Li-Fi, fiber & alternatives

1. & 2. I am responding as: 3a. Type of wireless or RF/EMF sources involved (e.g., mobile phones, Wi-Fi, smart meters…)Wi-Fi/Smart Meters/Mobile Phones/MM Wave Airport Scanners/Cell phone towers 3b. Nature, duration, frequency, and approximate timing (e.g., years):Since 2018 - Inability to sleep in an environment with Wi-Fi, extreme headaches, nausea. Extreme pain in legs after going through an MM Wave airport scanner inadvertently for the first and only time - I have peripheral neuropathy of my lower limbs. 3c. Adverse health effect(s) experienced:As above. 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:My situation and intolerance to EMF’s was, I believe, caused by my exposure to fumes onboard aircraft which contain organophosphates. I worked for 20 years as a Flight Attendant and was acutely and chronically exposed to the chemical fumes. I have sensory issues amongst other health effects including brain injury and peripheral neuropathy as a result. I developed multiple chemical sensitivity in 2017 and EMF sensitivity in 2018. 3e. Was medical evaluation or treatment sought? (Optionally:) Was there a diagnosis?I have a diagnosis of Environmental Intolerance (Chemical and EMF’s) from my doctor. Not Idiopathic - as my doctor knows what caused it. I also have a diagnosis of Organophosphate Poisoning. 3f. Were steps taken to reduce or eliminate exposure, and were there subsequent changes in the effects?I moved to a rural area of France with minimal mobile phone signal and into an old property with thick stone walls and no near neighbours. My laptop is hardwired and Wi-Fi in the house is limited to just 30 minutes twice a day. Avoidance is the only remedy and the only way to reduce/eliminate exposure. 3g. Any supporting documentation? This includes Scientific Reports, exposure measurements, or other relevant information:I have some scientific reports, but i’m sure you have them already. I don’t have an exposure measurements - I know exposure here is minimal. I moved away in order to avoid exposure as much as possible. I live a very different lifestyle these days which includes an organic diet, no chemicals in the house, and minimal exposure to EMF’s. The area I live in is an organic farming area and life is at a slower pace. 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:No, I think I have covered it; but generally, I feel that unless you are personally affected or understand the true science on the issue, you can’t even begin to understand what people like me have gone through or the lengths we have gone to for our health - as well as our sanity. I have been lucky in that my doctor will read scientific papers, has fully investigated my health and understands the effects EMF’s can cause me. He gave me an exemption for the smart meters here in France and an exemption for the MM Wave airport scanners (for the very rare occasions I have to fly). B1a. Sources you experience as causing you Adverse Effects: 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): B2a. Health conditions you think may contribute to your sensitivity to EMFs including wireless: B2b. Health conditions you don't necessarily associate with your sensitivity to EMFs including wireless, but might be relevant: 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: 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: B4. What is your age range? B5. What year did you become aware of your sensitivity to wireless radiation or electromagnetic fields? B6. What country, state, province, or major city were you living in when you first noticed your sensitivity to wireless or electromagnetic fields?

I got electrosensitive about 6 months ago after being exposed to a smart meter nearby (I was almost "attached to it" for a couple of days as I did not pay attention that there was a smart meter), and at the same time I started working in a new office room very near to a base station with especially high RF levels. I experience symptoms from phones, wi-fi, base stations, practically any wireless technology, but unfortunately also from electrical fields (when devices I touch are plugged into a power outlet, and cars) and electromagnetic fields (cars, power lines ecc). Especially phones and hybrid and electrical vehicles, subway and train are detrimental for my health. Just a couple of days near to a smart meter and base station made me this sensible, but of course previously I had been exposed to many RF fields with various levels for years, as they are ubiquitous. Now I get symptoms quite fast, in a couple of minutes, depending on the intensity of the exposure. Symptoms include strong tinnitus, headache, cold and numb hands, insomnia, pain and “waves” in my face and head, tiredness, nausea and rarely, after longer and strong exposure, also vomiting. I have not got any specific medical treatments, as there is no understanding in the health care system about this condition. I got help and advice from peer support groups. I am still looking for specialist that could help me. Luckily I have been able to continue working, at least for now, with specific keyboard, mouse, ethernet connection and asking collaborators to switch their phones in airplane mode when we work face-to-face. My work place has had a very understanding attitude. A crucial element in my capacity to work was leaving the premises where I fell ill as soon as I understood my symptoms were connected to radiation. Now the premises where I work have quite low back ground levels.

