Wi-Fi & indoor exposure

Thank you for looking more carefully at the effects of EM radiation on humans and other living things. I have not suffered a serious injury, but I want to submit a comment to support efforts for more research and regulation. I am sensitive to EMF, so I do not own a cell phone and I do not use wi-fi in my house. Our laptops are wired. When I hold an iPad or cell phone with an active signal, it causes pain in my hands, so I am inclined to shift it from one to the other like a hot potato. My daughter did a science project where she grew seedlings directly inside the wall from our electric company smart meter, and also at a location in the same room as far from the meter as possible. The seedlings backed against the meter were very noticeably stunted compared to the ones grown at a distance. Because my husband was working right next to the smart meter, we decided it was worth $30/month to have a meter that does not send out a pulse every few seconds. It does seem that he became less easily angered and irritated after the meter was removed - which of course is highly anecdotal - but maybe you will hear the same kind of thing from others so it can be a drop in the bucket.

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 patient and concerned member of the public. I support HHS taking an active role in examining the potential health and environmental effects of wireless radiation. This letter is my personal experience of how the radio-frequency (RF) radiation (also known as wireless radiation) has effected my life and health in an extremely dreadful way. My name is Rita Jann Geeslin. I was born Texas in 1949. I am a citizen of the United States as were all my relations. My health began to seriously deteriorate in 2016 with the roll out of 4G and the activation of all the new cell phone towers to support 4G. The first huge set back in my health came on very quickly when 4G was implemented. It hit me immediately and harshly. I began to have extreme pain and debilitating fatigue. I would experience such deep pain it felt I had been lined up in front of a firing squad and riddled with bullets. I would fall down to my hands and knees and could not get back up. And then the pain became so severe I could not walk. I could not sleep, I had headaches and nausea, anxiety and began having multiple skin cancers (various Basal cell carcinoma: 2 of them had to be surgical removed, one of which has now come back, various Squamous cell carcinoma and one Melanoma which was surgically removed). I was not able to go anywhere without extreme hardship. One evening when driving home, I was screaming in pain, feeling that my brain was exploding. I saw there was a new cell tower that had been installed. That was when I knew that it was all the new radioactivity frequencies that were causing my debilitation. What came out of my mouth with those screams was I have to get out of here. I went to stay at a house in Tucson, Arizona. I had always really liked Tucson and had always felt really good there, feeling well, strong and enthusiastic. But, that was no longer the case. My neighbors wifi was so strong that I could not sleep with so much pain. One day while stopped at a traffic light. I felt a sharp, burning/shearing pain, that felt like a red hot cork screw boring its way between my ribs into my body. I was screaming in pain. I looked out the window to see what was hitting me. There was the cell phone tower. I could not control the pain or the screaming. I knew I would have to move where there was no RF in order to have any kind of quality of life left. I bought a RF detection meter and started to look around to find a place would be where I would be safe from RF. My agent suggested I rent a cabin in the White Mountains outside of Greer, Arizona. where I could turn off all the wifi and live in an RF free zone. I did that and after a few days I started feeling better and was able to take walks in the woods. I was free of all pain and able to get a good night’s sleep. I was filled with joy once again. When my rental time was finished at that cabin, I returned home to my place in Sedona. All the pain, fatigue, inability to sleep returned. I was again in a debilitated state. To test out the validity of my experience, I rented another place in the White Mountains. I again turned off all RF. Again, all the pain and extreme debilitation left me and I was able to hike in the mountains. I knew I would need to sell my home in Sedona that I loved so dearly. I knew I would need to find somewhere to live that was remote, where the neighbors where far enough away that their wifi would not effect me. After a long search, I found a place where I thought the neighbors’ wifi was far enough away and the closest cell towers were 13 miles away. I bought what is called shielding material and sewed clothing to wear when going to town. This material is woven with metal. It is a suit of armor I put on to go anywhere to protect myself from more harm. I now must wear 3 layers of this shielding material anytime I get in the car (I can only drive in cars older than 2016 because anything newer has too much EMR (electro magnetic radiation) for me to be in. Most of the time I return home feeling very sick with headache, nausea and pain. I now do not venture out of my yard unless absolutely necessary. All of my neighbors have boosted up their wifi and security to the point I receive way much of their wireless radiation around my property. I have no quality to life left and that is all because of this wireless radiation and the extreme health issues it has and is causing me. I read the statistic that 10% of the world’s population know they have this EMR (electro-magnetic-radiation) Syndrome. There are approximately 8.3 billion people on planet earth, that is 830,000,000 people who know they are adversely effected by EMR. That is almost 1 billion people that know they are being harmed by wireless radiation.

