Li-Fi, fiber & alternatives

I am writing as a concerned parent of three young children to express my support for greater research, transparency, and public awareness regarding electromagnetic fields (EMFs), radiofrequency (RF) radiation, and wireless radiation exposure. Our children are growing up in an environment with nearly constant exposure to wireless technologies, including Wi-Fi routers, cell phones, tablets, smart devices, and wireless systems in schools. While these technologies provide many benefits, I believe we need a better understanding of the potential long-term health effects of cumulative exposure, particularly for developing children. I respectfully urge federal agencies to: * Prioritize independent, long-term studies examining chronic RF exposure, particularly in children and other potentially vulnerable populations. * Investigate potential biological effects beyond tissue heating, while carefully evaluating the quality and reproducibility of the evidence. * Reevaluate current safety standards in light of modern wireless technologies, changing exposure patterns, and emerging scientific findings. * Encourage practical, low-cost exposure reduction measures in schools and homes, including access to wired internet connections when feasible. * Increase public transparency regarding exposure levels, research findings, and the scientific basis for safety guidelines. As a parent, I believe we should not have to choose between technological advancement and taking reasonable precautions to protect our children’s health. I am not advocating for fear or the elimination of wireless technology. I am asking for responsible oversight, rigorous independent research, and a precautionary approach where meaningful scientific uncertainties remain. Our children deserve thoughtful, evidence-based policies that prioritize their long-term health and well-being. Thank you for the opportunity to provide public comment.

I wasn’t diagnosed with my genetic condition, EDS, until I was in my 60s. The Mayo Clinic tests in 2013 resulted in the head doctor telling me “You’re a walking Geiger counter for carcinogenic products.” Then asked: “What’s wrong with Boston hospitals?” Over 100 Boston doctors at all top eight Boston hospitals could not figure out why after being prescribed ZPac for what turned out to be a viral, not bacterial, infection almost killed me. My friend’s father died from Zpac around 2010 when I first became deadly ill from it. Pfizer now has a black box on it warning it can’t be taken when low in potassium. Grateful the Mayo Clinic knew I had Multiple Chemical sensitivity (MCS). In fact, a MGH specialist I met with upon returning to Boston agreed the ZPac destroyed the natural bacteria on my gut. A mycotoxin, Trichothecene, was found in my blood. Doctors warned never let anyone try to remove it as you could die in the process. I documented everything when I got strong enough when this happened. It was on Care Pages publicly available. A doctor in China read it and her daughter helping me let me know two years BEFORE our doctors. My medical condition results in a reduction in oxygen to the autonomic system of the brain because the molecular size of the carcinogenic chemical reduces the amount of in my blood getting into the autonomic system that controls everything the body does naturally. I DO NOT NEED TO “SMELL” the carcinogenic chemicals. My body reacts before any ability to even think of getting away from the chemical. My tongue swells, I have difficulty breathing, I lose my voice and if the amount of some chemicals are even a minuscule amount then I can’t move. Top MGH doctors have now witnessed this happen and after providing oxygen up to 15L one group of hematologists asked “Can you please explain what happened? We’ve never witnessed anything like this.” I keep my laminated Mayo and MGH diagnosis letters with me in case I can’t speak and need oxygen. My prescription is with them. BTW: That incident was due to MGH four page phamplet that had just come out of the box so the ink, a petroleum product, had not aired out yet. What’s this got to do with EMFs? Well, when I got better in 2010, I went to the Apple Store thinking the Apple Watch might help me if I fell and couldn’t call 911 during an exposure to carcinogenic chemicals. As soon as the salesperson put that watch on me, I called out “get it off! Get it off!” The pain shot up my arm. I already knew I couldn’t hold my iPhone unless it had a good cover on it to protect me from EMFs, but hadn’t considered the watch emitted EMFs. It was only just a few years ago that I realized the disabling pain up my arms was from my laptop! I tested out if using a computer hardwired connected, and not on WiFi caused such disabling pain. It didn’t. The computer using WiFi emits EMFs that physically cause disabling pain. Years ago I shared my willingness to speak to federal researches, and even speak to Congress on the physically