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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 an advocate and concerned member of the public. I am in shock at the seeming endless explosion of cell towers and WIFI being everywhere. Perhaps this is why even though I am a robustly healthy person who eats organic food, exercises, drinks only water, and practices a healthy lifestyle, my head feels bad every day. This never happened before a smart meter was put on our house. Why are WIFI routers allowed in schools where children go every day. Their skulls are thinner, and their brains are developing. We should have ethernet cables in all schools, in offices, in hospitals, and homes. Wifi comes with a lot of hazards and HHS needs to look into this. Please don't trust any research from the organizations that are creating the EMF and EMR hazards. 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.

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 concerned member of the public. Back in 2014 a bank of 7 wireless electric smart meters were installed in the condo building where I lived at the time. The same day they were installed I began experiencing vertigo and balance problems. As time went on I experienced brain fog and pressure in my head. The symptoms were bad enough that I was forced to vacate my unit and move back in with my mom for about a year until I was able to sell my condo and purchase a single family home free from smart meters. There are scientific studies that show that EMF's can act via Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels (VGCC's) to cause adverse biological effects. Please investigate the research published by Dr. Martin Pall. Also, the Bioinitiative Report (first published in 2012 and updated since) provides a rationale for Biologically based Exposure Standards for Electromagnetic Radiation. I support HHS taking an active role in examining the 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. Thank you for providing individuals and families with an opportunity to be heard.

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 family member. My first cousin is dealing with sleep issues and with a 5G repeater box at the end of his block (Lexington, KY), he has no doubt his sleep is being affected by that installation. 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.

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 chronically ill individual dealing with pain and fatigue. In my search for answers to alleviate my pain and exhaustion, I learned about EMFs and how they damage the long-term biological health of our cells and prevent healing according to Dr. Devra Davis, Dr. Martin Pall, and Dr. Deitrich Klinghardt. So I decided to do my own experiment to see if eliminating sources of EMFs would make me feel better. I had 2 certified building biologists come into my home and do an assessment of the current EMFs. I had high levels of magnetic fields due to nearby powerlines, moderate levels of electric fields due to in house wiring mistakes, and extreme levels of wireless radiation in the home (according to Building Biology guidelines) due to wireless devices throughout my home. The building biologist suggested the following: 1) I turn off the electricity at night to combat the electrical fields in certain rooms, 2) I hardwire everything in my home and eliminate all RF and Wireless devices, and 3) obtain a Qi Machine that is suppose to help neutralize the various EMFs and create a more balanced energy field. I did all 3 of these suggested changes, and I had really great results with my severe back pain and overall body aches and fatigue. I still suffer from these ailments, but I went from a 9 out of 10 to a 6 out of 10 by making these changes. I even did multiple experiments where I would take the 3 suggestions and turn them on one night and turn them off the next. The results were consistent and my pain/fatigue would re-surge when I exposed myself to the EMFs, or the pain/fatigue was reduced when I made the changes each night and removed the EMFs as much as I could. I have noticed since I made these changes in my home, I have developed an almost 6th sense to when someone is sending/receiving on their cell phones. I have developed a heightened sense that occurs in my brain when signals are present and close by. This further deepens my experience as these EMFs should really be studied. I support HHS taking an active role in examining the potential health and environmental effects of EMFs and specifically, 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!