See attached file(s) 2 Individual, health practitioner. 3a Computer, tablet and iPhone for work. (Wifi for others). 3b Hours on computer & tablet, less on the iPhone. 3c 1) continuous electrical sensations holding iPhone 2) an urgent sense of wanting to escape but feeling 'glued' to a device 3) a drain on energy when close to my devices - feeling low 4) sleep disruption 5) a thick head sensation 6) ear ringing - not Tinnitus as hearing is excellent 7) low heart rate variability - found using a ‘Fitbit’ 8) visiting a building with solar panels - air felt like treacle 3d 1-6) 5 years+ 7) 2018+ 8) 2025. 3f Ethernet for computer, tablet & iPhone. Router off at night & positioned away from daily activity. iPhones & tablets near bedrooms are kept in a faraday bag at night. iPhone necessary calls - speakerphone & moving meters from the device. https://ec.europa.eu/health/scientific_committees/scheer/docs/emf2022/Article_Om_Ghandi.pdf iPhone is off & kept in a faraday bag when travelling. No smart meter - see attached. Geopathic device - to increase heart rate variability. No microwave, Alexa or bluetooth - see attached. No solar panels - see attached. Schumann resonator inside and outside. https://resonanceone.app/blog/do-schumann-resonance-generators-work - ‘Ordinary household wiring and appliances produce ELF magnetic fields in the range of tenths to tens of microtesla near the source, millions of times stronger than the natural Schumann Resonance.’ Living near a mast: Using a TriField TF2 meter metal blinds and aluminium foil reduce the RF readings. Changes: Less concern Heart rate variability score has increased. No electrical sensations. Able to spend longer on any device. Screen guards for all devices, to reduce blue light. Crystals for grounding. Nutritional Therapy - better nutrition & toxic load reduction - to increase personal protection. 3g Why has the WHO not updated their website since 2005? - see attached. In 2011 ‘The IARC has classified RF-EMFs as a possibly carcinogenic to humans’. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6513191/ Wifi is linked with other EMFs https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935118300355?via=ihub 2G and 3G Radio frequency: cancer in rats (no such tests with humans) - now 5G is used https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/high-exposure-radio-frequency-radiation-associated-cancer-male-rats Low frequency magnetic fields: our body’s electric fields https://publications.iarc.who.int/98 Melatonin and EMFS: - symptoms and distances to cell phone base stations https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/EMF-EMR-reduces-melatonin-in-animals-and-people-Cherry/7a412e1a6de1f73c3f0660ae636ad02f985632bc EMFs, low and high frequency magnetic fields: sleeplessness https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S143846392600146X EMF risks: a list https://healingwithvibration.com/emf-sleep-video/ 4h 1) Heating up their head/ear on the side that they use a smart phone: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2763825/ 2) experiencing absorption: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12401922/ 3) Autoimmune disease - possible links to EMFs: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5406447/ links to dry eyes https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9086534/ 4) Credit card readers. Scanners at airports, conference centres. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1935419/ Additionally: ‘At the organ-system level, studies have examined possible effects on the nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, immune, reproductive, and sensory systems..’ https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1935419/full 5) severe issues when close to electrical power - dirty electricity? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17178585/ 4jClients are concerned, sometimes unaware of the reason for their symptoms, anxious, fatigued and unsure where to turn. By keeping away from the devices symptoms were less of an issue. 4mNew v old technology. 5nLess individual exposures - in/outside - by changing technologies, No WiFi boosters in public. Keep ability to use wires 5o&5p iPhone - see 2 uploaded files (SAR & Legal). Carry a phone?: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32829319/. https://www.earthingoz.com.au/blogs/feature-blog/iphone-radiation-warning: ‘… Samsung historically tested at 15 mm, ..A phone tucked into a sports bra is in direct contact. A phone held against the ear during a call is in direct contact..’ 6WHO should update research & acknowledge symptoms may be attributed to EMFs 8Talk to nutritional therapists & people with issues 9Free education on how to reduce exposure & iPhone notification when making a call to show radiation - shows what is happening in the body when making a call. Like a cigarette health warning. 11We are all sensitive & regularly use technology. All of my friends have illnesses. I don't. Why? Because I protect myself?

