Smart meters

**SUMMARY FOR HHS DOCKET HHS-OASH-2026-0397 - Full report in attached PDF** I am a French resident exposed to permanent kHz PLC (Power Line Communication) from PLC Cenelec A/B smart metering in a TT earthing system (35-90 kHz, 24/7 injection). Current risk assessments are flawed: they evaluate the meter alone in idealized lab conditions (anechoic chamber, perfect grounding). This is irrelevant. **The real hazard is upstream and in real degraded environments**: - **Real-world exposure, not clean room**: In France, most rural LV networks are legacy TT with degraded neutral, unshielded overhead cables, wet soil. Injecting kHz carriers creates ground potential aberrations, high-frequency circulating currents, and makes the entire wiring a radiating antenna. The human body in the earth loop acts as parasitic antenna. Measurements must be done in-situ, not on test benches. - **TT grounding aberration as amplifier**: My home measurements show ground current loops and body voltage at kHz. This explains chronic symptoms reported: severe asthenia, dysautonomia, non-restorative sleep. - **Biological plausibility - Chang et al. 2022**: Unmyelinated vagus C-fibers are selectively activated by kHz fields, triggering systemic autonomic dysfunction without thermal effect. This matches my clinical picture and is ignored by thermal-only SAR limits. - **Upstream infrastructure fragility - the hidden confusion**: Public authorities maintain confusion between the meter (low hazard by itself) and the upstream reality: cables and distribution transformers never designed for permanent kHz injection. They become fragile, prone to severe failures we observe in the field: transformer explosions, LV board fires, neutral breaks and phase shifts, premature insulation aging. Focusing only on meter emissions is a category error. **Request**: Please evaluate (1) cumulative kHz PLC in real degraded installations, (2) TT ground current amplification, (3) vagal C-fiber kHz activation mechanism, (4) require measurement of ground currents and transformer LV emissions, not just meter box RF. Full technical report, references (Chang 2022, Schwardt) and field evidence are in attached PDF. Respectfully submitted,

It was an early Saturday morning when a knock came from the front door. I wasn’t expecting anyone so I didn’t answer but peaked out the window. It was a man dressed in a jean shirt with jeans on and a white unmarked truck parked on the street. In one hand was a clipboard and the other was a utility meter. He went around to the back yard and the power was turned off briefly while he installed the meter. A flyer was placed on the door knob and it gave information about this new meter called a “Smart Meter” which had glasses on it. The flyer had some information and I thought to myself maybe this will save some money on the next utility bill. No more thoughts about it and I went on with the day. Returning home late that evening I was exhausted and went to sleep around 11PM. I typically am asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow and sleep all the way through the night, but this night was different as I woke up instantly as if I drank a pot of coffee. It was strange because it was still dark and when I got up to head to the kitchen I noticed the clock on the stove say 3:12am it surprised me. What was more surprising was that I felt energy almost like an adrenaline dump, but how was this possible with just 4 hours of sleep? I went back into the bedroom and tried to go back to sleep but tossed and turned for a couple of hours until finally falling back to sleep around 7:30am. Today is now Sunday and it’s business as usual, out of the house and down the road. I’m a little tired but no big deal. I go home and fall asleep around 11pm. Again, I wake up wide awake instantly at 3:12am. This was very strange as I had never in my life experienced this type of disruption. My mind is racing and my curiosity is stimulated as I walk out to the living room and sit on the couch. It was dark but the white Smart Meter pamphlet caught my eye and I thought to myself could this be why I am waking up? No way, that would be thinking crazy. One of my hobbies was buying and selling audio equipment and old BMX bikes. When looking up something new to me a search of the product name along with the term “problems” was a way to cut to the chase whether to waste time and money on it. So of course what did I do? Typed in the search bar “smart meter sleep problems” and low and behold I couldn’t believe my eyes. There were others that were having problems with sleep. One website called stopsmartmeters.org was a treasure trove of information as people would comment and leave links. One of them was to a website filled with documents from the US Military. There was a Defense Intelligence Agency paper that stated “If the more advanced nations of the west were stringent with exposure standards there would be unfavorable effects on industrial output and military functions.” One from NASA and another from the US Naval Medical Research Institute with five pages of symptoms referencing thousands of papers. It all looked legit. I now have been up since 3:12am reading about how smart meters were destroying people’s health and looking at official documents from the US Government with a common symptom of insomnia. They mentioned that it starts out as a sleep issue and then slowly other severe health issues will arise over time. It’s now Monday morning and first thing I’m on the phone with the electric company. The call went something like this. (Me)“Can you change out my smart meter for the one that was on the house on Friday? (utility) No, these are the new meters and they cannot be changed back to the old style meter. Why do you want to change it back? (Me) Because it’s waking me up at 3:12am and there are others having the same problem on the internet. (utility) chuckle, we can have someone out to see if it’s making a noise and check if everything is alright. (me) Alright, well have them come out at 3am because that’s when the problem occurs. (utility) I’m sorry but we can’t do that and we aren’t changing your meter. I thought to myself what the heck is going on? Something can be placed on your home that is causing sleep issues and the utility won’t remove it? It does sound a little crazy after all. Maybe they will stop, if I share the information with them I just found? And this was where it started. Unknowingly it would turn out as a fight for my life.

