Wi-Fi & indoor exposure

I am submitting this comment in response to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Request for Information regarding Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs), Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation, and Wireless Radiation Exposure. I write to you as a concerned parent and as an individual whose own childhood health was severely impacted by wireless radiation exposure. My interest in this issue stems from lived experience. As a teenager, I suffered from severe, unexplained, and debilitating headaches. Unknown to us at the time, the home’s wireless router had been installed directly in my bedroom. Years later, after discovering research regarding the potential biological effects of RF/EMF exposure, I realized my childhood symptoms aligned with documented physical responses to radiofrequency exposure. Once I significantly reduced my exposure—replacing wireless internet with grounded Ethernet and keeping my cell phone in airplane mode 95% of the time—my health improved dramatically. Today, when I am exposed to heavy RF environments, such as close proximity to 5G infrastructure or dense cellular usage, those same negative impacts return. This personal journey highlights my single greatest concern: the unique and heightened vulnerability of children. Children are not simply smaller adults; their developing nervous systems, thinner skulls, and higher tissue conductivity mean they absorb proportionally higher levels of radiofrequency energy than adults. Today, children are exposed to wireless radiation at unprecedented levels—in their bedrooms, classrooms, and everyday environments—from a very young age. Given that my own health suffered as a teenager from a single router, I am deeply concerned about the cumulative, lifelong impact today's constant exposure will have on our youth. Thank you for providing parents and impacted individuals the opportunity to share our experiences and advocate for the protection of future generations.

I have many symptoms that have only increased over time as EMF exposure sources have increased. I suspected that EMF sources may be a possible cause of my symptoms due to the correlation between increases in EMF exposures and increases in symptoms. A surprise experiment made my suspicions stronger. When the electricity at my house went out for three days due to storm damage, thereby removing EMF sources (the smart meter, wiring in the walls, Wi-Fi, cordless phones, digital clocks, power strips, etc), my symptoms were temporarily gone. The constant ringing and buzzing in my ears stopped. The tingling and zapping sensations in my body stopped. My seemingly permanent headache went away. I slept better than I had in the years since the installation of the smart meter (that I did not want on my house) and the loss of my ability to turn off the Wi-fi (due to technical problems). Then the storm damage was repaired and electrical service was restored to my house. With the return of the electricity came the return of the EMF sources and my symptoms. Even without being in a house with no electricity, I can feel differences in EMF exposure in my body. Something as simple as having a digital alarm clock at different distances from my bed affects my sleep and other symptoms. The closer the clock is to me, the worse my symptoms are. The same is true for time spent close to other EMF sources. I have sought help for various symptoms in the past few years as my symptoms have worsened, but doctors have dismissed my symptoms and concerns. The best I can do is reduce my exposure as much as possible, but there are many exposure sources that I cannot control. I know many other people have also suffered and continue to suffer from negative health effects from EMF exposure. An evaluation of EMF health effects is long overdue.

Our WiFi impacted my sleep and my kids sleep. We unplugged our WiFi and my daughter now sleeps all night, she was waking up at midnight-1am wide awake ready to play until she was about 4 years old. Then I started learning about impacts of WiFi and wireless signals and we unplugged it at night and she sleeps all night now. I sleep better as well with it off.

