Wi-Fi & indoor exposure

I have known about my severe Electromagnetic Frequency (EMF)/Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) sensitivity since 2018. This malady has changed my life in a bad way. It forces me to live the life of a hermit because I cannot be exposed to EMF radiation which happens if I leave my house. I will describe the symptoms that I get when I am exposed to wireless, Wi-Fi, cell towers, antennas, fluorescent lights, LED lights, electrical fields in walls, magnetic fields in walls, Dirty Electricity in Breaker Boxes, household lamps that have metal in them, wireless in automobiles, magnetic fields in electric cars, etc, etc, etc. I have spent tens of thousands of dollars on work to make my house safe for me to live in. I have to spend this money for my life – meanwhile the telecom industry gets to make tons and tons of money to make me sick ….. It is very unfair!!! My symptoms go through a progression – based on the exposure time and the severity of the EMF situation I am in. Also based on the exposure time and the severity of the EMF event, I have a recovery time with different symptoms. My initial symptoms – are a warning from my body - that I had better get out of there ASAP!!! INITIAL PROGRESSION: When I initially get into an EMF situation I get dizzy, foggy, headache, nauseas. When I get these feelings, I immediately leave wherever I am. If I get out of there immediately, my recovery symptoms are minimized. NEXT PROGRESSION STEP: This occurs in stores, friends’ houses, any gathering of multiple people (whom of course all have wireless devices going simultaneously). I quickly progress into a situation where people think I am having a stroke. Although I can think of what I want to say, I am unable to articulate the words. I start slurring speech. missing words, only getting like 1 in 5 words correct. The first time this happened I was at a Thanksgiving event. I was in the living room and started not being able to say the words I could clearly think. When I looked around the room, there were about 20 people in the room, and I counted 8 cell phones and I-Pads out that were being used in the room. When my frantic host drove me home (30 minute drive) – within 15 minutes of leaving her house – I was starting to be able to speak correctly. When we got to my house - 30 minutes away – I was totally fine as far as language was concerned. I did have residual exhaustion, unable to make a decision and brain fog for several days afterwards. WORST CASE SO FAR: The worst case I have had so far has to do with AT&T. I had fought with them for a number of months that I wanted a modem WITHOUT Wi-Fi. They kept saying that I could turn off the Wi-Fi on the web. The problem is that they kept turning the Wi-Fi on from the web. They did it during the day so that when I started getting sick I would go out onto the web and turn off the Wi-Fi and call them again that I wanted a modem WITHOUT Wi-Fi. So one night I woke up in the middle of the night – HUGE symptoms – dizzy, nauseas, I COULD NOT THINK – I was extremely weak. Somehow I had the consciousness and determination to crawl to my office and pull the plug for my modem out of the wall. It was hours before I was able to get back to my bedroom. This was the worst case of residual symptoms I have had - I was unable to function for a week from this experience. After that week, I fired AT&T – I had been a customer of theirs for 42 years. I beg you – please please please pass some laws to rein in the telecommunications industry. Childre are so sensitive to the EMFs – my heart is wrenched when I see a small child with a cell phone near their head. I have heard that the radiation from EMF/EMR is cumulative. I was a computer programmer for IBM for 21 years. We had test floors that were as big as a football field. I suspect that I got a ton of radiation during my years at IBM. I cannot go out to you because of the EMFs. However I do have a PC with wires- and a telephone which is connected to the wall. I am happy to talk to anybody who wants to gather data about real life experiences with EMF sensitivity. Sincerely, Florence Gans

I have been intolerant to pulsed radio frequencies since 2004. I get lancing pain through my brain on exposure to certain phones (certain frequencies), burning pain in the soles of my feet. I have had a microneurography test done which shows altered amplitude on a Rasta chart on exposure to mobile phones. Microneurographer says it is likely to be through the Somato sensory pathway. This would be in accordance to my research and other ion channel tests done showing hyperexcitability in ion channel variants. No allowance for people with peripheral nerve sensitivity. ICNIRP acknowledge these are from extremely low frequencies. Public Health England acknowledge 2.08hertz and 8.34 hz from mobiles 10 hz from WIFI. This can be demodulated from the signal via a non-linear system. As per attached you see that the cell membrane is calculated as linear when in fact it should be non-linear which is one mistake. Another is the staircasing error. Instantaneous peaks are then smoothed out by computer algorithms but they are not like this in real life which all lead to a false picture on what is really going on with the nerve system as in real life the nerves will spike. Acoustic blasts will also be experienced as thernoelastic bursts but these also are averaged out per 6 minute intervals. Again not a real life scenario. As an EHS sufferer I experience vasodilation all the blood goes to my feet away from my heart and brain on exposure which has been witnessed at the hospital. I get brain fog where it's like I am drunk - thinking overload of glutamate or ammonia. My memory is like it is completely wiped near a mobile or router. I have extensive research and written a thesis on the matter when I am not in an emf area I can function but I cannot function around WIFI or mobile phones. It has taken away the best years of my life.

