Wi-Fi & indoor exposure

Residential Wi-Fi is discussed in this docket as a radiofrequency source. The exposure I logged at an Xfinity gateway was the extremely-low-frequency magnetic field, and I made no radiofrequency measurement at all. Over months, a TM-192D meter about 4 feet 6 inches from the modem showed a recurring morning elevation around 10:00 a.m. CST, typically 15–20 mG (about 1.5–2.0 µT), sometimes held near that level for on the order of an hour, lined up with the time I woke. Those mornings were when motivation was worst. After the modem's own Wi-Fi was turned off and a low-power Wi-Fi bridge was put in its place, a spot check read 0.127 µT, the morning peaks did not return, and the report describes four years of lower readings and of waking with ordinary drive, through March 2026. There was no controlled re-exposure. I ask HHS to treat the ELF magnetic field of the gateway as part of Wi-Fi exposure, to require time-of-day disclosure of that field, and to test simple equipment changes as a way to reduce it.

October 21, 2026 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’m an experienced health information management professional – a certified clinical coding specialist and medical transcriptionist – and a parent of two young children, and I have grave concerns about the harmful health effects of compulsory and/or undisclosed microwave radiation exposure on a largely uninformed, un-consenting, and unprotected population of United States citizens. With more and more biologically hazardous cell towers, small cell equipment, and smart meters being forced on United States citizens (often against their wishes) and with public schools now enforcing the use of wireless devices in every classroom, and the daily, up-close, compulsory exposure of vulnerable schoolchildren to wireless infrastructure (“WiFi”) health risks all day while held in captivity by order of the state; soon there may be no place left for anyone to hide from the dangerous cumulative effects of so many unchecked layers of microwave radiation. Without the benefit of appropriately serious health warnings provided by the government institutions we trust to protect our citizens, most people don’t even question the safety of wireless devices at all! How many of you know of a teenager who sleeps with a cell phone on her pillow, resting directly against her brain all night long? How many times have you seen a drooling baby in the shopping cart, keeping quiet with a tablet’s microwave radiation warming his private parts - or teething with A CELL PHONE IN HIS MOUTH? I once witnessed every single pregnant woman in the waiting room at my OB/GYN doctor’s passing the time innocently holding a cell phone pulsing with invisible radiation directly over her pregnant belly - likely without any clue she is causing harmful microwaves to penetrate the delicate cells and organs of her precious baby developing inside. One of these mothers-to-be stood up when called and placed the biologically interactive cell phone inside the belly pocket of her hoodie, pressed right up against her baby growing inside. The woman sitting next to me was nursing a tiny new baby, while casually scrolling on a cell phone that was resting directly on her infant’s head! Most often when I speak up, these uninformed mothers tell me they had no idea there was any harmful “radiation” coming out of their wireless device, and they thank me for telling them. WHY ARE THERE NO CLEAR AND OBVIOUS HEALTH WARNINGS BEING ISSUED BY THE COMPANIES THAT SELL THESE DEVICES, OR FROM AGENCIES ENTRUSTED TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH?” Sadly, my experience is that school administrators, teachers, parents, and people in general are typically not even aware that “WiFi” is microwave radiation! Well-meaning people in charge of keeping schools, hospitals, office buildings, and other spaces safe - who make crucial decisions that affect people’s safety, on behalf of the public, all seem to be under a false impression that the science is settled, and that “WiFi” (whatever that means) is a completely harmless, unquestionably safe, and necessary part of life now. Meanwhile citizens are being forced and coerced into absorbing wifi radiation from “mandatory” smart meters in their own homes, and now even wired landline phone connections are being phased out in favor of wireless tech – leaving those of us who are concerned about the known health risks from wireless radiation becoming more and more terrorized by the prospect of a future where there is nowhere left to hide from the EMF, RF, and Wireless Radiation exposures being forced upon us. (….continued in Comment to HHS Part 2)

Approximately 2008, the buzzing in my ears or (head) started upon awakening and an electrical current pulling at my skull. In 2010, my symptoms progressed to extreme tinnitus, nearly 24hrs a day. It interfered with everyday tasks and cognition. I could feel a disabling pulsed signal followed by a loss of balance. Over the years, with every advancement in RF technology, my symptoms worsened. Overall adverse effects are; Rapid aging, Flashing strobe lights in a dark room, Hair loss, sore scalp, Extreme itching and extreme tinnitus. Also directed energy. My Optomologist, diagnosed eye damage due to exposure to UVs. Otherwise, I am a strong healthy woman. Ruling out an unhealthy lifestyle and learning about exposure to RF radiation from experts in the field, I have limited my exposure to anything wireless. NO Ring door cam; No Alexa; No Nest; Refused smart meter, and avoid anything SMART. Use protection on cell phone. Given the option, I plug in. Use the earth for grounding. And polarized lenses. There is nowhere to hide in NYC from Wifi and WBAN. I have never consented to this! This is torture! Please help us regain our quality of life in the USA.