disabling consequences of exposures. Congressman Stephen Lynch, a friend of mine, actually witnessed my disability at our Milton Town Meeting. It was years ago; however I’m sure he’d remember pushing open the exit door and the EMTs catching me from falling because the chair was at that door. He saw I was on oxygen. Those with MCS react to many petroleum chemicals and other known carcinogenic chemicals. Why are they used and why are EMFs allowed at limits that disable us? We don’t need to find a cure for cancer. We need to STOP causing cancer! Please send me your final report and call should my testimony help. In fact, my 7yr old cousin passed away some 33yrs ago from a connective tissue disorder. EDS is one type so we’re checking others for EDS which has many, many different comorbidities. In fact, her home was under high tension wires! Thank you for reading my honest report, Diane DiTullio Agostino 617-834-4848

FCC writing about SAR values. https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/specific-absorption-rate-sar-cell-phones-what-it-means-you "Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) For Cell Phones: What It Means For You" French SAR website ANFR. https://www.anfr.fr/en/maitriser/radio-equipment/specific-absorption-rate-sar/sar-measurement-results "To better inform consumers, ANFR continuously publishing the results of SAR measurements performed since 2012 in open data format as part of its mission to control public exposure to electromagnetic waves and monitor the market. Three types of checks are out performed to assess device compliance “head SAR” measurement covering the use of the phone against the ear, during voice calls. They show that, except for one phone, these SAR values have always been compliant with applicable regulations, i.e. less than 2 W/kg. “trunk SAR” measurements are used whene when the phone is carried near the body, for example in a jacket or a clothes pocket or a bag. The maximum value defined by regulation is 2W/kg but this value is associated with a separation distance between the device under test and the body. For mobile phones, the "trunk" SAR is assessed at a distance of 5 mm for all 6 faces.. “limb SAR" measurements , which correspond to the phone being held against a limb, for example, worn in an armband or in a trouser pocket and held in the hand. The maximum value defined by regulation is 4W/kg. For mobile phones, the "limb" SAR is assessed in contact for all 6 faces. ANFR started checking the “trunk SAR” in 2012, considering the new uses for phones relating to the recommendations to use earphones and relating to data exchange (mobile internet, MMS, etc.). At the time when the European R&TTE directive 1999/5/EC was applicableallowed manufacturers to choose a separation distance of between 0 and 25 mm to measure trunk SAR. This variable distance, was not always mentioned in documentation to users, making control more complex. The preparation of a new directive was opened, giving the possibility of to update the standard It was in this context that between 2012 and 2016, the ANFR performed additional trunk SAR measurements using different distances than the one recommended by manufacturers. These distances could not be used to assess the compliance of devices as they went further than the standard requirements. Therefore, France presented these results to member states and as well as the European Commission as consequence the European regulations for separation distance have been amended. All devices sold in France for which the certification file is later than 25 April 2016, were then assessed for the trunk SAR at a distance that cannot exceed 5 mm. This new standard is easier to check while better reflecting current mobile phone uses. Until July 2020, the regulations imposed SAR compliance measurement to be performed on 'head' and “trunk” . Following the entry into force on 1 July 2020 of the Order of 15 November 2019 on "the display of the specific absorption rate of radio equipment and consumer information", the "limb" SAR is now also required for compliance assessment. The ANFR regularly publishes all new SAR measurements and reports it carries out to guarantee the compliance of radio-electric terminals put on the French market. To find out more: SAR measurements on our data.anfr.fr web site The commented report: as reading these reports can prove complex, this commented and explained version is made available to web users to facilitate its understanding. Quick access Public markets Our other sites Recevoirlatnt.fr Cartoradio.fr Data.anfr.fr Hackathon.anfr.fr Conference.anfr.fr" I kept the other sites in, as they seem EMF related. At least the Data.anfr.fr seems to be. Both the US and Europe has SAR data. But maybe the SAR could be lower or we should use cables more. It is possible to connect your phone to an ethernet cable. With adapters. If every office had ethernet connected phones that would reduce EMF.