#3: I am commenting regarding the FCC's response to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals' remand concerning its decades-old highly outdated radiofrequency (RF) radiation exposure guidelines. The FCC should fully consider the overwhelming evidence and real-world experiences concerning the health and environmental impacts of wireless radiation, including non-cancer health effects, impacts on children, long-term and cumulative exposure, cancer, and impacts on wildlife and the environment and critically also bees and pollinators that we all rely on for our food!” *A major review by Germany’s NABU and other NGOs analyzed 190 studies, finding that 72 out of 83 scientifically relevant studies reported negative effects of non-ionizing radiation on insects, suggesting EMR acts as a driver of insect decline alongside pesticides and habitat loss. Here is just one study of many100s I have seen over the years documenting the harmful results of RF Microwave exposure to all biological beings, I believe the FCC and HHS should review: The landmark 2018 National Toxicology Program (NTP) study, which provided comprehensive evidence of significant health risks from radiofrequency radiation (RFR). -The NTP study demonstrated significantly increased rates of Schwannomas and malignant gliomas (brain cancers), as well as chromosomal DNA damage in rodents exposed to RFR levels mimicking lifetime human exposure. −The study is particularly critical for children because their developing bodies absorb higher RF radiation into their brains and bodies during sensitive developmental stages. −Research indicates that children’s brains absorb 2-3 times more radiation than adults, and their skull bone marrow absorbs a roughly 10-fold higher local dose, making the NTP’s findings on DNA damage and tumor growth highly relevant to pediatric vulnerability. The FCC is not a health agency and does not have expertise in medicine, biology, environmental or public health… This issue matters to me deeply because my parents suffered greatly from RF exposures, as well as myself. After moving into a house that had 3 smart meters positioned right outside our bedrooms, we all started having insomnia and low energy. And because we made the grave error of trusting the FCC, and letting the naïve telecom technician install the highly radiating router next to my parent’s bedroom my otherwise vibrant father started to complain of feeling immense fatigue, and having to go to myriad doctors who could not explain this sudden change. That is when I began researching what could be the root cause, as I literally was getting from no sleep to an hour or two a night. That is when I discovered others with smart meters were similarly having many health issues. Then I learned about “electrosmog”. I got a Tri-Field meter and took steps to reduce all emfs in/around our house and had PGE remove the smart meters and replace them with analog – which we had to pay to do so as well as pay an extra monthly rate – which is a crime in itself. I also learned that many other states would not let their customers use analog, which is a much worse crime. The day the smart meters were changed out all of our sleep improved drastically. Being able to sleep again was a lifesaver. I started unplugging the router at night and during the day I draped a faraday cloth over it to try and mitigate the harmful radiation. Although not ideal, it helped and my dad’s energy returned. At that time I didn’t understand how particularly harmful RF was so when the solar company said we should stop unplugging the router at night, my dad started to feel unwell again. The router was positioned right next do his bedroom and behind him in the den where he also spent a lot of time. He never recovered and devastatingly we lost him within 3 years. I am still trying to forgive myself for allowing the telecom tech to put the router in the worst possible location it could be. I started to carry the Tri Field meter and test everything. I tossed the microwave oven and noticed the city had allowed a massive 5G tower across the street from my health food store. Standing in the parking lot of that store, I turned on the meter and the dial shot to the max level allowed on the meter! So I do not buy anymore from that store for obvious reasons. There is an apartment complex right below that 5G tower, which is another crime to those unsuspecting residents. And there are no more birds to be seen in the trees in front of that health food store anymore, where they used to hop around looking for treats from the shoppers. The frequency of nature, the Schumann Resonance 7.83 Hz, which includes humans that our bodies have evolved with has suddenly been replaced with unnaturally and recklessly high man made frequencies in the RF Microwave range - 600 MHz – 39 GHz. We are playing with fire here.

I live in Rio de Janeiro, and I would like to report what happened to me 2 months ago. I consider myself moderately electrosensitive, and I had an episode of brain fog. I am an architect and was in a work meeting. After 1 hour in the same place, I started to feel discomfort and looked for what could be the cause. Generally, it is the proximity to a modem or Wi-Fi router. I didn't want to interrupt the meeting, but 15 minutes later, I could no longer pay attention to what was being discussed in the meeting, nor could I write anymore. The group had to end the meeting outside the venue so that I could continue participating. My most common symptoms were body aches, without explanation and without a fixed location. They could appear one day and not the next. I have also experienced headaches and palpitations, but the intensity needs to be high and for a longer time. I have the Safe and Sound Pro II meter and I was able to verify this.