(….continued from previous Comment, this is Comment to HHS Part 2) The American Academy of Pediatrics advises parents to “limit children’s screen time and exposure from cell phones and other devices emitting radiation from electromagnetic fields (EMF)”, but teachers in our town have sent home papers assigning the children to spend more time practicing on their wireless devices at home, to better their skills for testing time. There are hazardous wireless routers emitting radiation in every classroom, but most teachers are not even aware that they shouldn’t stand directly under a wireless router all day, or place an unsuspecting child’s desk directly beside a wireless router for him to absorb maximum radiation exposure every day while attending school. In meetings with school principals, superintendents, teachers, and the school committee in our town, our family asked them to bring in just one local medical professional willing to attest to the safety of a wireless learning environment for children. They reported back that they did reach out to some local doctors, but none of the doctors who responded were willing to make such a statement on the record. One of the doctors reportedly said to our school Principal, off the record, “I’m not attesting to that. Everyone knows you’re supposed to limit your exposure to radiation.” Even still, in our town’s public schools there is no informed consent notice to be signed, disclosing to parents that their children will be exposed to constant microwave radiation while attending school. When I tell other parents about it, it makes them feel sick - and foolish that they’ve been left unprotected and unaware of such a major cause for concern about health risks present in their children’s learning environment. Most the educators we met with uncomfortably agreed that there is definitely cause for concern regarding wireless radiation exposure in the schools, but they’ve made no effort to stop the massive rollout of wireless tech – and instead offered us the option to home school our kids as the only way to avoid the serious health risks of cumulative daily radiation exposure at school. I feel strongly that mandatory radiation exposure is not an acceptable requirement for students attending public school! According to Harvard Medical School/Mass General Hospital’s Martha R. Herbert, Ph.D., M.D., “Radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation from WiFi and cell towers can exert a disorganizing effect on the ability to learn and remember, and can also be destabilizing to immune and metabolic function. This will make it harder for some children to learn, particularly those who are already having learning or medical problems in the first place.” Knowing the terrible risks associated with EMFs, RF, and wireless radiation - from brain cancer to infertility to depression, insomnia, addiction, and much more - our family made the difficult decision to protect our children and home school them at our own expense, but this is not an option for most working families, who all deserve the right to opt out of unwanted radiation exposure - and at least deserve to be protected and informed by responsible authorities on how to minimize risk. 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. Sincerely, A Concerned U.S. Citizen and Mother of Two

I am describing my personal experience:  In January 2019 I moved into a house with a broadcasting smart meter. Soon after, I experienced an immediate decline in my health. I noticed headaches, tinnitus, insomnia, exhaustion, sleep problems, leg cramps, chest pains, joint aches, anxiety, whole body buzzing sensations, rashes, loss of bladder control, tingling in the extremities, irritability, inability to concentrate, and agitation. I was unable to find a doctor who could help me.                      My life has changed in almost uncountable ways since my experience of living in a house with a smart meter. Getting it removed didn't make it be as if it had never been there although the new non-broadcasting opt-out meter's arrival meant that things stopped getting worse.        I used to be able to drive, ride a bicycle, walk on a road with houses on it, take public transportation, and go to places where people are. I can't any more because I can't be where there are cell phones, smart meters, WiFi, or power lines without experiencing pain, tinnitus, headaches, and aching joints. It takes several days to recover if I absolutely have to go into town (for medical appointments).  