Dear HHS, I am submitting to the docket and collection of information regarding the biological effects of Electromagnetic fields (EMF’s) and Radio Frequency (RF) and your question: Public Experiences and Reported Potential Adverse Health Effects. My wife suffers from medically documented biological impacts from wireless radiation and electromagnetic fields. I have watched her deal with physical symptoms every time she leaves our hardwired shielded home. The effects from the ever increasing wireless radiation in all environments, have literally turned our lives upside down. Exposure to cell signals, wireless products and infrastructure triggers immediate physical reactions and because of this she cannot work outside the house or be safe in public spaces, making basic errands and social outings very challenging and sometimes even impossible. To hlep mitigate this, we spend thousands of dollars out of pocket on specialized gear—such as shielding clothing, RF meters, protective sleeping canopies, and monthly utility fees to opt out of smart meters. Everything in our home and life including all new purchases have to be manually modified or hardwired and RF/EMF safe. This requires endless research and work just to maintain a safe living space. The science on the biological impacts of RF and EMF is clear; science, the government and the industry have known about the biological effects for decades, there are thousands of studies. Our allowable exposure levels here in the U.S are too high, several times higher than many other countries and it is time for our regulatory agencies, our legislators and telecom to take the steps to fully address our outdated emission standards, their biological impacts and to make our technology safer. This is an engineering, policy and willingness matter. The engineering solutions and ability exists, the industry is not going to take this turn towards instituting more safety unless they are required to by the federal government, Our regulatory agencies and our legislators simply have to be willing to move into meaningfully regulating this multi trillion dollar industry and driving economic engine, something that has not been done since the onset of the tech boom in the 1990s. With this investigation and the information you receive from it, along with the research you have had for decades, , you are in a position to make a change for millions of people here in the U.S and ultimately around the world. It is my hope that you will take all needed actions to bring forth the necessary changes that will ensure safer living with our technology for all. How many people have to suffer, lose their health or their lives- unnecessarily as we continue these known harmful practices and policies? How many lives have to be ruined before we say enough? As the department of HHS it is imperative that you take the steps to ensure that biological health is placed above what is convenient for corporations and their profits. You must make the investment now in making this technology safer in the many ways that we can. What We Are Asking For: Real Accountability: Regulatory bodies like the HHS, FDA, and FCC need to stop letting telecom interests dictate safety limits and base exposure caps on actual independent biological science. Practical Fixes: Devices should feature hard off-switches, lower default emissions, and strict caps aligned with human health rather than corporate convenience.

EMF has had a very adverse affect on my body, particularly after "smart meter" was added to my home without my knowledge. The meter is on a wall adjacent to my living room, and I'm unable to spend a lot of time in my living room because of it. There is constant pain in my right shoulder and I suffer with digestive issues that are related to EMF exposure. Sleep deprivation is also a problem I have that's related to EMF exposure. Sometimes what is deemed as progress is detrimental to the biological and physiological nature of the human race. EMF is one of those things and it's forcing people to live off-grid.