I appreciate HHS undertaking this important inquiry into electromagnetic fields (EMFs), radiofrequency (RF) radiation, and their potential effects on human health. My central concern is that the widespread deployment of wireless technologies has outpaced our understanding of the biological consequences of chronic, cumulative exposure. Compliance with existing exposure standards is not equivalent to demonstrating long-term biological safety. I urge HHS to address the following concerns: 1. Reevaluate safety standards beyond thermal effects. Current RF exposure standards have historically emphasized protection against tissue heating. Yet peer-reviewed research has reported biological effects involving oxidative stress, neurological function, reproductive health, and cellular processes at exposure levels that warrant investigation beyond heating alone. The National Toxicology Program’s 2018 studies reported clear evidence of carcinogenic activity involving malignant heart schwannomas in male rats exposed to certain RF conditions. The Ramazzini Institute independently reported increased heart schwannomas in male rats. Although these findings do not establish cancer risks from ordinary human wireless exposure, they raise legitimate questions requiring further investigation. 2. Investigate cumulative, real-world exposure. Americans experience simultaneous exposure from Wi-Fi, cellular networks, Bluetooth devices, smart meters, and other wireless technologies. Research must examine long-term exposure to multiple sources, including potential effects of duration, frequency, modulation, and cumulative lifetime exposure. 3. Prioritize vulnerable populations. Children, pregnant women, developing fetuses, and individuals with neurological vulnerabilities deserve particular consideration. Children increasingly experience wireless exposure throughout their school day, often without meaningful alternatives. HHS should determine whether existing standards adequately protect developing biological systems rather than assuming uniform safety across populations. 4. Ensure independent research and regulatory transparency. The telecommunications industry has substantial financial interests in maintaining existing infrastructure and exposure standards. HHS should disclose how current limits were established, how conflicting scientific findings have been evaluated, and what role industry-funded research and representatives have played in regulatory decisions. Independent replication, transparent methodologies, and full disclosure of financial conflicts are essential to public trust. 5. Protect informed choice and individual autonomy. Americans deserve understandable information about wireless exposure and practical ways to reduce it. I urge HHS to support wired alternatives in schools and public facilities, greater transparency regarding infrastructure emissions, meaningful community participation, and reasonable accommodations for individuals reporting electromagnetic sensitivity. 6. Apply the precautionary principle. The absence of conclusive evidence of harm must never be misrepresented as conclusive evidence of safety. Reasonable precautionary measures should not require absolute scientific certainty, particularly when exposure is widespread, continuous, and difficult to avoid. Specific Actions Requested I respectfully urge HHS to: 1. Independently reassess existing RF exposure limits, including potential nonthermal biological effects. 2. Commission replication and follow-up studies of significant National Toxicology Program and Ramazzini Institute findings. 3. Fund long-term research examining cumulative exposure from multiple wireless sources. 4. Prioritize research involving children, pregnancy, neurological health, sleep, and reproductive outcomes. 5. Require transparency regarding industry influence, research funding, and regulatory conflicts of interest. 6. Expand public access to real-world exposure measurements and meaningful consumer information. 7. Support wired alternatives and reasonable exposure-reduction measures. 8. Establish a transparent process for periodically updating exposure standards as scientific evidence evolves. Closing Statement Wireless technology provides undeniable convenience, but convenience must never substitute for rigorous public health evaluation. The burden of establishing reasonable safety should not rest entirely upon individuals after a technology has already been deployed throughout their homes, schools, workplaces, and communities. The American public deserves an independent assessment that examines all credible scientific evidence, acknowledges unresolved questions, and places human health above commercial interests. I urge HHS to make this inquiry the beginning of meaningful scientific investigation and regulatory accountability rather than another exercise in reaffirming existing assumptions. Thank you for considering my comments.

I am commenting as a concerned public citizen. Wireless radiation exposure and EMF's, although invisible, just like carbon monoxide, are very harmful. It's common sense that humans, as electrical beings, would be affected. Personally, I have done what I can to shield myself, and am considering more measures. I have Ethernet connections for my laptop and my phone, and shielding paint on one wall because my roommate has WiFi in her room. Since taking these steps I have experienced far less headaches. Also, it has already been demonstrated that cell towers near schools negatively affect young brains. I appreciate that HHS is considering this issue, and I support any actions that can be taken to identify gaps in understanding these dangers and establish appropriate research priorities to protect human health, and especially children's health.