See attached file(s) My life my sleep is interrupted numerous times each night since smart meters we installed at large all over NY. I live in a bldg with 60 smart meters. I personally opted out and my actual usage is obtainable; but I am continually botherec by EMF that is very intrusive. I am a Pharmacist studying for Lifestyle Medicine Board Certification exam because I no longer am able to take Perdiem jobs because I get woken up to many times each night. My suggestion is to ask the candidate fo NYS comptroller Joseph Hernandez to present valuable information to consider. Compare medication usage, prescriptions written and filled for blood pressure meds and insomnia meds between 2010-2019 and compare to prescription prescribing spending usage 2019-2026. The increase in prescriptions and diagnoses between two time frames is because almost everyone, almost every household got smart meters installed in 2019 and since then everyone is being woken up at night with blood pressure or arrhythmia symptoms that are triggered by smart meter signals. Smart meters are costing US prescription expenses and expenses for related services needed. Re Regulations: Smart meter monitoring should not be allowed from 8pm to 8am. If we want people to be well, we as a society need to shut down electronic energy during the night and get deep restorative sleep. Contact Joseph Hernandez (NYS candidate for Comptroller) for all financial data related to health spending in NYS. Please research how ConEdison and other energy company smart meter monitoring continually at all hours has effected health status in the past 2 decades I assert current prescription expenses are because of EMF usage at all hours.. Comparing prescription writing, From 2010-2019 and from 2019 to now. Contact Joseph Hernandez (NYS candidate for Comptroller) for all financial data related to health spending in NYS. Please research how ConEdison and other energy company smart meter monitoring continually at all hours has effected health status in the past 2 decades I assert current prescription expenses are because of EMF usage at all hours.. Comparing prescription writing, medication usage and healthcare expenses in NYS from 2010-2019 compared to 2019 to present. Thank you for your time and consideration. Rivka Robbin Freeman RPh Nutrition's pharmacist

wireless devices exposures IPAD, WIFI 5G installed at work, 4G cell phone adverse health effects-gut inflammation, nerve damage, pain in head dizziness, heart palpations all health effects and exposures as standard guidelines evidence that exists-information from the 5-G summit transcripts book from the 5-G summit exposure related information ALL should be disclosed for the comsumer exposure assessment-older adults health decline with age evidence that exists for adverse health effects-5-G summit transcript book written in 2020 technologies that effect exposure patterns-5-G nerve circulation, WiFi head dizziness heart palpation's, numbness research gap health agencies should look at mental, physical, and health environments agencies improve coordination of EMF and RF -public education, and label warnings, medical office testing Please look into this as the EMF exposures are increasing globally, and it is effecting a small population now what will it look like in 5 years as the broadband increase and the demand increase for more.

I have a close relative who 25 years ago, became severely debilitated as a result of electromagnetic exposure. She has struggled for the past 25 years to get well with no success. She is extremely hypersensitive to all types of electromagnetic energy including cell phones, cell towers, wi-fi, and other radio frequency source and lives an extremely restricted life. She has been treated by more than 200 practitioners representing allopathic, complementary, and alternative medicine, but no solutions have been obtained. Besides the human tragedy, we know personally eleven other people who also have electro hypersensitivity and their lives have also been ruined. We have talked with Dr. Martin Pall, Dr. Magda Havas, and many other prominent researchers in the electromagnetic exposure world and have learned a great deal about the perils of radio frequency exposure including cancer, neuro degenerative disease, autism, Alzheimer’s, autoimmune disorders and many more. We have carefully reviewed all of the literature over the past 25 years including both American and European sources, and have collected abundant evidence of the adverse biological effects of radio frequency exposure. The fact that this evidence exists and has not been widely available to the unsuspecting public is a travesty. We personally know of several people who have died at an early age as a result of radio frequency induced carcinogenesis. These are people who for many years carried a cell phone on particular anatomical locations which later manifested as cancer in the organ adjacent to the location. Electro hypersensitivity causes a debilitating disability in the context of the contemporary technologically oriented world. This is because it is becoming virtually impossible to escape the harmful effects of radio frequency exposure as the proliferation of cell towers, satellites, wi-fi, and other sources continues to increase exponentially. This corresponds to the largely reported rise in conditions like certain cancers, type II Diabetes, autoimmunity and autism. While there are likely multiple causative factors of these conditions, it is safe to assume that radio frequency exposure is a major contributing factor. Pease see an excellent, well documented book that supports this conclusion titled The Invisible Rainbow by Arthur Firstenberg. Elon Musk’s recent announcement of Starlink direct to cell/mobile transmissions of cell coverage via satellite has terrorized people with this condition because of the massive and ubiquitous radio frequency exposure it will entail. With conventional cell towers, people can choose to live far away from them, but blanket satellite transmissions will likely result in catastrophic outcomes. The human organism, like all other living organisms, has no evolutionary experience by which to adapt to the preponderance of radio frequency pollution that now exists. With the exception of solar radiation and the effect of the Schumann resonance, there has not been any means by which gradual adaptation to increasing radio frequency levels has been possible. The result is going to be catastrophic and may even reach genocidal proportions. I am hoping that this welcomed opportunity by government officials to provide a cautionary perspective will result in meaningful change. There are formidable obstacles that prohibit that change including powerful economic, political and regulatory incentives to maintain the status quo. First, it was asbestos, then it was lead paint, then it was cigarette smoking, and now it is radio frequency pollution. Only after many years were the extremely harmful effects of these exposures fully realized. Sadly, these realizations are only retrospective. It is usually only after great damage has been done and millions of people have died that the population and the government wake up. This outcome for the emerging current public health crisis caused by radio frequency pollution can be avoided but it will require great courage. The individuals receiving feedback like this will hopefully have the motivation and ability to change the trajectory of what may likely be the greatest self-imposed tragedy in human history. A powerful radio frequency device addiction has now captivated the vast majority of the world’s population. Exposure levels are now exponentially greater than even several years ago. Public education and radio frequency regulation, more in line with European standards, combined with empirically sound and unbiased research is urgently needed. An under informed citizenry is likely why there’s been such a low response to this Request for Information. Thank you for the opportunity to share this perspective and thank you for your courage and altruism in choosing to seek it. Warm regards, A very worried citizen