AMAZING that you are doing this! I have been fighting the EMF war for decades now. Grew up in the generation where we didn't have all of this DEATH TECH and in fact it was illegal to put it anywhere near a house or school. Then brought 3 kids into the world and have been protecting my Family to the teeth. One of the major reasons they do not attend public school is because of the WI-FI in the classrooms/hallways/etc. Not to mention the cell phones of teachers and students nowadays! It's absolutely frightening, this digital environment. I help mitigate EMF radiation for others' and their homes/businesses with testing devices as well as creating protective barriers SMALL GAUGE CHICKEN WIRE, blocking most microwaves. But we don't want to have to protect.. we want the assailant source OUT of our towns. Smart Meters are one of the worst! But none of this compares to NEXRAD. You can click here and see whomever is controlling these DEMONIC DEVICES are manipulating the WEATHER simultaneously: https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=continental-conus-comp_radar-24-1-100-1&checked=map&colorbar=undefined. Especially in Texas and the East Coast! Please, TURN THESE OFF. We went on a journey around the 4 Corner States and were evading FIRES the entire 5 months! Only then did I start to recognize the pattern. Wherever there were Microwave Towers (cell) and NEXRAD (specifically), the air was DRY and almost violent. Most importantly, the CLOUDS & STORM SYSTEMS could not FORM! There should have been RAIN this entire summer/fall. We were in Colorado Springs, tucked into Cheyenne Mountain and would watch the massive rain clouds come in from the range but then DISINTEGRATE before our eyes as soon as they REACHED CITY LIMITS. Why?? Because of the massage PUEBLO & DENVER NEXRADs. Once these 270? devices are turned off around the nation.. WATCH the RAIN come. REAL CLOUDS and REAL WEATHER will resume!! Thank you so much for your time and ALL that you do for our GREAT COUNTRY. You are ANGEL WARRIORS! Contact me if I can be of Service, as well. Cheers and God/dess Speed.

There are many things that need to be addressed. Cell towers should have to be a minimum distance away from schools, hospitals, neighborhoods. I say that distance is 500 meters, but right now I believe there is no minimum distance. Wireless routers should be limited to as few as necessary in schools. There is too much incentivizing the proliferation of wireless tech in schools. Light is also an EMF and therefore should be considered in this too. There's an abundance of research on healthier artificial light sources. Unfortunately, healthy light spectrum doesn't line up with energy efficiency. The energy efficiency of LEDs has been oversold and the light spectrum of LEDs has negative health consequences. We should look into healthier light sources such as incandescent and halogen. The lighting should be full spectrum and have low or no level of flicker. Fluorescent lights should be banned altogether. There are studies that show that the spectrum of light produced by most fluorescents makes ADD worse. Well, that's the lighting in every school. And LED isn't much better. Lastly, the state of our electrical grid should be taken into consideration for a few different reasons. The amount of harmonic distortion or transient distortion, better known as "dirty electricity", is a huge and increasing problem on our grid and it is know to causes health issues, such as tinnitus, ringing in the ears. Almost everyone today suffers from some degree of tinnitus. Another problem is high magnetic fields, from things such as unbalanced loads and wire spacing, in our neighborhoods. Lastly, ground currents are a huge problem with out grid. Electricity comes to the home from the power station on the "hot" line and electricity is supposed to go back, in the form of current, on the "neutral". Most of our electricity doesn't go back on the neutral, instead it goes back on the earth in the form of ground currents. This is an established problem with animals on farms, most notably dairy farms. It is having an effect on people too. There are many experts in this area. Our electric is put up and in the ground and maintained by a bunch of sub-contracted "cowboys". They are paid to put it in the ground or in the air by the foot and their M.O. is to get it done as quick as possible. I know industry rules, but maybe practices can be changed that don't hinder progress too much. There are well established experts on all of these topics. If nothing gets done regarding any of these issues, it will only serve to further erode the trust of government in the eyes of the people. The people deserve a quick resolution to a lot of these issues and more.

I'm writing as a concerned parent and citizen. I think more needs to be done to study the health effects of EMFs and RFs especially in schools, homes, vehicles etc. At school students are constantly surrounded by wifi and personal devices including tablets and Bluetooth headphones. At home smart meters are replacing analog meters. I have to pay a monthly price to have my analog meter read. Cell phone frequencies need updated studies. Wired headphones are becoming obsolete. Even new vehicles are constantly searching for wifi signals. 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.