I am submitting this as a mother and an individual diagnosed with POTS, autism, and ADHD, who also suspects hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS). I am asking HHS to investigate long-term RF/EMF exposure, particularly for people with underlying biological vulnerabilities and for children. A major worsening of my health began while living in an apartment built in the 1940s. A bank of three smart meters was installed directly outside our bedroom wall. Following their installation, both my daughter and I began experiencing significant sleep problems. I developed increasingly frequent headaches, brain fog, restlessness, and a persistent feeling that I could not fully relax. I also noticed my symptoms intensifying around the broader rollout of 5G, although I cannot determine whether that technology was involved. After the smart meters were installed, mold began appearing on the walls in that area, and mushrooms grew in the ground directly in front of the meters. Mold was also identified as a problem in the apartment. The sequence of events stands out to me, but I recognize that moisture intrusion, drainage, and the age of the building could explain the fungal growth. I am not claiming the meters caused the mold or our symptoms. Rather, I question whether multiple environmental exposures are being adequately studied together rather than in isolation. Approximately three years after moving out, I was formally diagnosed with autism and ADHD. These diagnoses helped explain lifelong neurological and sensory differences, but not why my symptoms had become so much more pronounced during that period. My confirmed POTS diagnosis also raises questions about whether individuals with autonomic dysfunction might respond differently to environmental stressors. I can hear loud electrical humming associated with power infrastructure, refrigerators, and some areas near cell towers. Prolonged exposure to these environments frequently coincides with headaches and a physical sensation of being unable to relax or rest. In contrast, when spending time in forests away from concentrated electrical infrastructure, I do not experience those same sensations. I recognize that audible humming, vibration, and RF radiation are different phenomena and may have different explanations. I also experience a burning sensation specifically where my cellphone touches my hand when I hold it for an extended period. This has occurred with every phone I have owned. I cannot determine whether device heat, nerve or skin sensitivity, RF exposure, or another factor explains this recurring experience, but I believe such symptoms deserve investigation. Because of these concerns, I primarily use wired Ethernet, turn off my Wi-Fi router when not needed, keep my cellphone in airplane mode whenever possible, and avoid apartments with smart meters or choose units farther from meter banks. These are personal precautions, not evidence of causation. As a mother, I am especially concerned about pregnant women, developing fetuses, infants, and children. Their developing nervous systems, anatomical differences from adults, including skull thickness, and potentially lifelong exposure raise important questions about long-term effects. I am not asserting that these differences establish increased harm, but I question whether existing research and safety assessments adequately account for different developmental stages, newer frequencies, and cumulative exposure from multiple wireless technologies. I ask HHS to prioritize independent, long-term research using objective exposure measurements and neurological, autonomic, and sleep-related outcomes. Research should specifically examine potentially susceptible groups, including individuals with POTS and other forms of dysautonomia, connective-tissue disorders such as hEDS, mast-cell disorders, autism, and ADHD. It should also investigate possible interactions with mold and other environmental conditions. I would also like greater transparency about actual exposure levels in homes, apartments, and schools, particularly near sleeping areas and banks of smart meters, so families can make informed decisions. My personal experiences cannot establish causation, but I believe they raise legitimate questions that deserve rigorous scientific investigation. I hope HHS will examine these possibilities without prejudging the outcomes and consider whether potentially vulnerable individuals and children may be overlooked when research focuses primarily on population-wide averages. Thank you for considering my experience and these concerns.