I am Naturopath 3 a) My initial reaction started 2000 after a traumatic life event, coupled with exposure to a wireless burglar alarm and DECT cordless phones. b) In 2005, I was living in a town centre on a level with the masts on the telephone exchange roof. When I went out, I improved. Upon return, I was breathless, fatigued, needed support to stand, could not sing lullabies, had a swollen tongue, weight loss. c) I had a Near Death Experience, waking in the night with no heartbeat because I’d stopped breathing - after 8 months of living 30m from the primary boom of the nearest of six 3G masts, with 4 antennae each. I spent 2 years bed-bound, being fed, and carried to the toilet. d) The direct correlation between exposure and onset of symptoms was established retrospectively in 2010 when it was observed that symptoms got worse when I used a computer with a wireless internet booster. e) The GP was unable to diagnose EHS because the NHS do not recognise it as a medical disorder. In 2022, Dr Damien Downing, Harley Street, London confirmed the diagnosis of EHS. f) Removal of Wi-Fi and DECT gave immediate relief – I was able to walk up and down stairs again. Subsequent exposures, including unknown ones, confirmed the pattern, eliminating the nocebo effect. I could feel signals due to the severe Pain on the side of my head nearest the emitter, splitting headache, hot head, dizziness, utter fatigue, which would last for weeks/months. Reduced exposure in the home allowed slow improvement. Relapses worsened symptoms, and added new ones every time, making recovery ever more challenging. g) EXPOSURE CALCULATIONS 2.3 GHz radiates at 160 Wm2 so 3G radiates at 146 Wm2 16 antennae at 146 Wm2 = 2,336 Wm2 4 antennae at 146 Wm2 = 584 Wm2 Calculating 10% less is 526 Wm2 Exposure was 2,336 + 526 = 2,862 Wm2 ICNIRP maximum exposure for the public is 10 Wm2 for an average man 2,862 Wm2 ÷ 10 = 286.2 Occupational exposure is 50 Wm2 with a time limit of 6 minutes 1440 minutes per day, 1440 ÷ 6 = 240 I was exposed to 240 times the recommended occupational radiation exposure duration 24/7 for 8/12 before becoming seriously ill. The SAR limit 4 W/kg is based on an average man 175 cm tall, 70.46 kg I weighed 8st 5lb / 53 kg. 53 x 4 = 212W, my safe exposure limit. But, I was exposed was 3,212 Watts. 2,862 Wm2 ÷ 212 = 13.5 I was exposed to 13.5 times higher levels of radiation than I could physiologically tolerate without permanent damage (which I did) according to government, ICNIRP, & SAR limits. The safe exposure limit for an Average man: 70.46 × 4 = 281.8 = 282 My SAR limit as a percentage 212 ÷ 282 x 100 = 75% & can tolerate 25% less radiation 2,862 ÷ 7.5 = 381.6 => 382 I was exposed to EMR 382 times higher than physiologically safe levels according to government guidelines and now suffer EMR-Syndrome/Electro-hypersensitivity. 4 h-k) I observe similar symptoms in others, esp. sensitives who have had life trauma, e.g., headaches, anxiety, depression, insomnia, fatigue, not able to cope. All relieved by reducing exposure. l) Applied Kinesiology tests using homeopathic samples or the device are always conclusive. m) Studies should not use “simulated” signals, but actual devices in relation to the human Biofield, to detect actual physiological responses. 5 n-p) I support HHS taking an active role in examining the potential health and environmental effects of wireless radiation rather than leaving it to the Big Tech firms to prove safety. Questions about human health should be addressed by federal agencies with appropriate expertise in medicine, biology, epidemiology, and public health. The experiences of individuals and families who report being affected should be considered alongside the scientific evidence and non-peer reviewed studies. A classification system would be most useful. The Russians have done the most research, and they have the lowest exposure limits. 1996 ICNIRP Guidelines should be updated to be safety levels for the smallest and most vulnerable in society, not a 70kg man. 6 – 8) Please see attached 9) Greece and Japan have active information campaigns to raise awareness. UK and US governments need to recognise EMR-S/EHS, and regulate EMR so tech companies have to provide non-biologically active signals. 10 – 15) Please see attached 16 - 17) The highest priority research gaps are in non-thermal effects, and genetic damage. 18) WE ARE THE EVIDENCE: “Canaries in the mine”, being excluded from society. I am worried that I will not be able to work, do banking, order groceries, contact family, or call in an emergency. The planet cannot wait another year. Please Recognise EMR-Syndrome, and Act Swiftly!