I was living in renovated apartment in Manhattan with electrical room behind my closet wall. This room supplied several apartments around me. I didn’t recognize immidiately it was the cause of my health issues. Looking back it started with psychiatric issues to the point I was diagnosed with depression and offered antidepressants. Developed insomnia. Started to coming up with random ideas to travel and sleep away. My guests were complaining they cannot sleep in my place because of apparent ‚noise’ despite the fact there was no noise.. I was exhausted from lack of sleep. Daytime wired but tired. Them random nerve & muscle pain - went to rheumatologist, but they found nothing. Then headaches, terrible headaches like my head was about to explode ( I never had headaches prior). I remember one time I decided to go to ER, but suddenly the power went off ( in Manhattan !) and everything went black. Apparently they tested 5g that summer. Maybe it’s all coincidence or just physics - these old buildings electricity supplies were not designed for that amount of EMF. After another travel I realized my phone charger was burnt. I remember I thought ‚funny, these cables burn like my nerves’. Later on I was diagnosed with small fibers neuropathy. I felt like someone opened pandora box - I got so sick. I remembered when I was using WiFi& Bluetooth printer the air was so condensed - my tablecloth was shaking ( I recorded it). The muscles pain became unbearable, in order to do laundry on 2nd floor I had to do breaks on my way to elevator. On 1 of those trips I stopped by the door with ‚electrical Room’ sign on it and I asked myself - why the hell I didn’t see it sooner ? I bought emf radiation meter and it hit the limit in the closet next to the room. Oh and my bathroom was next to this room too. I remember once taking a bath and keeping my head under the water and asking myself - what is this weird noise ? Then I saw small vessels on my legs breaking apart. I have telangestasia ever since. I developed MCAS - the moment I took my phone to my hand - my fibers were burning and my face & chest went red from MCAS induced by radiation. I went so influenced by this exposure I couldn’t sit next to Bluetooth for month due to nerve pain - and I could always tell someone has Bluetooth on. I looked like a zombie witch gray skin and loosing hair like crazy.

Dear sir/madam, I am writing regarding electromagnetic frequency from cellphone towers and utility poles, as well as from personal devices, eg phones, tablets, computers. I have been a nurse for 40 years. For the last 21 of those years I was exposed to 60 hours a week of computers and cellphones. As a result of living near 3 cellphone towers and one large utility pole I developed extreme sensitivity to EMFs. As a result, I’ve had to move multiple times, until I found a place that was relatively low EMF. I am 83 now and use the computer very little. I do not travel with my phone, I put my devices in the unfunctioning microwave, and turn off the router 4 hours before I go to sleep, and my symptoms of dizziness, disorientation, nausea, depression, and mental confusion have disappeared. I hope in other letters people will be writing to you about their experiences with cell phone towers placed near hospital buildings, and churches and schools, and they will provide you with their own experiences and detailed studies that will verify their own experiences. I am not including any studies as I am very sight challenged and it’s all I can do just to write this letter. Sufficient to say, that I’ve been forced to move to a very remote location where exposure is minimal, as a result of my inability to handle a high emf environment. I can no longer travel because of my inability to handle exposure. Kind regards, Sunshine Appleby Retired registered nurse

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.

My comments represent the perspective of an individual citizen. 3)a)For five and a half years now I have experienced "atypical migraine" (as diagnosed by a neurologist) which becomes severe during and following exposure to radiofrequency radiation from mobile phones, Wi-Fi routers, cell towers, smart meters and any radiating devices. These migraines are characterized by long episodes of afflictive, abnormal, painful, distressing neuropathy, pressure, burning, and palpations in the meninges region. They became severe and chronic starting in the spring of 2021, and at that time always started when I used a hotspot modem to connect to the internet, often for video conferencing. From that time I experienced the above-described form of intolerant physiological reaction while and after coming into close proximity to cell phones, Wi-Fi routers, cell towers, smart meters, wireless printers, and devices including bluetooth AirPods worn by someone nearby. The migraine is also characterized by sometimes severe brain fog, by near total deficit of executive function, memory issues, trouble concentrating, anxiety, and disturbing tingling in my hands, feet, and diaphragm. Over time, unable to establish a stable ongoing life free from exposure, the intolerance is worse. I am also affected by "dirty electricity," and electric and magnetic fields associated with wiring in my home, which has not been assessed by a credentialed professional with knowledge about idiopathic environmental intolerance and best mitigation practices. My comment is uploaded in full in the attached file Pfoutz