I am submitting this comment in response to HHS’s Request for Information on Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs), Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation, and Wireless Radiation Exposure. When using my cell phone, my fingers tingle and hurt. My Dr. can tell when I have had to much emf exposure. I can not put a cell phone to my ear as after just a second or two, my ear and head start burning. I didn't realize until a few days ago, that my electric meters were monitored remotely. The meter is outside our (my late husband's and my) bedroom. We stayed out of the bedroom and slept in the living room without understanding the reason. I cannot go into the Viaero cell phone store in my community without getting a splitting headache that is not normal. Abnormal headaches are becoming more frequent. I have a cell tower very close to my residence. I put emf protection on the wall facing the tower. That helped some. I Know many others who have complained of health problems and disabilities because of emf exposure including family members who are disabled due to emf exposure. They cannot travel, or even get into newer cars. They started having problems with tingly and hurt hands touching a cell phone. I would appreciate the cell phone tower close to me at least moved as it is not only a health hazard, its ugly as I have a beautiful view of the hill above me with a cell phone tower sticking out ruining the view. I talked with the power district about removing the meters at my residence and putting in ones that are read manually. Doing so, will cost me $200 per meter, plus $30 extra each month if I read them and $85 a month if the electric company comes out to read them. As the meters are a health issue, I would appreciate help with paying for them, or a waiver to get them changed over.

1. & 2. I am responding as: an individual 3a. Type of wireless or RF/EMF sources involved (e.g., mobile phones, Wi-Fi, smart meters…)Cellular phone, Wi-Fi, smaer meter, cell towers. 3b. Nature, duration, frequency, and approximate timing (e.g., years):Wi-Fi and Laptop for work and personal items. Cell phone for everyday purposes including work. Smart meter is on almost every home and cell towers are everywhere. 3c. Adverse health effect(s) experienced:Anxiety, lack of restful sleep, hearing a loud pitched ringing and/or pulsation that others cannot hear. Lack of energy, headaches, brain fog. 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:When Android smartphones first came out around 2010. When 4G LTE and 5G were released symptoms got worse. 3e. Was medical evaluation or treatment sought? (Optionally:) Was there a diagnosis?No, most doctors do not think much of EMF. 3f. Were steps taken to reduce or eliminate exposure, and were there subsequent changes in the effects?Anti EMF radiation phoe case, safe sleeve blanket, Anti Emf/radiation products. Get away from cell towers, get into the countryside. 3g. Any supporting documentation? This includes Scientific Reports, exposure measurements, or other relevant information:None. 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:Wireless radiation or EMF does imapct health and more ligh tneeds to be shed on it. B1a. Sources you experience as causing you Adverse Effects:Cell Phone, but will switch to a flip phone soon. Wi-Fi, cell towers, smart meters. B1b. Sources you can sense, but don't seem to harm you:Some cell towers. B1c. Sources you can use without sensing or being harmed:Wi-Fi sometimes. B1d. Sources that seem to provide benefit (i.e., electrotherapy):Sauna, cold therapy, alternative therapies, cellular activation. B2a. Health conditions you think may contribute to your sensitivity to EMFs including wireless:PTSD, anxiety. B2b. Health conditions you don't necessarily associate with your sensitivity to EMFs including wireless, but might be relevant:Old military injuries, tendon injuries, 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:Getting away from cell towers, unplugging Wi-Fi at night, B3b. That you recommend, but you’re not positive that they help:NA B3c. That helped you but you don’t recommend. (e.g., the benefit did not last long or the side effects were too harmful):NA B3d. Treatments that had no effect:NA B3e. Treatments that made your sensitivity worse:35-44 B4. What is your age range?35-44 B5. What year did you become aware of your sensitivity to wireless radiation or electromagnetic fields?Around 2010. B6. What country, state, province, or major city were you living in when you first noticed your sensitivity to wireless or electromagnetic fields?Minnesota.