I used to be able to do all these things, and more. When I say I can't do things I mean the price is too high. I'd rather sit in the dark than turn on the light, for example, not because the small jolt I feel is excruciating but because it takes a while to recover from it and because avoiding these stressors means I might not get worse and I might improve. (Other, larger, devices give more discomfort, sometimes a lot more). I used to be able to use a toaster, a coffee grinder, a waffle iron, a blender, a food processor, an insinkerator, a flashlight, an electric shaver, a vibrator, a computer keyboard, a cordless phone, a cell phone, a laptop, a digital camera, a cook stove, a refrigerator, an electric blanket, a pellet stove, a heating pad, an air conditioner, a television, a DVD player, a ceiling fan, a floor fan, a dishwasher, a laundry machine, an iron, a vacuum cleaner, a lawn mower.  How do I live? I don't do these things at all or I get someone to do them for me or I create Rube Goldberg machines or scenarios to get around it. I turn on a lamp by holding an iced tea spoon with a reacher-grabber device so I can touch the spoon to the capacitive light switch on my battery-powered lamp. For years, if I wanted something from the fridge I'd only get it if someone brought it to me, I couldn't even be in the same room as the refrigerator. Now the fridge has been converted to an icebox and a quarter of the space is taken up by ice. I'm glamping in my home. It's often cold and dark.               That's not all I lost. I became dependent on others for help. I can't visit people in their houses. If I see people they have to come to my home. I couldn't fly to visit my father when he was dying. Or go on trips with my family Or go to a store. Or a movie, or a play or a park, or the sea. Or a museum or a library. or go to a protest, do jury duty or vote. I am so grateful to be able to vote by mail, now. (And get some of my medical care remotely.)                      It's now October 2026 and I still struggle with the sequelae from living with a smart meter for a few months more than seven years ago. 

[Part 1] Subject: Field reality and health emergency Members of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), I have great admiration for your work and for everything you undertake for our well-being. • Original background: I was previously an audiovisual professional in Paris, and also an importer and distributor of connected devices with a small number of resellers. • Onset: I was forced to abandon Paris after developing a violent intolerance to electromagnetic radiation, both in low and high frequencies. I found myself having to sleep in my car, in the forest, and then in a barn without electricity that was lent to me for 10 months. • Direct cause of the condition: This condition was triggered by extreme and continuous personal exposure: an internet router installed directly in my bedroom and, starting out in financial trading, a smartphone turned on permanently in my hand (on filming sets, at home, and during all my round trips). • Professional retraining and market cleanup: Faced with this ordeal, I redirected my activity toward diagnosis and protection against radiofrequencies (RF) and electromagnetic radiation (EMR). I did it first for myself, because I wanted to regain an almost normal life. Then I realized that people needed it. I created a specialized platform to eliminate fraudulent devices that saturate the market and to offer only genuine mitigation and shielding solutions, rigorously validated by testing and now years of practical feedback. There are many scams in the field of RF / EMF protection. People buy things that do not work. That is why they continue to feel the radiofrequencies and do not improve. Every person I equip and follow improves and recovers their health. • Profiles supported and medical censorship: Today, I support and protect a very large number of profiles: teachers, lawyers, as well as healthcare professionals. The latter are forced to protect themselves in the most absolute secrecy, terrified by the risk of disciplinary action or permanent disbarment from the Medical Board if they dare to address the health impact of waves with their patients. • Concrete results on people's lives: Thanks to the physical shielding and adaptations that I design, individuals, including healthcare professionals, can continue to practice safely. For others, it is a matter of pure survival: people who depended entirely on relatives for supplies can finally go out on their own to buy their food. Also people who were in burnout. I was able to adapt their