I am responding to items 2, 3, 5, and 5.o-p. Perspective Individual consumer and patient. Personal experience In summer 2012 I temporarily lived in a basement apartment where a large Wi-Fi panel serving the floors above was located in a closet. I collapsed with a 106 F flu-like illness, dizziness, severe head pain, and loss of appetite. An integrative physician treated it as a severe flu with high-dose vitamin C, chiropractic care, and acupuncture. After about five days of fever therapy the fever broke, but I then could not eat solid food without severe nausea. I returned to my regular apartment, which had far less Wi-Fi exposure. My physician diagnosed Lyme disease based on symptoms despite no known tick bite or rash and inconclusive testing. Over the next six years symptoms progressed (severe gut intolerance limited to meat only, fatigue, bone and muscle pain, head pain, dizziness, auditory hallucinations, tremors, seizures, catatonia, double vision, memory and speech problems, panic attacks, internal electrical-shock sensations, and progressive difficulty walking) despite multiple infusions, hyperbaric oxygen, and other integrative treatments. Following advice from Dr. Jack Kruse—remove home Wi-Fi, ground outdoors daily, watch sunrise, and receive natural light without glasses or contacts—the acute symptoms resolved on the first day. I regained the ability to eat normally, walk, and have energy. In the nine years since I have not relapsed. I use only wired connections, cellular (no Wi-Fi) on my phone, and prioritize outdoor device use, daily sunrise, grounding, and natural light. Limited Wi-Fi is now tolerable if I remediate promptly outdoors. The large Wi-Fi panel appears to have been a significant factor. Removing the exposure and restoring natural light and grounding produced lasting recovery that prior treatments had not. Exposure evaluation should begin with the frequencies human biology is adapted to. Earth's natural electromagnetic field is approximately 7.4-8.2 Hz. Non-native EMFs (nnEMFs) fall outside this range. Technology should either operate near these low frequencies or include safeguards against excess exposure. This is not opposition to progress; it is a call to design for biological compatibility. Fiber optics are often proposed as lower-exposure alternatives, yet emission concerns remain at attachment and conversion points. 5.o-p A key knowledge gap is the degree to which health depends on alignment with natural electromagnetic, light, and circadian cues. Most chronic illness can be framed as mitochondrial dysfunction. nnEMFs can impair mitochondrial function and desynchronize the circadian clock; a disrupted clock further harms mitochondria. Restoring circadian alignment (natural light timing, grounding, reduced nighttime artificial light and nnEMF exposure) supports recovery. Federal research and standards should treat biophysics and circadian biology as central variables in assessing real-world RF/EMF exposure. References Becker, Robert O. Cross Currents: The Perils of Electropollution, The Promise of Electromedicine (1990). Becker, Robert O., and Andrew A. Marino. Electromagnetism and Life (1982). Becker, Robert O., and Gary Selden. The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life (1985). These works on bioelectromagnetics and non-thermal effects of electromagnetic fields informed this comment.

I have a son with autism who is very sensitive to emf exposure. We take many precautions in our home like hard wiring internet and turning WiFi off at night. Router is very far from all of our children. I am extremely concerned about the huge 765 kV transmission lines. What is the actual number of radiation and emf exposure from these lines? Is it worth the risk to our health, animals, ecosystem? Please make all of advancements of technology stop. My children go to public school. How much radiation and emfs are they being exposed to daily? I would love to get rid of all technology in the classroom.

I'm sensitive to EMF. In 2018 I finally figured out why I would not be able to concentrate and relax in certain areas of my house. If was the wifi and Bluetooth devices. When I finally got my house totally clean I could relax on my couch for the first time in 2.5 years because of the wifi router. To this day I can tell you if I'm together with someone if they're wifi or Bluetooth is on on there phone. I will also want to leave a house if the EMF is close to where I'm hanging out takes 10 20 min but my body keeps telling me to go outside and get away from the frequencies. I feel way more calm when away from the frequencies and anxious and it's hard to concentrate when around WiFi or Bluetooth. 517-375-2895 if anyone wants to talk. I had a emf specialist freak out by how good I was at detecting signals. Although it's probably not that amazing. Thanx for listening my house has been hard wired and wifi and Bluetooth free for 8 years next month and never feel better than in my house.