I've suffered from Seizures almost all my life, and its stolen near everything from me, agitated by EMFs and RFs and Dirty Electricity. It wasn't until I was 28 after seeing world renown specialist from across the globe that I on my own tried EMF reduction tactics like filtering powerlines, shielding wireless, using grounded devices and hardline connections that I recovered enough to walk and have my eyesight repair, migraines that never ended recovered. I'm the canary in the coal mine growing up in southern CA and later near Scilicon valley since my pre-teen years of age in the late 90s into the 00s. We'll all suffer more and more as signals add up and pollute each other. We need to use software on wireless that puts the device when not in use like the JSR-eco Router, saving our cyber security and electricity as well as our bodies. Education in this field will spur on not only engineering but biological intelligence in the coming generations too, demystifying this technology through its physical and biological interactions. It took almost a decade to repair my lifetime of nerve damage to the extent I have which isn't total, but 7 seizures a week is much more than now 2-3 a year. I remained HYPER sensitive to foods and wireless radiation swelling and having radical inflammation so great I can have a seizure or not process food the next few days, small scale seizures for a few days that burn and hurt and make it dangerous just to stand and go to the bathroom are then common after being on a train or near a cell tower too long. Please consider Xemes coating on the towers that exist and angle them up away from residential zones, school, hospital, ect. just like radio and airplane tower signals are supposed to be. I have an IQ tested by Sandford of 138-147 and studed neurology and computer science, I was an olympic level swimmer too, now i'm and unemployed cripple and try everywhere I go to help those I see with mounting symptoms and they're getting worse. Powerlines aren't being well maintained and conduict standards are being lowered to pvc instead of steel, most houses I've lived in I've called power companies and they find the power pole to not even have a grounding wire in the conduit tube it having rotted away long ago. The telecom companies would jump at a chance to market "a radiation safe company" if you set standards like the organic food crazy, try using that on them. Titanium with Vanadium should be used on and with cases for wireless like routers/modems, and reinvesting in this with our new steel systems would be a great boon in modernizing tech while creating potent economic opportunitiesa, longer lasting too. Please do what you can, the pain is never ending. God Bless

See attached file(s) Katie Webb, QuantaX Technology HHS-OASH-2026-0397 HHS must act now to reduce unnecessary wireless radiation exposure and protect biological fidelity: the precision with which living systems develop, regulate energy and information, repair damage, and recover. I support and present John Coates's complete comment, included in the attached PDF with my position statement and our illustrated plausible pathways. Low-fidelity biology is the upstream vulnerability HHS must investigate and prevent. Mistimed calcium signals, mitochondrial and redox mismatch, impaired repair, and persistent compensation can reduce the reserve needed for healthy development and later challenges. The S4–Mito–Spin framework connects these processes through specific molecular targets and measurable functions. A standard based on average absorbed energy cannot, by that number alone, characterize biological timing, recovery, or developmental susceptibility. The cancer evidence demands action. NTP and the Ramazzini Institute reported malignant heart schwannomas in male rats. The WHO-commissioned animal review rated evidence for increased glioma and heart schwannoma as high certainty. Melnick and Moskowitz (2026), applying EPA risk-assessment methods, calculated that the public whole-body limit is 15–900 times above modeled exposure levels for one additional cancer per 100,000 people, depending on daily exposure duration, and 8–24 times above their male-reproductive protection estimates. HHS and EPA must derive health-based limits and reduce avoidable exposure while completing that assessment. Put the Yale developmental findings at the center. Aldad and colleagues found hyperactivity, impaired memory, and altered prefrontal-cortex synaptic transmission in mice exposed prenatally to cellular-phone radiation. Yale's senior author described the experiment as showing that prenatal cell-phone exposure caused ADHD-like behavioral problems in mice. Cakir and colleagues subsequently identified delayed radial-glial differentiation and BET-mediated developmental effects in human cortical organoids. A developing child gets one chance at each developmental window. HHS must respond with prenatal protection and a funded developmental research program. Test the full pathway. Measure the S4/channel and CYB5B interfaces, calcium timing, mitochondrial reserve, spin-sensitive chemistry, chromatin responses, and later function together. Kim and colleagues' CYB5B gene-switch study identifies a molecular route from a defined field to rhythmic calcium-dependent gene regulation. The CACNA1C sleep study identifies genotype-dependent response. Use sham, carrier-only, and pulsed exposures at matched SAR with temperature control, then apply molecular blocking, rescue, and timed replay to establish the sequence. Protect future generations now. RF experiments already warrant offspring follow-up: Yan and colleagues reported sex-specific offspring growth and metabolic changes after paternal RF exposure. Separate diet and toxicant experiments demonstrate molecular transmission through sperm RNA and persistence of environmental effects across generations. HHS must directly test RF-associated germline transmission, following maternal gestational lines through F3 and paternal preconception lines through F2, with unexposed descendants and molecular mediation tests. Also measure repeated direct exposure across successive pregnancies. Continued exposure and inherited effects are distinct routes that both require investigation and prevention. My requests are concrete: 1. Publish a federal quantitative RF risk assessment using current cancer and reproductive evidence and established EPA methods. 