In 2010, when we were living in a 3g-4g world, I built a small 10x10 home office in a nook off my bedroom to do life coaching, writing, webinars, and interviews. Like many home offices, I had this tiny refuge filled with electronics such as dual monitors, desktop, Dect phone, wireless printer, cell phone, and WiFi router. Basically, I was in the office at least 6 to 8 hours/day and sleeping only 10 to 15 feet away from my office. In 2013 I started feeling extreme fatigue, headaches, brain fog, lethargy, aches/pains in the joints and pain all over my body. I would also get numbness in my hands when I would hold the cell phone. I have always been very healthy and never experienced these symptoms on a daily basis before. I started talking to people about my conditions and I met someone who told me my office was filled with EMF radiation and I should start shielding and protecting myself and my family. Once I started doing as she suggested I started feeling better and I was very thankful. Many of my symptoms went away except for my painful joints and numbness. I realized I had EHS so I started being very aware of my daily habits of using electronics wherever I would go. I did the best I could while eating healthier and adjusting my vitamins. Finally, in the beginning of April 2021, I started getting very bad symptoms. My brain fog heightened and I started having dexterity problems in my right hand. It got so bad I couldn't hold a pen or fork and my right leg started dragging a bit. When I admitted myself to the emergency room I was diagnosed with a very large brain tumor. The hospital admitted me right away and into surgery I went. When I came out I found out that I had a 6 cm stage 2 meningioma brain tumor because the biopsy report said that it grew at an 18% growth rate. When you do the math, that means it started growing in 2011 One year after I built my office! Most women get a stage 1 meningioma which grows VERY SLOW and from what I found out usually people who get this type of tumor are men over 60 (predominantly black men) and people surrounded by a lot of radiation. Unbeknownst to me I literally created a microwave oven in my office that I worked in and slept in day and night. Luckily, I am here to talk about this today. My surgeon told me that the tumor was extremely large and if I would have waited much longer the damage would have been severe and irreversible. I thank my lucky stars that I am here to talk about this today and help others when they hear my story. I have been speaking about both of our stories for over 11 years now and have built a small business around technology protection and awareness. Unfortunately, my first husband passed away at the age of 32 leaving me with my 1 year old son. Why is this important? Because he died of a Glioblastoma brain tumor and he was an electrician and I did find a study back in the 90's where electricians had the highest rate of Glio's than any other occupation and that was BEFORE we were surrounded by electronics and wireless tech everywhere. Sadly he is not here to tell his story so I am here to share both of ours. The citizens of the world are fooled because there is NOT enough studies and information to stop the biological damage and death that is being caused from our electronics and Wifi. Something must be done and the lies must stop in this trillion-dollar business because it is truly biological warfare and we must have due diligence with complete and proper studies so we can be protected as well as studies on electrical cars.