Good afternoon, I am a 33-year-old woman. In 2025, when 5G internet (as well as 5 GHz Wi-Fi) was introduced in my house, I started experiencing headaches on the very same day. Whenever I went outside, away from Wi-Fi, the headache would disappear after a while. As soon as I returned home, it would come back. Around three days after 5G was introduced, I also started experiencing a pulsing sensation in my ears, a symptom I had never experienced before in my life. I also own an apartment where I have to spend several days every week due to work. When my neighbours in the adjoining apartments started getting 5G, I found that I physically could not stay in my apartment for long periods of time. My headaches became persistent and no longer went away easily, even when I was away from Wi-Fi. Over the following months, I also began experiencing regular episodes of tachycardia accompanied by elevated blood pressure, despite never having had any problems with my blood pressure before. I underwent a brain MRI because of my headaches, and some spots were found on my brain. My neurologist told me that, in my case, these spots indicate changes in blood circulation in the brain. On several occasions, I had to stay in a room with an active 5G modem. Each time, the result was a severe headache and dizziness so intense that I felt nauseated, all within less than an hour. I simply had to leave the room and go outside because I physically could not remain there. This summer, I had a three-week holiday that I spent in nature, with almost no internet access. During that time, my headaches disappeared completely. However, as soon as I returned to work and resumed travelling to my apartment, all the symptoms quickly returned. At present, I continue to experience dizziness and frequent headaches, and I have been dealing with tachycardia throughout the autumn. I will leave you my email address in case you have any advice on what could be done to address this problem. I would be extremely grateful for any suggestions. I understand that I need to reduce my exposure to 5G, but this is quite difficult in my situation. Are there any tests that could help identify the underlying cause of this sensitivity? Thank you very much for your time and help.

I have done some detailed research and experimentation over the years and come to the conclusion that wireless internet causes me to have disrupted sleep, insomnia, tinnitus, headaches, agitation, and irritableness. When we stopped the wireless and installed wired internet into our home, all of these symptoms stopped. We also made sure that the modem was on the other side of the house from our bedroom. We have an EMF meter and an app that measure the EMF frequencies and this has confirmed our findings. When I've had the symptoms, the meter has registered high, when I haven't had any symptoms and have been able to sleep well, the meter has read low. We have confirmed this at hotels and other family members' homes that we've we have stayed at as well. All of these symptoms have been less at hotels and homes with lower Wi-Fi frequencies being broadcasted. I highly recommend everyone trying this experiment. 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.

There is already so much research - which has existed for decades - showing the impact of light, frequency and magnetism on plants and animals. Read John Ott's book Health and Light, published in 1973, documenting these effects. European countries have different standards - even for their cell phones, the SAR ratings are much lower. To act as if we are unaffected by frequency is unfathomable. Now that we have Wi-Fi and wireless devices everywhere, even in our NICUs and schools, it is irresponsible to not acknowledge the effect that these frequencies can have on children and infants who have much less dense brain bone structures. We also need to consider the light we live within. Full spectrum incandescent is by far the healthiest option. Did you know that animal breeders can even change the sex ratios of their litters by altering the light frequencies they are exposed to? To make matters worse, we are now dealing with the effect of the growing South American Anomaly (SAA) which is lessening the geomagnetic field of the earth. This amplifies the effects of non native EMF, SARs, etc . It is imperative that we tackle this important issue from every possible angle immediately. Thank you.

I have experienced insomnia from constant use of Comcast Xfinity router; headache, nausea and dizziness when exposed to cell phones.