This submission is from the perspective of an Independent Environmental Health Researcher, and focuses on evidence in support of the use of acoustic monitoring as a complementary approach for characterising and better understanding the electromagnetic radiation (EMR) environment, as part of new research and regulatory compliance efforts. A short note which highlights some data from recent field research, undertaken as part of the International Acoustics Research Organisation’s Acoustical Characterisation of Human Environments research initiative (iaro.org.nz) is attached, with a slidedeck from a recent presentation given at a research workshop on sensory aspects of the energy transition. The examples provide evidence that electromagnetic pollution and natural phenomena can also be observed acoustically, and suggest that there is significant potential for advancing exposure science through taking an integrated approach. I have also attached Prof Dennis Henshaw’s recent paper with Alasdair Philips ‘A mechanistic understanding of human magnetoreception validates the phenomenon of electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS)’ as key evidence that should be used to inform future research. I believe that it is important that a sensory approach is incorporated into assessment, and besides physiological measures, this should be informed by existing and new research on High Sensory Perception and Environmental Sensitivity. Finally, I have also attached a summary of Prof Gerry Pollack’s recent book ‘Charged: The Unexpected Role of Electricity in the Workings of Nature’ as key evidence/reading for informing future electromagnetic radiation health research. Dr Lynette Robertson, Independent Researcher.