living spaces so that they regained exceptional health. Some were able to start working again thanks to adaptations made in their workplace. When electromagnetic pollution is removed from the workplace, they can finally work again. • Critical condition of the population and children: I have supported hundreds of people. Some affected individuals are in lamentable physical conditions and states of distress because of radiofrequencies. Children today are subjected to totally unacceptable power levels. Within less than five years (and warning signs are already exploding), a massive segment of the population will find itself incapacitated and in need of heavy medical care. • Field observations in children: During my on-site assessments, the contrast is undeniable: children kept away from radiofrequencies are almost always in perfect health, whereas exposed children develop behavioral disorders or develop developmental delays. We know that waves induce a depressive state. What are we going to do with these tens of millions of adolescents injured by radiation? • Observations on prenatal exposure: Women who kept an active mobile phone less than 10 cm from their fetus during pregnancy almost systematically give birth to children suffering from behavioral disorders, developmental delays, or autism spectrum disorders. • Call for absolute emergency: If we persist with such radiation powers, we are heading straight toward disaster. Frankness is required: it is almost already too late for present generations, and for future generations. The HHS must act without delay, massively, and with the utmost firmness. 3 a. Wireless router, Mobile phone, magnetic, smart meter, Electric field. 3 b. I began exposing myself heavily in 2012. To all the objects mentioned above. Exposed almost permanently. Since we have our mobile phones during the day, and at night, we have internet routers close to us.

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…)cellphones, wifi, smart meters, blue tooth devices 3b. Nature, duration, frequency, and approximate timing (e.g., years):cellphone use since 2001, 3hrs/d 2007-2021, flip phone until first iphone use in 2014 3c. Adverse health effect(s) experienced:migraine, trigeminal neuralgia, brain fog, connective tissue pain 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:about 12 years, worst pain coincided with first use of iphone 3e. Was medical evaluation or treatment sought? (Optionally:) Was there a diagnosis?Yes, blood work, magraine treatment, no diagnosis 3f. Were steps taken to reduce or eliminate exposure, and were there subsequent changes in the effects?eliminated home wifi and threw out cellphone in 2021. Drastic improvement in symptoms but still suffer in public places and transportation with all the phones and wifi around 3g. Any supporting documentation? This includes Scientific Reports, exposure measurements, or other relevant information:no 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:Sadly I am socially isolated more and more because of all the phones and wireless devices. I drive a 20 year old car B1a. Sources you experience as causing you Adverse Effects:cellphones, wifi, bluetooth devices, applicances with high magnetic fields B1b. Sources you can sense, but don't seem to harm you: B1c. Sources you can use without sensing or being harmed:Limited wired computer use. Flickering lights worsen symptoms. B1d. Sources that seem to provide benefit (i.e., electrotherapy):Walking in forest B2a. Health conditions you think may contribute to your sensitivity to EMFs including wireless:mold exposure, eptstien-barr virus. Symptoms worsened after contracting covid in early 2020 B2b. Health conditions you don't necessarily associate with your sensitivity to EMFs including wireless, but might be relevant:Joint pain, autoimmune udifferentiated connective tissue disease 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:Silver clothing, supplements for migraine: B2, CoQ10, Magnesium, D3 B3b. That you recommend, but you’re not positive that they help:Plant based mediterranean diet. B3c. That helped you but you don’t recommend. (e.g., the benefit did not last long or the side effects were too harmful):Carnivore diet, keto diet. B3d. Treatments that had no effect:extreme exercise B3e. Treatments that made your sensitivity worse:55-64 B4. What is your age range?55-64 B5. What year did you become aware of your sensitivity to wireless radiation or electromagnetic fields?Early 2000s read about this in the news, had home tested by building biologist in 2021, installed ethernet in home for internet at that time. B6. What country, state, province, or major city were you living in when you first noticed your sensitivity to wireless or electromagnetic fields?Port Townsend, Washington State, USA