After I got married, we moved into a townhome that was a couple hundred feet from a 5G tower. The Wi-Fi installers installed the Wi-Fi router in our bedroom and we had no idea that that was not recommended so we were sleeping with a literally by our heads for the four years that we lived in this house. Soon after getting married, we got pregnant. My first pregnancy was very difficult. I had placental insufficiency and my baby was born via induction at 37 weeks because my placenta was failing her. We did genetic testing and never found a reason for an extremely small placenta. She was luckily diagnosed with IUGR in utero and we were tracking her consistently so we caught that she was in distress in the womb and saved her via urgent induction. For my second pregnancy. We kept an eye on his weight as well, just in case, and halfway through the pregnancy, he completely stopped growing. He came spontaneously at 37 weeks exactly and my placenta was a more average size, but both babies were around 5 pounds with no health or genetic indication as to why that should have happened. After our second baby was born, we moved to a different state and chose a house that was not near a 5G or cell tower. We also installed the Wi-Fi router as far away from the bedrooms as possible. Soon after moving, we got pregnant with our third child. I didn't change anything significant about my health and we still have received no answers from doctors as to why my placenta could have been insufficient for my previous pregnancies, but we trusted God with a third. To our shock, our third baby grew at a completely normal curve and hit every milestone of growth all throughout the pregnancy. Although he was born at 37 weeks as well, he was over 7 pounds at birth! His placenta was perfectly normal and he continues to be our most average size child. The only thing we can attribute the differences in my baby sizes and placenta health is environment - specifically the 5G tower we were living within a stones throw from. I can't wait to see more progress made in awareness and safety precautions of EMF exposure during pregnancy!!!

I have been affected my smart meters, close proximity of cell towers, and Wi-Fi. Gas company moved a meter on the back side of my house to the front side less than 1 /12 feet from the head of my bed. They installed a smart meter (I had NO SAY in this). I started waking up for no reason and had difficulty getting back to sleep; unexplained nose bleeds; and a digestive condition started causing me problems at night when it normally calms down! I consulted with an EMF expert, and she immediately found the issue. I have spent $100s (including expert's fee) on blocking material, etc. I contacted engineer at Cascade Natural Gas, and he gave me the typical smart meter "no problem" song and dance. Luckily, I don't run Wi-Fi in my house since I had all connections hard wired. Wi-Fi in hotels and other lodging has cause same issues (primarily sleep). When I am staying in motels, etc. I turn off or unplug (if possible) wi-fi routers etc. I have purchased various personal shielding (again several $100s) that I use when sleeping in motel, etc. I have friends that are more sensitive than I am!! I implore the HHS to take action on these issues! Affects are REAL!

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. When WiFi became popular I was onboard. Shortly afterward I noticed that I no longer felt well on an every day basis. After doing extensive research I discovered that the radiation from WiFi and cellular phones use EMF radiation and is damaging to humans, animals, bees and plants, and every progression, from 3G to 4G and finally 5G (which uses millimeter waves, the same type of waves that are used by the military in their radar and microwave-based and wireless weapons) became more dangerous and more damaging to humans, animals, bees and plants. Once I eliminated the sources of EMF radiation in my home I began to fell better almost immediately and almost immediately my health improved. The industries that profit from this technology has always claimed that the technology was harmless without ever doing honest independent studies to prove what they were saying. The only studies that they quote was VERY HEAVILY and intensionally biased in their favor. When truly independent studies were finally done it debunked that biased studies and honestly and accurately proved that the EMF radiation was without a doubt harmful to humans, animals, bees and plants!!! It is long overdue to heavily regulate this technology and ban the placement of towers and other devices that capture and/or relay this EMF radiation within at least 500 feet of homes, schools and other buildings where people and animals are found and an IMMEDIATE ban and removal of ALL so called Smart Meters that have been installed where people and animals reside MUST be put in place!!! 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 have EMF sensitivity, particularly to 5G and WiFi. When 5G was turned on in my neighborhood, I couldn't sleep for several days. I purchased a special bed cover to reduce its effect which helped but didn't eliminate it. I only travel if I can be assured of not being in WiFi exposure - which limits me greatly because WiFi is so prevalent. WiFi's effect on me has worsened over recent years because WiFi manufacturers have increased the power/range of their WiFi equipment. Please re-consider the testing and limits allowed for wireless equipment.