverse health effects and its effect on our lives as individual consumer, patient and family member. 11 years ago my teenager developed sensitivity to mobile phones, Wi-Fi, smart meters and wireless infrastructures. She became aware of it gradually. She had a party trick where she asked her friends to turn their cell phones on or off while her eyes were closed and she would tell them which it was with 100% accuracy. It did not stay benign, however. Her school’s infrastructure was wireless, classrooms had full complements of chromebooks, and all her classmates had cellphones on. My daughter began to have headaches, heart palpitations, irregular breathing, nosebleeds, pain, brain fog, exhaustion, and an inability to string sentences together in the school environment. She was an excellent student who enjoyed school. My husband is a high school physics teacher so bought quality meters to measure various frequencies in different environments. All of our daughter’s symptoms correlated to exposure to high levels of RF/EMF. We started spending a lot of time in large parks, at Lake Michigan, camping, and her symptoms would ameliorate and she would be her normal strong energetic self. We got her a full work-up at her doctor’s but everything came back normal. Her heart irregularities were so concerning, we took her to Lurie Children’s Hospital - a premier children’s hospital in Chicago but got no answers. There was nothing structurally wrong with her heart, and she was told to increase her water and salt and decrease her stress for the palpitations. Her symptoms developed to the point that she could no longer tolerate being in the school building. She had to withdraw from her high school in her second semester of senior year and was unable to graduate with her class. At home, we wired our computers, turned off our wifi router, kept our cell phones on airplane mode, and hired building biologists for anything we were missing. I also developed headaches, fatigue, and brain fog in buildings with wifi, including doctors’ offices and hospitals. My cheeks flush and tingle and feel like they are sunburned. When I return home, I feel exhausted. When I use my cellphone, my hand aches. The difference is that I can still function in these environments as long as I am not in them all the time. In addition, by the time I became sensitive to RF/EMF radiation, I already had my education, work experience, and had experienced a full life. All this happened in Chicago. Unfortunately, Chicago put 5G on so many intersections, that we found ourselves housebound. A second daughter also started to develop sensitivity in her early teens and started having to drop out of all her many activities. We moved semi-rurally. We use a landline at home and wired computers. We love our tech but it has to be wired. We pay $115.77 every month EXTRA on our electrical bill in order to OPT OUT of a smart meter. That’s almost $1400 extra every year because we have an unrecognized disability. The health ramifications have been life altering. It is very difficult to peel back any symptoms even living in a house with low levels of RF/EMF. We have to buy older cars without bluetooth or other accessories and I don’t use gps on my phone when I travel. I keep my cellphone on airplane mode and check in at different times during the day. Our cellphones are older models with less radiation and do not always support updated apps so we are unable to access our banking app for example. Currently, my 2 affected children are both young adults. Neither one can spend time near cell-towers, high power lines, people with cell phones on, 5G, buildings with wi-fi infrastructure. This has severely impacted their daily lives as well as their ability to have friends, find employment, and pursue education. It is very difficult to access dental and medical care as they cannot tolerate the long appointments. They cannot travel or spend time with their grandparents in retirement centers. Their employment prospects are dismal. They can work from home with wired computers but this still means complete industries are closed to them. In addition, many places require you to work in person before working remotely. Besides being a huge loss to them individually, it is also a loss to the nation of smart, hardworking young people who can’t contribute to the economy or the community. My other children volunteer, work, are Eagle Scouts, in community theater and bands, attending college - all activities denied to my 2 who have been made ill by high levels of RF/EMF. Medical practitioners need accurate information, as do school counselors and mental health practitioners, schools and communities that include children need to know about the adverse health effects of high levels of RF/EMF radiation. The testing of safe levels needs to address children and women as well as how the devices are actually used, including the length of time.

I am an individual whose life and health have been dramatically affected by EMF sensitivity. After exposure to a water damaged building, I became more sensitive to all forms of radiation. Symptoms have been: Insomnia, sensitivity to the sun, neurological and balance issues, numbness and tingling, nervous system dysregulation, heart palpitations, heat flushing, extreme brain fog, inability to be on my phone or laptop for long periods of time, and resulting loss of relationships and loved ones who didn’t believe because there is no mainstream credible education to support this reality. I was unable to work for two years and had to leave my home, largely relying on being outdoors as that was the only environment my body could tolerate. Riding in vehicles also became impossible. My hope is that this issue will be taken seriously and more medical education and regulation will exist. Sincerely, a person who has lost everything due to this issue.