Motor neurone disease and other illness near a cell phone mast with Tetra I am an individual consumer and neighbour to other individuals, adversely affected. From 2004 to 2007 I lived 30 metres from a cell phone mast at a fire station in the south of England, UK. The mast would have been 2G, but also included TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio), which was first utilized in emergency service communications in the early 2000s. My neighbour Anne, moved to this small new estate early in 2005. She lived 10 metres from the mast. She experienced almost immediate illness, first severe facial pain, then extremely high blood pressure before we left in 2007. She moved house in 2008, but then got breast cancer. She was then diagnosed with Parkinsons’s Disease, followed by Motor Neurone Disease of which she died in 2018. Another neighbour Chris had already been living 40 metres from the same mast before we moved to the area. The mast may have been erected in 1999. An FOI request states about this mast, “the earliest reference to a lease for a mast at this site is 14 April 1999, however, we cannot confirm that this is the date that the mast was erected”. However, before we left in 2007 Chris had already developed symptoms of Motor Neurone Disease and died a few years later. The medical practice (St. Helen’s Medical Centre, Isle of Wight), serving the area with the mast, currently has 6595 patients, 5 of whom currently have Motor Neurone Disease according to a recent FOI request. My experience of ill health after living near the mast for 3 years. At the time (2004 to 2007) I experienced chronic fatigue, through which I could work. In the third year I began to have panic attacks and stopped working. At that time, I was taking good care of my health, taking vitamin supplements (anti-oxidants) and walking by the sea, which may have offered some protection against EMFs from the mast. After I moved house in 2007, I gradually developed more symptoms, such as long bouts of flu-like illness (aching and severe fatigue) but without any respiratory issues. I was unable to work for lengthy periods. I also had severely swollen glands in my neck for weeks at a time. At this time, I had not connected my illness with EMFs and we had Wifi and DECT cordless phones in the house, though we did not have smartphones or other smart devices. I did not visit the allopathic doctor, as I did not believe they could help, other than provide medication which might deal with symptoms but not the root cause. Another ill-effect was severe temperature regulation problems. Once I became over-heated, it took very many hours to cool down. In addition, I have had sleep problems, tingling in the hands and feet, tinnitus, as well as fibromyalgia (diagnosed in 2018 in The Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine). Eventually from 2019 onwards, by which time I was fully convinced that EMFs had caused my ill-health and the death of my 2 previous neighbours, we got rid of wireless radiation at home and I have visited bio-resonance therapists, who have identified high EMFs levels in the hypothalamus area of the brain, in particular in connection with temperature regulation and sleep regulation. High EMFs were identified elsewhere in the body too - I can't be more specific. In the UK, however, NHS doctors are not trained in the adverse health effects of EMFs, but private bio-resonance therapy is very helpful. It can test the systems of the body for the presence of man-made EMFs and can regulate the system by putting in frequencies which harmonise body systems, but I sense there has been some permanent damage and this cannot fully repair itself over time, because I am almost continuously exposed to EMFs of all types, both from electricity and from the higher frequencies of wireless communications.

I live in a condo in the direct line of several 5g towers and wifi routers in the building. I can feel my head pulsing and my body buzzing when I work on my laptop in certain rooms and areas of my condo. I bought an rf meter and it will max out in those areas. I usually try to plug into the modem and run a line to a "safer" spot to work from. The bottom line is that emf and rf are definitely affecting our health and need to be toned down and regulated. I also believe they are affecting animals, plants, insects and the environment.