I am a Health Practitioner for over 20 years as a Massage Therapist. Preserve old technology, oldschool, low technology by making it available for the: People With Special Needs including Electric Sensitivity, People With Disabilities, and People Who Are Medically Challenged. Make a law for all high technology companies saying do not make old, low technology obsolete. Have analog and basic technology readily available as an option so there is no need for special accommodations. Computer screens have led backlights & I believe should be made w/TFT-LCD & not led so it doesn't burn eyes. I believe TFT-LCD doesn’t flicker or irritate eyes. We have to also put screen UV Protectors on our monitor screens so it prevents us from getting bloodshot red eyes, bursting bloodvessels in the eyes, because without it, it ruins and destroys the delicate bloodvessels in our eyes. This is how to keep eye clear. The computer screens need to already come with these UV screen protectors. Since we have EHS-Electric Sensitivity, we have been using a computer screen monitor that is over 20 yrs. old just to protect our health. We have to get a hold of old screen monitors which is very hard to do but we go to this extent. We know others who also use old computer screens just to protect their health. The computer industry should always give us a basic model option with low technology. We should have no wifi options & low power options. Right now we have a Shuttle Barebones low power computer & keyboard extension & old rollball mouse. I have to have an oldschool roll ball mouse that is used that lasts forever, can be cleaned for maintenance. THey need to bring back oldschool rollball mouse because they do not have lasers in them burning our delicate hands, they also hold up for years & they are not made anymore, they need to enforce them being made, all companies who make high tech things should be enforced to include LOW tech items for sensitive, disabled & safety purposes. Also toys shouldn't have lasers like Mario Legos, which once we got it and son's eyes were red after using it & we got rid of it & then his eyes cleared up right away. The new LED car spotlights that blind people should be banned, since they were invented I cannot drive at night time & a lot of others cannot drive at night time anymore without being blinded by the new LED car spotlights. Bring back warm glow incandescent low beam car lights or something close to it, yellow warm lights that don't burn our retinas & blind us & distract drivers. Television Companies need to come up with televisions that don't have led lights, Bluetooth, or wifi. I still have to use an over 20 yr. old television to avoid new tvs that hurt the eyes, and the levels of radiation are causing inflammation, burning and numbness symptoms. Bring back old speakers w/the magnets, I have to use my old speakers not just because they are good, but because they are the only ones that don't have bluetooth & wifi. They are not wireless. Bring back old speaker options. Bring back cameras with no wifi options, & video cameras, ones with no touch screens, just buttons. Bring back appliances with dials only, no digital clocks or digital heating, ones that use only coils, basic stove, ovens. There are only a few left, or none. Enforce that every auto company provide a basic low tech. option. The new fancy vehicles force wifi since it is integrated in the system. I can not drive a car because the motor is too close to the driver and that causes high EMF levels that cause pain and dysfunction. I can only drive an SUV where the motor is far away from the driver. SUV companies like KIA should be enforced to always have an option to get a basic vehicle, Basic SUV. I cannot have seats that cook us alive. We cannot have interior car lights that cook & fry our eyeballs. I have to have a low tech, basic vehicle with no satellite radio hub, no wifi and no bluetooth hub. Keep all Basic vehicles "BASIC" with no integrated wifi/Bluetooth/satellite hub. The car company told me that only the basic model allows us to remove the wifi/Bluetooth/satellite hub. That fancy screen hub needed to be removed from our vehicle. Allow & reinforce basic features for Electric Sensitive, Disabled, and Medically Challenged people. If there is a bank teller or a shopping checkout that forces us to use a sensor, handprint or force us to touch the electric screen so we can become electricuted for just a brief moment, I go to the extent to avoid that for health purposes. Our bodies are electric & we are forced to become one with an electric machine that zaps us. How many times per day does it zap us? Just say no. I ask for the stylus, it should be always available, I bring my stylus with me. There should always be a button option for the sensitive, disabled, and medically challenged, and this needs to be enforced as a law. These things need to be done to stay and become healthy.