2. Restore sustained NTP research, independent replication, prospective pregnancy cohorts, and multigenerational studies linked to early fidelity measurements. 3. Reduce unnecessary exposure in pregnancy, childcare, schools, healthcare, and sleeping environments. Fund practical wired and optical alternatives. 4. Require realistic body-contact testing and disclosure of test distance, dose averaging, active radios, and waveform conditions. 5. Reinvigorate Public Law 90-602. Ask Congress to place RF health-protection standards under HHS/EPA and repeal Section 704's health-based siting restriction. 6. Advance the Clean Ether Act through interoperable optical networks, wired-first procurement, independently evaluated pilots, and measured reductions in unnecessary transmissions. Publish a ninety-day work plan, a one-year assessment and research program, named responsible officials, and annual results. The accompanying 5,000-word statement, pathway images, and John Coates's complete comment provide the evidence and implementation requests. Protect biological fidelity before the developmental window closes. Katie Webb QuantaX Technology

There is no research on the longterm effects of wireless radiation exposure. And because there are no long term studies, the technology should be prohibited (at the least, heavily regulated). Have you ever read the fine print on a cell phone package which warns you to hold the phone against your body? Have you noticed the high percentage of brain cancers in young people? This is due to cell phone use and wireless internet modems in bedrooms. Anecdotally, I know of several deadly cancers caused by phones or modems. Please pursue. I can tell you I walked into a building last year with heavy wireless amplifiers and I was struck with temporary tinnitus and very heavy pressure in my head. I do not have these conditions in a safe setting. It threw me off for hours and once I left the building I immediately felt better. When we removed all wireless devices and the modem from our home last year and hardwired our computer and phones, immediately our home felt more peaceful and we started sleeping through the night. As an American citizen who wishes live a healthy life and raise my children in freedom and health, I am very troubled by the lack of consent and freedom in my own home and in my own life when it comes to wireless radiation exposure. The electric company attached a "smart meter" to my home without my consent. I asked them for the right to "opt out" of the technology as it would be attached to my house close to our living areas (bedrooms, office, deck/backyard play area). They said I would be charged a monthly fee for someone to read the meter and I agreed. But a month later when my dog was inside, they attached the smart meter to my home anyway. I have a meter which reads RF and the meter emits dangerous levels of radiation into my child's bedroom and our backyard area where we gather. This same electric company allows Missouri customers to OPT OUT and pay an extra fee for a non communicating meter, but just yards away across the state border, Kansans cannot opt out. Everytime we're in an airport or at a school or a city building or shopping center, there is wireless internet blasting us. All without my consent. The cell towers being built next to schools and churches, on top of hospitals and hotels are attacking our bodies and cells. Many cell phone companies will pay these businesses or non profits to locate their towers on the property and for non profits and for profits the offer may seem irresitible. Did the cell phone company inform the property owner of the risks of radiation? I highly doubt it. The effect on humans and animals have not been studied and it is very unnerving that it is all being done without our consent. At a doctors office we are now handed a WiFi tablet to check in and update our records. Our own city street lights have 5G antennae caps on top. Without our consent and for someone else's profit. The gas meter next to my house was updated to a communicating wireless device without my consent. The workman said we need to update your meter. He did not tell me it would be a communicating device. This meter is outside of my other child's bedroom. None of this is fair. 1-at a minimum, all American citizens should have the right to OPT OUT of communicating emitting devices attached to our homes. 2-it should be illegal to install or build cell phone towers near neighborhoods, parks, schools, nursing homes, hospitals, hotels or churches 3-because people have the option to use a certain amount of data within the cell phone monthly contract, installing wireless in public spaces and commercial businesses is completely unnecessary as it affects the liberty and right to consent of the individual. I should not be forced to be exposed to wireless radiation if someone else chooses to carry a cell phone. Their choice should not affect my body or health or my children. Thank you for requesting these comments and starting to address the egregious loss of liberty and lack of the right to consent to be subjected to wireless.