[Part 2] 3 c. Potential adverse health effects. My legs could no longer support me. I had bouts of tachycardia and bouts of bradycardia. I had severe insomnia. I was convulsing, and I fell to the ground as soon as I turned on a mobile phone or a touchscreen tablet. On public transport, I was sweating, I was the only one unable to tolerate the ambient temperature. It was as if my body was overheating. I had to leave for work with a backpack that I filled with ice cubes, in an attempt to cool myself down. Before going on stage, at the theater, I was totally exhausted, and I had to lie down backstage between every appearance. I could no longer sleep in my home. I would take my car to go sleep in the forest. I was very irritable, almost aggressive. 3 d. After the beginning of my heavy exposure, symptoms appeared two years later. Before starting to trade on financial markets and having to follow market quotes almost day and night, I had no symptoms. And when I started holding 1 mobile phone in my hand permanently, having to turn on my computer on Wi-Fi next to the bed, and putting an internet router in my bedroom. 2 years later, the symptoms appeared. 3 e. Medical treatments yielded absolutely nothing. 3 f. I searched on the Internet why I could no longer eat with metal cutlery. On forums, I found a lead regarding radiofrequency intolerance, since electromagnetic fields and especially radio settle on anything made of metal. Moreover, with some detectors I now own, when I bring the detector close to a metal piece of cutlery, we see the irradiance increase sharply, and sometimes we can even pick up the radio station by placing the detector almost against the metal piece of cutlery. I could therefore eat with plastic or wooden cutlery, but metal made my hands tingle. These were tinglings that could turn into pain if I persisted in wanting to eat with metal cutlery. I therefore left Paris and went to the countryside. I could see that when there was no low- or high-frequency electromagnetic radiation, I was completely fine, I had great energy. And my voice was clear. Whereas when I was in the presence of magnetic fields, electric fields, or radiofrequencies, I lost my voice. I could barely speak anymore, no sound came out of my mouth, I was totally exhausted. My voice sounded as if I were 85 years old. 3 g. RF: From my personal experience, as well as my experience with the people I follow. I can certify that numerous effects appear starting at 100 μW/m2 (approximately 0.20 V/m), i.e., 0.01 μW/cm2. This irradiance should under no circumstances be exceeded inside homes or places of study, of work, or even lower for places accommodating children, in order to maintain optimal health. I assert from my personal experience and the many people I follow and support, that we should under no circumstances be able to exceed 1000 μW/m2 in public spaces (approximately 0.60 V/m), i.e., 0.1 μW/cm2. For people who are now sensitized, who have been subjected to strong radiofrequencies, their situation is becoming very alarming, because these are people who cannot be exposed to more than 10 μW/m2 (approximately 0.06 V/m), i.e., 0.001 μW/cm2. There are the most extreme cases who were very heavily exposed and who can no longer be exposed to more than 1 μW/m2 (approximately 0.02 V/m), i.e., 0.0001 μW/cm2. The day these people need medical care and are transported to hospitals. Unfortunately, their pain is such that they scream in agony and end up most of the time in psychiatry. Currently, in France, no hospital is equipped to receive radiation victims who need to be accommodated under proper conditions, free from electromagnetic radiation. Electric field: I must be at less than 1 V/m in electric fields; beyond that, my symptoms return. Magnetic: I can hardly expose myself to more than 100 nanoTesla. Beyond 200 nanoTesla, I experience effects: headaches and nosebleeds if the exposure is too prolonged, and difficulty falling asleep. It is imperative to raise awareness among people about the dangers of low- and high-frequency electromagnetic fields. It is important to disseminate how to achieve electromagnetic sobriety. It is important to spread the message that many daily symptoms can be eliminated, such as fatigue, exhaustion, headaches, insomnia… thanks to electromagnetic sobriety. It is imperative to do this, even through television commercials, to show that a pregnant woman must not carry a mobile phone close to her belly. Booklets must be published and distributed in pharmacies and doctors' offices.