QUESTION 2: PERSPECTIVE -- I am an individual who has suffered from EHS (elctrohypersensitivity) for almost 30 years. I was one of the first people to succumb to the negative health effects of computer and microwave technologies. I am now 87 years old, and was hit when I was 59 years old and in otherwise reasonable health. QUESTION 3: EXPERIENCE – In 1998 I came home from work in the movie industry and suddenly found myself overwhelmed with enormous EMF sensitivity. This sensitivity affected me at home, at work, and in travels. I became intolerant of travel by car, plane or train; any lights or radiation (even sunlight when I was at my worst); conductive metals; computers, microwaves, and cell phone technologies; etc. All of this was verified by many doctor, tests, and alternative practitioners over the years, with little relief other than Gabapentin and avoidance. After some years, I began to be able to tolerate a bit more for short periods of time. I am now able to live very carefully within a muted and controlled environment. My symptoms from EMF exposure come from cell phones, wiring, home electronics, and outdoor RF. They have included: severe asthma, indigestion, weight loss, great weakness, trembling, arthritic symptoms, inflammatory swelling, eczema, dizziness, forgetfulness, irritability, depression, and anger (all in my medical records). QUESTION 12: EVIDENCE – 1) There are several books published by people who are scientific researchers or who are themselves EHS and self-treated. These can be found online. Examples include "The Sensitive Patient's Healing Guide: Top Experts Offer New Insights and Treatments for Environmental Toxins, Lyme Disease, and EMFs" by M.d. Nathan, Neil; and books by Dr. Jonathan Halpern, PhD. 2) The field of building biology is aware of EHS and has a specialty in EMF testing and mitigations. 3) Surprisingly, real estate agents are also aware of EHS! Many more people are looking for homes that have less EMF and RF exposure these days.

QUESTION 2: PERSPECTIVE -- I am an individual who has suffered from EHS (elctrohypersensitivity) for almost 30 years. I was one of the first people to succumb to the negative health effects of computer and microwave technologies. I am now 87 years old, and was hit when I was 59 years old and in otherwise reasonable health. QUESTION 3: EXPERIENCE – In 1998 I came home from work in the movie industry and suddenly found myself overwhelmed with enormous EMF sensitivity. This sensitivity affected me at home, at work, and in travels. I became intolerant of travel by car, plane or train; any lights or radiation (even sunlight when I was at my worst); conductive metals; computers, microwaves, and cell phone technologies; etc. All of this was verified by many doctor, tests, and alternative practitioners over the years, with little relief other than Gabapentin and avoidance. After some years, I began to be able to tolerate a bit more for short periods of time. I am now able to live very carefully within a muted and controlled environment. My symptoms from EMF exposure come from cell phones, wiring, home electronics, and outdoor RF. They have included: severe asthma, indigestion, weight loss, great weakness, trembling, arthritic symptoms, inflammatory swelling, eczema, dizziness, forgetfulness, irritability, depression, and anger (all in my medical records). QUESTION 12: EVIDENCE – 1) There are several books published by people who are scientific researchers or who are themselves EHS and self-treated. These can be found online. Examples include "The Sensitive Patient's Healing Guide: Top Experts Offer New Insights and Treatments for Environmental Toxins, Lyme Disease, and EMFs" by M.d. Nathan, Neil; and books by Dr. Jonathan Halpern, PhD. 2) The field of building biology is aware of EHS and has a specialty in EMF testing and mitigations. 3) Surprisingly, real estate agents are also aware of EHS! Many more people are looking for homes that have less EMF and RF exposure these days.

Since forced to have wifi water meter st home by the city of wood dale, illinois im always fatigued at home. Cant sleep. I feel better after hours outside home in a park. My health is bad at home. Before this i was ok with analog comed electricmeter and ethernet. Its not right! City said they dont care and radiation is minimal and no chance to normal meter. They were going to shut off our water otherwise. They dont care if im sick.

