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I am submitting this comment in response to HHS’s Request for Information on Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs), Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation, and Wireless Radiation Exposure. I am responding from the perspective of a parent, family member, healthcare professional, and a concerned member of the public. I have lived between two cell towers for 13 years and am concerned with the lack of safety data in allowing these towers into residential area. We have noticed it is harder to sleep. My neighbor has radiation sensitivity which makes it hard for him to leave his home and Im sure there are more symptoms we could attribute to the towers if we had the actual research behind the technology. daily life. I firmly believe HHS has a responsibility to make sure the technology is safe BEFORE it goes up. Unfortunately we have been failed this far. I support HHS taking an active role in examining the potential health and environmental effects of wireless radiation. Questions about human health should be addressed by federal agencies with appropriate expertise in medicine, biology, epidemiology, and public health, and the experiences of individuals and families who report being affected should be considered alongside the scientific evidence. I urge HHS to carefully evaluate these experiences and the scientific evidence, identify gaps in current research, give particular attention to children and other potentially vulnerable populations, and establish appropriate federal research priorities regarding wireless radiation and public health. Thank you for providing individuals and families with an opportunity to be heard.

Read your own decades old government funded research from https://www.amazon.ca/Body-Electric-Robert-Becker/dp/0688069711 and for the love of all things good, stop acting so completely stupid all the time.

Please, for our health and the health of our children, we need to better understand the impact this technology is having on our health.

Check on the health of the resident's and business living near or under the 5G towers. The towers were mostly installed or upgraded in 2019- to present. Prior to 5G installation, health records should be used as a control. You also need to factor those who took the vaccine vs those who did not. You should also consider that covid may have been radiation sickness rather than a virus, or that 5G may have created weakened immune systems that allowed a virus to cause more damage than normal. You should look at the increase in reports of ringing ears, hair loss, and "long covid" type symptoms for those who live in heavy 5G areas. You should also follow these symptoms and covid symptoms against the release of 5G world-wide, specifically China.

Check on the health of the resident's and business living near or under the 5G towers. The towers were mostly installed or upgraded in 2019- to present. Prior to 5G installation, health records should be used as a control. You also need to factor those who took the vaccine vs those who did not. You should also consider that covid may have been radiation sickness rather than a virus, or that 5G may have created weakened immune systems that allowed a virus to cause more damage than normal. You should look at the increase in reports of ringing ears, hair loss, and "long covid" type symptoms for those who live in heavy 5G areas. You should also follow these symptoms and covid symptoms against the release of 5G world-wide, specifically China.

There has been a major increase and cluster of DIPG cases in Southeastern, Kentucky. It is a type of incurable brain cancer that is taking the lives of children in this area. It has been reported and requested that it be investigated. Aside from specifically DIPG, this area also has a very high rate of childhood cancers that is concerning for environmental exposures being the culprit.

There needs to be modern long term studies on EMFs affects on human biology.

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.

Ten years ago, I was diagnosed with multiple tickborne illnesses, and in the midst of it, I discovered I was exposed to black mold. During the last phase of recovery, I moved into a beautiful home and every evening I felt like I was having a panic attack, but it happened in cycles like every cell was being stung and vibrating. My upper diaphragm would hurt my heart would race, my thoughts would race. It would happen in 30 second intervals. It was completely strange. I knew my body well enough by then to understand that I was sensing something, but if you had told me what it was or that people could sense these things before this moment, I would’ve told you you were making it up. The landlord, being the gentleman was, listened and was curious. We realized two things. One, in the evening he was plugging his car into the home. I could tell him the moment he unplugged it and the moment he plugged it in. He began using an extension cable, and that stopped the transmission for reasons. I don’t completely understand, but he did. He’s a complete nerd and dove deep as soon as he realized my body was physically sensing the car charging. How could that be possible. But there was another piece that I was also sensing. His daughter also suffering for migraines, was sleeping 6 feet away from the automatic meter reader that was transmitting data. It began speaking with my doctor and she told me she had other patients who were dealing with similar illnesses that could also sense EMF and radiation. Because the daughter was dealing with migraines and the Landlord was curious, they had somebody come off and take the meter off the house for a few hundred dollars and instead somebody comes out every few months and reads it (I forget the name between these two whether it’s automatic or something that people have to read.) My symptoms immediately went away, and I can sleep at night and the daughter no longer has migraines after a couple of weeks. I’ve been told by my doctor that as her patients recover, they don’t detect these things the same way, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t interfering with the cellular function in her mind and according to the research she’s been sending me. If you had told me about the problems, this brought into peoples lives, I wouldn’t have thought twice. I just would’ve said that must be awful and sounds like a conspiracy theory. Except I lived it. I can’t tell you how happy I am that the government is willing to look into this. It has made moving very difficult. It has made travel very difficult. it has made finding a home that’s affordable virtually impossible. I have too many restrictions between mold exposure EMF radiation exposure. It’s something I want us to think about in regards to data centers as well as power stations and power lines. Oddly I’m nowhere near is worried about my phone and the Internet as I am these towers stations centers, and the meters that are on the homes all of which have been rolled out to be these automatic ones that are constantly sending your data. There have been a couple of counties that have made it illegal to replace them because of the amount of physical complaints going on in the community. The fact that this government is looking at both mold and EMF and tending to Lyme disease is a dream come true. I can’t thank you all enough.

Isn't 5G just another frequency band? How is it any different from other microwaves? I'm not worried about it at all. BUT: This isn't something I think much about. I haven't researched it. I don't think you should be asking the general public about it because they are broadly uninformed and it seems like these questions are easily answered through honest and directed scientific inquiry and research. Stop writing dumb bills.