HHS should treat low-frequency magnetic emissions from televisions and monitors as an exposure, children's programming first. RF limits rest on heating, specific absorption rate, and power density. They do not describe image-driven magnetic pulses in the band that overlaps the electroencephalogram. A set can meet a heating limit and still emit them. Airborne-speaker limits below 20 Hz answer a different question: magnetic fields pass through tissue and do not depend on a speaker cutoff. The source is the display and its electronics, driven by ordinary programs. The field comes from image-intensity changes, power circuitry, and, on older tubes, deflection. Meet the Teletubbies (1:01:43): a soundtrack spectrogram from 0 to 100 Hz, aligned with the picture, showed intermittent and at times dense energy below 50 Hz and below 20 Hz. The strongest sustained cluster below 20 Hz was near minutes 51-54, in insert and outdoor segments. The study does not establish intent or a neurological effect. It is a case for measuring the magnetic field at the set, not only the audio file. FCC RF rules and the IEEE and ICNIRP guidelines center on heating, SAR, and power density. A pulsed field near 1/2 Hz, 2.4 Hz, or the 6-20 Hz calcium window is a different quantity. Public Notice FCC 74-78, 44 FCC 2d 1016 (Jan. 24, 1974), at 47 CFR 73.4250, calls subliminal broadcasts contrary to the public interest whether or not they work, because they are meant to deceive. That covers a hidden message, not a measurement of the receiver's field. 5(n)-(p). Measure time-resolved flux density at stated distances so picture-locked pulses show, and disclose it first for children's programs. Nothing routine asks whether program and display together make pulses in the lab and patent bands. A spectrogram or a heating calculation will not. Sort by frequency, field strength, modulation, pulse pattern, and duty cycle. Distance, daily hours, and years of viewing are what accumulate. SAR and power density miss the field. Adey circle, excised brain, not a child watching television. In chick and cat cerebral tissue, a weak electric sine at 6 and 16 Hz cut calcium efflux about 12-15% in a narrow amplitude window; neighboring frequencies and amplitudes did not. A review put the ELF window near 6-20 Hz and about 10-100 V/m. Carriers at 147 and 450 MHz, amplitude-modulated at 6-20 Hz, raised chick-brain calcium efflux about 15% near 1 mW/cm2; unmodulated carriers did not. The low-frequency pattern was treated as active, too weak to heat tissue by a tenth of a degree. Bawin and Adey, PNAS 1976;73(6):1999-2003. Adey, Radio Science 1982;17(5S):149S-157S. Rat hippocampal slices, 1 Hz sine: 56 and 560 uT rms destabilized intervals of rhythmic slow activity; 5.6 uT did not. The paper ties that rhythm to memory in the slice, not to mood or sleep stage. Bawin et al., Bioelectromagnetics 1996;17(5):388-395. Loos patents claim weak stimuli at resonances near 1/2 Hz (relaxation, sleepiness, autonomic sensations) and near 2.4 Hz (slower counting, eyes closed). U.S. 6,506,148 B2 (Jan. 14, 2003) claims pulsed images on monitors and TV tubes emit weak fields that can excite them, embedded in a program or at an intensity the patent calls subliminal. Also U.S. 5,935,054 (1999), 6,091,994 (2000), and 6,238,333 B1 (2001). A patent is an inventor's claim, not a replication. No current standard tests that display path. https://patents.google.com/patent/US6506148B2 Viewing studies do not isolate a field. JAMA Pediatrics 2024: early program viewing and poorer cognition, r = -0.16 (95% CI -0.24 to -0.08), PMID 39102255. JAMA Pediatrics 2019 (Adelantado-Renau et al.): TV viewing and composite academics, effect size -0.19 (95% CI -0.29 to -0.09), plus language and mathematics, PMID 31545344. Observational and multifactorial (content, sleep, household). They justify measuring the field that travels with the program. They do not prove an electromagnetic cause. Disclosure for parents, schools, childcare, clinicians, and local governments: frequency content, pulse pattern, typical and peak flux density, and picture-lock, comparable across sets. An RF heating statement is not that. Children do not consent and cannot detect the field, and the associations above are in children and adolescents. An adult heating limit does not score a repeated childhood exposure. Publish the triaxial time series at the seat for children's programs, including Teletubbies. Test 6,506,148-type pulsing and Adey-window fields on a pre-registered endpoint, and report a null if that is the result. Say whether equipment authorization already discloses the emission. FDA can require the measurement under 21 CFR subpart J; receivers are electronic products. NIH should separate content from the field. CDC needs a metric other than hours of screen time. Until the data exist, tell parents and schools that the set's field during these programs has not been characterized in these terms.