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 as an individual with part of my experience with EMF damaging my health. I noticed over 20 years ago with my flip phone that when I put it up to my head, I got a headache, my head felt hot on the side of the phone and my arm and hand tingled and would sometimes go numb using it. Those feelings only got worse each time I got a new phone. I was told that it was my imagination, but it was not. This only happened when using a cell phone, and eventually a cordless phone, not when using a landline phone. My health issues increased over the years impacted by increased exposure to wifi, cell phones, cordless phones, 5G, Bluetooth and smart meters. Around 8 years ago when a smart meter was placed on my home without our permission my health deteriorated rapidly. I began having headaches, I would feel dizzy, nauseous and felt like I would faint when I was in the room closest to the meter. It was on the wall closest to my bedroom and I could not sleep there anymore. I had to move to the bedroom in the basement as far away as possible. I had heart palpitations, became nauseous in the house but would feel better outside away from the meter, wifi and phones. I became extra sensitive to any type of electric system. I couldn’t watch a movie, go to restaurants or use cordless phones. These are just a few of the symptoms I had. It affected nearly every system in my body including my memory and moods. We had to pay to get the smart meter moved. We should have had a choice to get it removed completely and replaced with the old analog meter because of the severe effect it had on my health. That was refused. Exposure to EMF has changed my life and health forever as I have not been able to fully recover. I can’t travel very many places because there’s no place for me to stay that doesn’t have wifi, cell phones, cell towers, 5G and smart meters. We removed wifi from our home, got rid of any cordless phones, turned off cell phones and paid to move the smart meter to a pole out by the road since they refused to put the old one back on. By doing these things I was able to recover enough to be in my home and go out to other areas like the store and to church. But when people come into my home or I am surrounded in the store and at church by wifi and cell phones I start to feel sicker again with headaches, eye problems, pain, fatigue, etc. When I am able to get out of that environment those symptoms are greatly diminished. It’s difficult to get completely away from these because we are surrounded by EMF by no choice of our own. I feel best outside away from any type of EMF but unfortunately finding space where there is none is getting more difficult all the time. I may soon be searching for another place to live because there is possibly going to be a neighborhood put in on the land close to my home. I will not be able to survive being completely surrounded by all the EMF that will bring. As I have been researching this issue, I find there are hundreds, if not thousands of studies that show the harmful effect of EMF. Please take these studies and concerns seriously before even more people are harmed with their health and lives altered forever.

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 as an individual with part of my experience with EMF damaging my health. I noticed over 20 years ago with my flip phone that when I put it up to my head, I got a headache, my head felt hot on the side of the phone and my arm and hand tingled and would sometimes go numb using it. Those feelings only got worse each time I got a new phone. I was told that it was my imagination, but it was not. This only happened when using a cell phone, and eventually a cordless phone, not when using a landline phone. My health issues increased over the years impacted by increased exposure to wifi, cell phones, cordless phones, 5G, Bluetooth and smart meters. Around 8 years ago when a smart meter was placed on my home without our permission my health deteriorated rapidly. I began having headaches, I would feel dizzy, nauseous and felt like I would faint when I was in the room closest to the meter. It was on the wall closest to my bedroom and I could not sleep there anymore. I had to move to the bedroom in the basement as far away as possible. I had heart palpitations, became nauseous in the house but would feel better outside away from the meter, wifi and phones. I became extra sensitive to any type of electric system. I couldn’t watch a movie, go to restaurants or use cordless phones. These are just a few of the symptoms I had. It affected nearly every system in my body including my memory and moods. We had to pay to get the smart meter moved. We should have had a choice to get it removed completely and replaced with the old analog meter because of the severe effect it had on my health. That was refused. Exposure to EMF has changed my life and health forever as I have not been able to fully recover. I can’t travel very many places because there’s no place for me to stay that doesn’t have wifi, cell phones, cell towers, 5G and smart meters. We removed wifi from our home, got rid of any cordless phones, turned off cell phones and paid to move the smart meter to a pole out by the road since they refused to put the old one back on. By doing these things I was able to recover enough to be in my home and go out to other areas like the store and to church. But when people come into my home or I am surrounded in the store and at church by wifi and cell phones I start to feel sicker again with headaches, eye problems, pain, fatigue, etc. When I am able to get out of that environment those symptoms are greatly diminished. It’s difficult to get completely away from these because we are surrounded by EMF by no choice of our own. I feel best outside away from any type of EMF but unfortunately finding space where there is none is getting more difficult all the time. I may soon be searching for another place to live because there is possibly going to be a neighborhood put in on the land close to my home. I will not be able to survive being completely surrounded by all the EMF that will bring. As I have been researching this issue, I find there are hundreds, if not thousands of studies that show the harmful effect of EMF. Please take these studies and concerns seriously before even more people are harmed with their health and lives altered forever.