My dear friend, who had a very full life has seen it turned upside down since she was affected by the radiation admitting from her very powerful Rooter installed in the school where she taught. Since that time I have changed my house completely to try to accommodate her because she’s so miserable when Wi-Fi is on if she’s getting near an LED light, we all turn our cell phones off because everything she feels in her body now since years ago when the school installed this very powerful router across from her classroom. it has changed her life significantly she no longer could teach for a long time. She barely went out because everything bothered her and it’s so uncomfortable for her to ask everyone in the room or a party to turn off your cell phones to accommodate just her turn off your router path the people don’t even know how to turn off their router. It has changed her life and my life significantly when she comes over I can’t stream music and play it because that uses Wi-Fi. I have to take a little old-fashioned boom box and put a CD in it if we want music, even though I’m wired up to have a great sound system, my fountain bothers her the vibration sound of it. I know she has to turn. Off appliances in her own house to be comfortable, including her air conditioning and heating system. Her life has gone completely sideways and she’s a young healthy, active young woman I met playing tennis who lived happened to live up the block for me and I have seen her on this journey and it’s heartbreaking.

THE PROBLEM and CAUSES In 2020 and without prior symptoms, I experienced heart arrhythmia and heart palpitations when exposed to radio frequencies (RF) from WiFi and Bluetooth when using a smart phone. The symptoms have continued from 2020 through October 2026, and in close proximity to the smart phone of one foot distance or less, and the symptoms are most severe when holding the smart phone. I feel a tingling in my hands and arms. The symptoms are noticed when using only WiFi, or only Bluetooth, or both. The Cellular RF produces less effect. Since 2020, I no longer use WiFi and Bluetooth on my smart phone, except when syncing devices and moving away from the devices during the sync process. Other devices also cause heart arrhythmia and heart palpitations when exposed to RF from WiFi and Bluetooth. This includes a smart watch when using Cellular, WiFi and/or Bluetooth. I use the smart watch for the purpose of monitoring health data including during exercise. This type of data can be collected by the smart watch with all RF disabled, including Cellular, WiFi and Bluetooth. Enabling any one of the RF signals immediately causes heart arrhythmia and heart palpitations. I only use the smart watch with RF disabled. There are many cordless devices powered by a rechargeable battery that also cause heart arrhythmia and heart palpitations. Of the devices I recall using since 2020, the following list includes the devices that cause heart arrhythmia and heart palpitations when exposed to EMF from rechargeable batteries, and RF from WiFi and Bluetooth. They include: ⁃ Smart Phone - caused by WiFi and/or Bluetooth ⁃ Smart Watch - caused by WiFi and/or Bluetooth ⁃ Smart Pad - caused by WiFi and/or Bluetooth ⁃ Smart Pencil - caused by Bluetooth ⁃ Laptop - caused by EMF and WiFi and/or Bluetooth ⁃ Wireless Keyboard - caused by Bluetooth ⁃ Wireless Mouse - caused by Bluetooth ⁃ Indoor Cycling Trainer - caused by WiFi and/or Bluetooth ⁃ Health Devices - caused by EMF from devices and rechargeable battery ⁃ Percussion Massager - caused by EMF from rechargeable battery ⁃ Cordless Vacuum Cleaner - caused by EMF from rechargeable battery ⁃ Cordless Outdoor Equipment - caused by EMF from rechargeable battery ⁃ Cordless Tools - caused by EMF from rechargeable battery ⁃ Buildings - caused by excessive WiFi signal and/or close-proximity to Bluetooth Note that I can use conventional corded devices such as a corded vacuum cleaner without detrimental effects. What is it about rechargeable battery technology that causes such severe sensitivity? MITIGATING ACTIONS The following mitigating actions have been mostly successful at resolving heart arrhythmia and heart palpitations when exposed to EMF from rechargeable batteries, and RF from WiFi and Bluetooth. ⁃ Avoidance #1 - focus is on avoiding WiFi, Bluetooth and EMF by disabling RF and avoiding the use of rechargeable battery-operated devices, tools and equipment ⁃ Avoidance #2 - focus is on avoiding WiFi by hardwiring WiFi to devices via an Ethernet cable. Unfortunately, Bluetooth cannot be hardwired, it would be very helpful if it could be hardwired. THE FUTURE The book The Invisible Rainbow: A History of Electricity and Life, by Arthur Firstenberg documents a 185+ year history of severe detrimental effects caused by EMF and RF, and the data presented in the book shows the detrimental effects to be the most severe during the rollout of new electrical and RF technologies. This is no longer a hidden problem. There are technologies such as BioGeometry that have been proven to address the detrimental effects of EMF and RF at the source. It is time to put this and other technologies into full-scale testing and use to eliminate the detrimental effects of EMF and RF in the design phase of all hardware and software. It only takes leadership that is willing to take the lead and do it. Thank you to RFK Jr for taking the lead.