I am submitting this comment in response to HHS’s Request for Information on EMFs, Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation, and Wireless Radiation Exposure. I am very pleased with HHS's initiative and hope it will take action to to examine the potential health and environmental effects of wireless radiation. I also hope that my government of Canada will follow suit. I urge HHS to carefully examine the submitted experiences and the scientific evidence, identify gaps in current research and give particular attention to children, and other vulnerable populations that are affected in different ways. Please do not delay in taking action.   I was a healthy woman, leading a normal (and international) life until a RF communicating smart meter made me sick. Since 2016, my life and that of my family has been turned upside down. I had to move away from what is deemed 'normal' society. I do not consent to the continuous involuntary exposure to pulsed modulated, biologically active electrical and radio-frequency radiation. Thank you for providing an opportunity to be heard.  1. & 2. Responding as: an individual 3a. Type of sources: pulse-modulated RF radiation from: smart (utility) meters, Wi-Fi routers, any 'smart' tech including in cars; iPads/ laptops; earbuds/ hearing aids ; cell towers. Low frequency EMF's from wiring, electrical appliances, transmission lines, cars. 3b. Nature, duration, frequency, timing: Adverse health effects have changed over time: including severity of symptoms, timing of onset, - some with delay, others directly when exposed - and recuperation time after exposure.  3c. Adverse health effects: Symptoms experienced over the last ten years (difference in presence and severity over time) : Cardio-vascular (heart palpitations, tachycardia); eye sight, neurological effects including speech problems, memory, tinnitus; chest pain/tightened chest; sleep dysfunction/  head aches/ stabbing pains, tremors; sensations in thyroid and face/ jaw area, chills/ flu like symptoms.  3d. Time from exposure to appearance of adverse effects; did a change coincide with onset: In 2016 our family returned to Canada after living in Europe for some years. Upon our return I developed electromagnetic radiation syndrome (EHS), with debilitating neurological and heart problems, very likely caused by frequent and prolonged exposure to a smart meter installed right outside the kitchen on our home in Canada. At the same time A Wi-Fi router in the basement beamed up under my feet and smart phones were charging on the counter.  I had milder symptoms in Europe but did not recognize it as such. I started to use a smart phone around 2014 and developed heart arrhythmia; a cardiologist in Europe could not find anything wrong. I had stabbing pains in my head, but they came and went so quickly, that I did not pay attention. I also already had unusual, unexplainable, out of the blue fatigue. 3e. Medical evaluation sought? Diagnosis?  In Canada I sought medical help from my own family physician: he had never heard of the condition but would look into it and asked how he could help. I did not know. Two other physician-friends were dismissive: one did not respond, the other could not find it in the BMJ". The waiting list for an environmental doctor was too long. I mostly found my way on my own. A few years ago I sought help from an acupuncturist who worked on my neurological system, and recently I started to work with a cranio-sacral therapist.  3f. Steps taken to reduce exposure; subsequent changes in effects: We managed to have our utility company change our smart electricity meter into a non-communicating meter in December 2016, after repeated requests. Early 2017, an EMF specialist measured RFR and low frequency EM fields in our house. We switched off our Wi-Fi; went back to cabled computers and lap tops; replaced our DECT-phone with a corded phone; got rid of dimmer switches; switched back to incandescent lighting and use kill switches to turn off electrical groups at night,.  Regularly being outdoors, walking (and grounding) in the woods, exposing myself to natural sunlight (and the Earth's magnetic field), swimming in summer (in the river), and eating healthy are essential for me to stay healthy, heal and deal with exposure.    I can now better tolerate some exposure for a short duration. Yet radiation density all around is rapidly increasing. It seems a Sisyphean task to grow more tolerant in an an environment that is ever more inundated with artificial forms of electromagnetic radiation. I cannot imagine how life is like for people who have no safe place to live and without a support system.  I try to raise awareness in my community, in the political scene, through the media. I write letters and articles and work with advocacy groups in Canada and across the world, but we encounter many brick walls. That is why I even more appreciate HHS's initiative. 