I, Julie S. Calderwood, reside in Huntsville, Alabama. I did not consent, nor do I consent today, to the continuous, involuntary exposure to biologically active radio frequency (RF) radiation. In 2019 I became injured by radio frequency radiation emitting from two cell towers erected near my home where I frequently drive and additionally from bluetooth frequencies in a newly purchased car. I sold the car soon after discovering the cause of my injury. I now have Electro Magnetic Radiation Syndrome - a condition linked to exposure to RF and other forms of electromagnetic radiation. These harmful frequencies cause me to have headaches and brain fog which only subside with time, lasting 6-9 hours. The RF radiation from cell phones also effect and cause me headaches. Therefore, I greatly limit my time being around people. These non-native frequencies have effected me greatly and continues to limit my driving, my activities, sociality with family and friends, as well as being in public places and attending public events. My husband and I keep our cell phones on airplane mode except when sending or checking necessary texts. We have a landline phone and use a corded phone. Our household devices, such as computer, router, etc. are hardwired with ethernet cables and the wifi is turned off. With these measures the radiation level in our home is below 100 micro-watts per meter squared. When rebooting my computer, I have to make certain that the bluetooth has not been inadvertently turned back on, since this causes me headaches as well. In 2025, we worked with a group of concerned citizens to help educate our city council and utilities executives about the harms of smart meters and the devastating effects they would have on my condition and our daughter’s neurological disease if they were attached to our houses. EMR Syndrome is real! I know it because I experience it. The following scientific articles, among many others, confirm the existence of this syndrome and delineate some of the mechanisms by which it occurs: Electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS, microwave syndrome) – Review of mechanisms Stein MD, et al., Environmental Research, July 2020, Vol. 186. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935120303388?via%3Dihub, Wireless technology is an environmental stressor requiring new understanding and approaches in health care. McCredden, et al. Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 10 Dec 2022 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.986315/full The radiation limits must be lowered to protect our children or the consequences could be drastic, as noted in the following article: Why children absorb more microwave radiation than adults: The consequences, by L. Morgan, et al in ScienceDirect Dec. 2014. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213879X14000583 We don’t want cell towers on, above, or near our grandchildren’s schools. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. October 29, 2026 Julie S. Calderwood

All of this radiation is evil. It is all ultimately for the destruction of mankind. The Covid vaccine were also weapons of mass destruction. I know it and YOU know it! God tells me this through my ability to resonate with His eternal truths. Even the smart meters destroy and yoh know that as well.

You're failure to regulate telecom companies, utilities, and corporations is RUINING peoples lives. Universities, schools and hospitals, cities and planners are building cell sites and high voltage power lines next to some of the most sensitive populations and you are showing COMPLETE disregard for human life by not giving those of us with health issues the freedom to navigate our daily lives without encountering these toxic exposures. Your inaction allowed a private University to poison me for years and then place me in housing to "recover" that was directly below a tower. I lost my finances, my health, my job, my ability to be part of my children's life when they needed me most, and was ultimately sued by their religious cult when I attempted to recover what they took. For YEARS, I couldn't enter public spaces without experiencing severe symptoms. I'm BEYOND livid that the government cares more about big business and profit than about people and our planet. YOU WORK FOR US! WE HIRED YOU. You are corrupt and have nothing if you have a few extra billions and cannot live to spend it because you have blanketed us in toxins - mold, emfs, chemicals in food, water, housing, clothes. REGULATE and force companies to be responsible and ethical! There should be a right to opt out of smart meters, small cells sites. Building codes should REQUIRE circuit switches for all sleep spaces and maintain hardwired connectivities for network. Telephone companies have pulled their copper lines. The infrastructure is GONE. Now, as a professionally trained building scientist and environmental consultant, I advocate for others as a means to recover from the trauma I endured. I measure EMFs and the levels are unregulated. I measured a high voltage line over Alemany High School football field in southern california with staggering readings. The industrial revolution requires zoning enforcement. Maintain the separations and REGULATE to force companies to be ethical and put people and planet first.

Personal Experience with RF Exposure and Daily Life Impacts Overview of Exposure and Daily Impact Since the mid-1990s, I have been constantly trying to cope with the effects of radio frequency radiation. In my home, I have spent thousands of dollars on screens to block the radiation coming from smart meters, cell towers, neighbors' routers, and other sources. We have one router that we only use for a small amount of time each day to operate the computer. It is shut off as soon as we are through with it during the day, and especially at night. My cell phone is a 4G flip phone which I use judiciously. Physical Symptoms When I am around a number of cell phones or computers, my eyes, face, and stomach begin burning, and I have to remove myself from these areas. Social and Housing Limitations I can no longer visit friends since most of their homes are filled with RF products, though some friends will kindly turn off their devices so that we can visit. My whole life has changed. This has impacted our entire way of living, our traveling, where we go locally, and how we live. We have been looking for a house away from the city in hopes of finding a place away from all RF. However, the area we are looking in may be installing data centers; we will have the final results regarding that in December. Mitigation Measures Used To mitigate this inside our current home, I have a canopy that blocks Wi-Fi in order to sleep. I also use a Safe and Sound Pro II meter to determine which areas of my house are safe or toxic. I can only live in certain areas of my home because the RF penetrates the walls and affects my health. Conclusion and Institutional Concerns This investigation is long overdue. If I were to get seriously ill, I would not be able to stay in a hospital because the RF levels there are overwhelming. Please take action to address this issue as technology continues to be upgraded.