Where to start?....I have been struggling with my health for the last 25 years due to the increase in EMF's in our environment. Right after I bought my home, a police station was erected adjacent to my property. The Radar was pointed straight at the front of my house and my bedroom. Then an antenna was added. Next a cell tower was erected next to the police station, about 300 feet from my home. Then an antenna went up on the other corner near my home. Next another cell tower was erected next to the first one I just described. Then they were both doubled, with one on top and one on the bottom. Next a first responders tower was added to the back of the police station, a mere 100 feet from my back door. All of this over the course of 10 years time. I was the proverbial frog in hot water that was turning slowly up to a boiling point. Needless to say my symptoms were off the charts, to the point where I had to quit my job because of inability to function. My Autonomic Nervous System was so kicked, I could not wind down, ever. Horrible insomnia. My Parasympathetic Nervous System was non existent. Massive fatigue, brain fog, memory problems, migraines, inflamation, balance problems, nose bleeds, numb feet that made me trip and fall often, full body hair loss, heart pain, anxiety, depression and panic attacks. 5G is responsible for all the sudden eye problems everyone is experiencing. 5G cooks the eyes like eggs. The burning and dryness and redness is at historic levels. ( and Similisan, a homeopathic eye drop was convienently taken off the shelves) ..I was dying a slow death. An opportunity to move came about and I felt like I was on another planet in my new home! All the symptoms subsided. I began to regain my health. Even my body hair began to grow back! I am slowly feeling that 'pot' heating up again in my new home as the 5G towers populate my area. My neighbors have massive EMF technology that I am feeling as well as the increase in satellites in our upper ionosphere. I had a cell phone for a short time before it began burning my hands and face and sending sharp pains through my ears, to a point where I could not use it anymore. And the radiation was scrambling my brain. Needless to say, I have Zero Wi Fi in my home. I have not had a cell phone in many years now. My home computer is hardwired with an ethernet and I use a land line. I can not tolerate these EMF"s that are continually increasing by the day! I cannot check out at Home Depot because everything is self check out with a surveillance screen in a row of about 15 check out stations all emitting massive Wi Fi. I learned quickly after I used it one time and it burned my face for about 8 hours. Same for CVS. Even the dollar store now has a surveillance screen when you walk in the door. Paying for a meal at a restaurant is all done electronically thru cell phones. I am feeling slowly closed out of participating in society because I cannot tolerate the EMF exposures. I am the canary in the mine field. Just because others cannot feel what I feel does not mean they are not being affected. I am concerned with the health of all humanity! With all the frequencies available, why are the ones chosen not compatible with humans??? These frequencies disrupt our own body electrics, especially the heart, and second the brain. Studies show these EMF's damage human DNA! These toxic frequencies clump and dehydrate our red blood cells, causing hypoxia. Covid was conveniently labeled as the cause for all the lung issues during the massive roll out of 5G while we were all locked down. Red blood cells are responsible for transporting oxygen to all the cells of the body. My biggest concern are the non stop Chem trails emitting huge amounts of toxic heavy metals in the sky, weaponizing the sky by electrifying it, enabling the transmission of EMF's creating weather modification droughts and deluge as well as contributing to Havana Syndrome. The fact is that the entire planet is now contaminated with measurable amounts of Aluminum, Barium, Strontium, Graphene oxide, plastic particulate nano particles, surfectants, etc. These heavy metals are creating a humid heat dome that is threatening our planet! Toxic Mold is proliferating at an exponential rate. I have witnessed it in my neighborhood and was knocked out with toxic black mold just a few months ago that destroyed me like nothing I have ever experienced. Destroyed my mytochondria and I was flat on my back, sick as a dog..still trying to detox...Trees are dying in massive numbers. Our soil and food is contaminated. Animals, insects and plants are going extinct. THIS HAS TO STOP NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Within 24 hours of smart meters being installed at my apartment complex, I began noticing the following adverse health effects: a constant headache, chest pain, heart palpitations and arrythmias, bizarre and frightening brain