This comment shares my perspective as a private citizen of the United States. I am a 37-year-old male. Below, I address questions 2, 3, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, and 15 from the Request for Information. Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields (EMF), Radiofrequency (RF) radiation, and Wireless radiation is a major environmental contributor to my own illness: chronic, neurologic Lyme disease, tick-borne co-infections, and related autoimmune complications. When exposed to this radiation, I suffer fatigue, brain fog, headaches, vertigo, and exacerbation of underlying neurologic illness. I have been a patient of a practitioner of orthomolecular and environmental medicine for the past 17 years. My symptoms increase in severity the stronger the radiation, the closer the source, and the longer my time of exposure. Two hours of driving in a car on a highway past cell towers induces mild to moderate fatigue and brain fog. An entire day of exposure to WiFi at a home, school, or hotel induces moderate to severe headache, brain fog, fatigue, and vertigo. Repeated exposures day after day in a workplace eventually contributes to severe episodes of head pain, debilitating vertigo, vision disturbances, and loss of ability to think and speak. I have had to leave jobs due to this inability to function. In hindsight, this was also a reason why I had to take multiple medical leaves while attending college on a campus covered with 24/7 WiFi. My family and I have remediated our home environment from wireless radiation by hard-wiring all of our computers, telephones, and electronic devices. We disable all wireless capabilities and do not use any “smart” devices or appliances. I do not use a cell phone. I am able to stay healthy in this low-EMF environment, and in outdoor environments in my semi-rural town. I cannot function for prolonged periods in city or densely-populated suburban environments with high radiation levels. I do not think of myself as “electrically-sensitive,” but simply as a living being who is aware of the harm that EMF, RF, and Wireless radiation cause me. The harms of this radiation to all of life on Earth are well documented in the scientific literature. Arthur Firstenberg presents this evidence in his book "The Invisible Rainbow: A History of Electricity and Life". The presence of electrical, radio, satellite, and wireless infrastructure correlates strongly to the major diseases of modern man: cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and infectious disease. Man-made radiation inhibits the basic functioning of the cells of all living organisms, damaging their metabolism and ability to communicate properly. The result is confusion, disease, and death in humans, animals, and plants. The current regulatory standards and exposure limits regarding this radiation do not protect anyone. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is a captured agency, controlled by the telecommunications industry it is supposed to regulate. Through this agency and federal law which shields them from liability, telecom companies can build and deploy any technology that suits them, without threat of litigation for health and environmental harms. This state of affairs consolidates power and profit for a few giant corporations, while actually benefitting nobody. Our cell tower and wireless infrastructure is making us all sick, and we must acknowledge this damage and turn off these technologies. At the very least, individuals must have the freedom to opt out of smartphones, smart meters, and all other wireless technologies, and local communities must have the right to reject cell towers and antennas if they do not want them. Once we recognize the cost of unchecked wireless radiation throughout all of society, we can return to wired connections and encourage engineers and inventors to develop communication technologies that do no harm to living beings. We have many such technologies already, including pencil and paper! I encourage all at HHS to read "The Invisible Rainbow: A History of Electricity and Life" by Arthur Firstenberg (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2020), to read the scientific literature demonstrating the health harms of EMF, RF, and Wireless radiation, and to work with any and all parties willing to cooperate with the reduction and elimination of the technologies harming us all. For more information about the work of Arthur Firstenberg and his book "This Invisible Rainbow", visit the website of the Cellular Phone Task Force: https://www.cellphonetaskforce.international/ Thank you for this opportunity to comment on the harms of EMF, RF, and Wireless radiation exposure.