I am an electrical engineer specializing in electromagnetics and worked for many years for the Navy including researching the biological effects of electromagnetic fields on sailors due to equipment that emits high electromagnetic fields. I have also seen the results of high electromagnetic fields in my own environment at home measuring extremely high fields from my electric smart meter, Wi-Fi router and nearby cell towers With my meters. I have read through some of the 1000 studies or so that have been done on the biological effects of electromagnetic fields and have determined that they are not , for the most part, frequencies and power levels, that are compatible with human biology, and the field strengths are getting higher and higher. Ever since my analog electric meter on my home was replaced with a higher power Wi-Fi meter I experienced tinnitus ever since. And when I am close to a transmitter I always know because my ears ring louder. I have even gone to the point of using shielding paint to at least Shield my bedroom so that while my body is in a rest and digest and repair mode at night it is not being impacted by these electromagnetic fields affecting our electromagnetic bodies as our heart and brain and cells all run based on frequency and voltage that's why there are EKGs and EEG's to measure the electrical activity of our organs. Also every cell has a voltage gated calcium channel and Martin Pall and others have shown the delirious effects on these from electromagnetic fields at various Wi-Fi, 3G, 4G and 5G frequencies. Please fund real research that isn't biased or funded by the telecommunication companies and en act much stricter limits. We are definitely headed in the wrong direction with Ever increasing power levels. We do not use any wireless devices in our home and have our home hardwired and fiber optics could certainly be used more in place of wireless transmitters.

I am a patient who lives with electro-hypersensitivity (EHS). This is my journey. Around 2007, my husband and I got WiFi. Within the week, I lost my ability to digest most foods: sugar, all fruits, some vegetables, dairy, etc. I lived on a very small range of foods (e.g., meat, eggs, rice, fish, oatmeal, lettuce). Every 6 months, I had new symptoms. They included burning sensations on my face (accompanied by red sunburn even when I didn't get exposed to the sun), aches and pains, brain fog, muscle twitches, heart palpitations, IBS, insomnia, etc. My doctor tried to diagnose me, but he could not. I didn't have lupus (despite a lupus rash), I didn't have fibromyalgia (despite the fact I could no longer walk or bike), etc. This went on for about eight years. In 2014, smart meters were installed in my neighborhood. A meter was put right outside my bedroom window. I soon developed tinnitus. The ringing in my ears was so loud I could not sleep. In 2015, my world collapsed. I could feel text messages sent by people who had cell phones near me, I could feel airplanes approaching the small airport near my home before I could hear them, I could feel Wi-Fi. It was pure pain. It felt like my head was in a vise. My heart would lose its rhythm. I could not concentrate. I wanted to die. I had to quit my job and live in a house without electricity. (My husband and I would turn it on for a few hours each day to keep the food from spoiling and to wash the clothes, and I would go outside.) My doctor refused to treat me. He said that if he diagnosed me with EHS, he would lose his job because the condition is not recognized by the AMA. I found an alternative doctor who would treat me. He told me I had to move away from the airport. My husband and I rented a home, and we had a building inspector come out and take measurements. He helped us lower the dirty electricity in the house. He told me to sleep with the power turned off in my bedroom. Doing both allowed me to live in a house with the electricity on. Once I was away from the smart meter and the radio traffic from the airport, I built up tolerance to being on my computer again using ethernet. IT WAS TORTURE. There was no help, no disability, no insurance, no money. I could not work. After six months, I could return to work, but being around cell phones made me sick. My face would flush, I would feel weak, I would get migraine-type headaches, and my muscles would twitch like I had Huntington's. I lasted less than a year before I quit my job and retreated to my rented house. I received treatment from two alternative doctors, neither of whom could heal my condition. They did, however, provide medicines that help manage symptoms. I am still at home. I can now walk around the neighborhood again. However, I cannot be in most public places because being around cell phones and WiFi makes me feel weak and brain-foggy, like I am recovering from the flu. I am still unable to hold a real job. I can be on my computer, provided I use ethernet. I can be on Zoom for about 90 minutes before I develop a headache. We would all be better off if we had a better scientific understanding of how electromagnetic frequencies affect the human being and used that information to inform public policy. Other countries are studying this matter. Ours should too. I would not wish my condition on my worst enemy.