sensations, and insomnia. A friend brought over an EMF meter and it detected high-powered pulses of microwave radiation every three seconds inside my apartment all along the wall the bank of smart meters was on. I tried to reduce my exposure by moving my sofa and bed away from that wall, shutting off my Wi-Fi, and wearing a supposedly EMF-shielding beanie hat whenever I was at home (even in bed), and staying away from my apartment as much as possible. These actions did not bring about any changes in the adverse health effects I was experiencing, so three months after the smart meters were installed I gave up my apartment and move to a different state where smart meters hadn’t yet arrived. Within days of arriving at my new residence (which was a guest bedroom in my parents’ house), I could actually feel their Wi-Fi in my head. The sensations were physically uncomfortable, bordering on painful, in my brain and in my ears. I had visited my parents earlier that year, and stayed for an entire month, and their Wi-Fi hadn’t been a problem then. It was only after I’d been exposed to smart-meter radiation for three months that I experienced adverse health effects from Wi-Fi. My parents agreed to shut off their Wi-Fi for me, and only then did my symptoms from Wi-Fi and smart meter exposure slowly begin to resolve. Six months later I was mostly symptom free. After my recovery, I thought that as long as I didn’t have Wi-Fi at home I might be able to tolerate spending a few hours once a week in a Wi-Fi environment out in the world. So I resumed going to church, and for many weeks everything seemed fine. It wasn’t until the twelfth Sunday that adverse health effects from cumulative exposure began to manifest what began as a low-grade headache quickly grew in intensity and constancy, accompanied by wholly unpleasant and downright frightening brain sensations. My ears ached, and rang, and popped – just like what occurs with changes in altitude. Except my altitude wasn’t changing, and only my right ear popped, often in quick succession: pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-pop. In addition, my face burned, my chest ached, and I was extremely fatigued. I felt so exceptionally unwell I truly did not know whether I would even survive, let alone recover. Immediately after the onset of these adverse health effects, using my computer and cell phone became unbearable, causing an immediate worsening of the constant headache and uncomfortable brain sensations. Even being within twenty feet of where my parents were using their cell phones was highly problematic, and I only found relief by going outside so I could get farther away. It took six months of scrupulously avoiding all Wi-Fi, computer, and cell phone exposure for the worst of my symptoms to subside, leaving me with only a mild headache, a popping right ear, and uncomfortable brain sensations that are less frequent and less alarming. Two months later, shortly before smart meters were to be installed in my parents; town, I moved yet again, this time to a different state with a milder climate. I took up residence in a friend’s barn out in the country where I wouldn’t be exposed to smart meters, Wi-Fi, or cell phones. Even so, being in close proximity to basic electricity causes headaches and uncomfortable brain sensations, so I’ve had to find creative ways to prepare meals, provided lighting, and stay warm in winter. Even using a landline telephone was impossible until I got one that had a special radiation-free headset that delivers the sound to my ear via an air tube. I’ve lived in the barn for more than four years now, and my attempts to seek medical evaluation and treatment resulted in healthcare providers thinking I was crazy and wanting to do a psychiatric evaluation. The adverse health effects I experience rom various sources of EMF radiation has rendered me unable to earn any kind of income for over five years. Yet, I have been told I do not qualify for Social Security because they do not recognize EMF sensitivity as a disabling condition. It is only because I finally reached the age of 62 a few months ago and could start drawing my Social Security retirement benefits that I am not completely destitute. That and the generosity and kindness of friends (including the one who entered my response to this EMF RFI).

18. Please identify any additional scientific evidence, technical information, data, or recommendations that federal health agencies should consider when evaluating potential adverse health effects associated with RF/EMF radiation exposure. Answer: I have been impacted by what seems to be strong Electromagnetic Fields at home. Some of the symptoms I have experienced are: 1) A special kind of dizziness, 2) constant fatigue, wanting to sleep, 3) inability to make important decisions and generally reduced ability of decision making when exposed. 4) reduced cognitive capability.