As a Doctor who has been injured from radiofrequency radiation, I have a sincere interest in new, updated regulations of HHS and the FCC to protect all living things from the known biological harm of RFR. Since 2018, living near a cell tower, sleeping close to a smart meter and having a wifi router from a neighbor within 10 feet of my sleeping space, I have had neurological harm. Since then, when I'm near a wifi router or another person's phone or smart watch, I get burning pain on my skin in the area closest to the pulse-modulated RF radiation. I also get severe fatigue, brain fog, a pressure headache, and the next days to weeks I feel "hungover" from the exposure. It makes normal functioning very difficult. When I sleep next to someone with a smart watch on or sleep in a house/hotel with wifi on, my sleep is very poor- I wake up many times and have trouble falling asleep. When I sleep at home with our wifi router turned off and phones off, I wake up much more rested and do not wake up in the middle of the night. I fear for my young daughter and unborn baby, since research shows their brains absorb much more radiofrequency radiation, and it is pervasive in classrooms, places of worship, as well as playgrounds. I am calling for more research on the biological harms from radiofrequency radiation, particularly pulse-modulated RF radiation. As more cell towers proliferate and new bands of frequency are being used, there needs to be a halt to all new infrastructure until solid research has been done to investigate the impacts on living beings- humans, flora and fauna. The current FCC guideline is based on an antiquated study from 30 years ago. Telecommunications have changed drastically over that time period, so that is now irrelevant. What studies have the FCC or HHS done to evaluate the RFR's effects on cellular health and oxidative stress, which manifest into countless disease states? What about neurobehavioral outcomes, like children learning in school near a wifi router, or productivity and concentration in the workplace? How are migrating animals and insects affected by the never-ending bombardment of frequencies running through their bodies? How does that impact ecosystems and ultimately human health? Europe has more stringent standards on pulse-modulated RF radiation to protect the health of its citizens and wildlife- why don't we mirror their regulations as a starting point and add on as more research has accumulated? The cost of inaction is far too high- if HHS fails to produce relevant research to protect the health of all living beings, what is the cost to all of humanity? The cost of healthcare is already astronomical in the US. Could limiting the number of towers, satellites, smart devices, band frequencies and the power produced by these structures decrease the amount of human suffering and cost of "mystery" chronic disease states? Before any new technology is developed, I urge HHS to study chronic radiofrequency radiation exposure at ambient levels in a cohort study as well as RCT studies to assess the cellular and physiological changes with acute exposure to pulse-modulated RF radiation. Please see the references attached as evidence to support my claims. The inaction of federal health agencies, including the HHS, in studying the biological and environmental effects of RFR and pulse-modulated RF radiation is extremely disappointing. As a Doctor and one who has been injured by RFR, I see the damage this has on my patients as well. I did not consent, nor do I consent today, to the continuous, involuntary exposure to biologically active RF radiation. Please allocate necessary funding to study RF radiation's effects on living beings. It is the ethical, responsible and humanitarian action to do that. Sincerely, Dr. Colton References: Belyaev I, Dean A, Eger H, Hubmann G, Jandrisovits R, Kern M, Kundi M, Moshammer H, Lercher P, Müller K, Oberfeld G, Ohnsorge P, Pelzmann P, Scheingraber C, Thill R. EUROPAEM EMF Guideline 2016 for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of EMF-related health problems and illnesses. Rev Environ Health. 2016 Sep 1;31(3):363-97. doi: 10.1515/reveh-2016-0011. PMID: 27454111. Kaszuba-Zwoińska J, Gremba J, Gałdzińska-Calik B, Wójcik-Piotrowicz K, Thor PJ. Electromagnetic field induced biological effects in humans. Przegl Lek. 2015;72(11):636-41. PMID: 27012122. International Commission on the Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields (ICBE-EMF). Scientific evidence invalidates health assumptions underlying the FCC and ICNIRP exposure limit determinations for radiofrequency radiation: implications for 5G. Environ Health. 2022 Oct 18;21(1):92. doi: 10.1186/s12940-022-00900-9. PMID: 36253855; PMCID: PMC9576312.

Submitted Oct 13, 2026 Comment submitted by Dr Karl Maret regarding Request for Information on EMFs, RF and Wireless Radiation Exposure and its Impact on Health published in the Federal Register Vol 91, No 181 dated September 21, 2026. I am offering my expert opinion on the current danger of wireless radiation in today’s increasingly radio frequency and microwave radiation environment including sources from cell towers and antennas, WiFi and wireless transmitters, wireless devices in the home and office environment, cell phones and other cordless phones, and wireless smart meters. These wireless transmitters typically operate at present between 800 Megahertz (MHz) and 5 Gigahertz GHz), with new devices now coming into use with the latest 5G technologies that are capable of operating between 2.4 and 95 GHz using very short wavelengths called millimeter waves. This comment is in response to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Request for Information on EMFs, RF and Wireless Radiation Exposure and its Impact on Health published in the Federal Register Vol 91, No 181 dated September 21, 2026. I have given expert testimony regarding the dangers of this type of radio frequency radiation (RFR) based on my background as an electrical engineer, biomedical engineer and medical doctor who has also completed also a post-doctoral fellowship in physiology and served as a Bioscience Officer in the Canadian Armed Forces. Details of my background and contact information can be found in the longer Word document attached to this comment. Since the 1996 Telecommunications Act that established the U.S. nation-wide cellular communications network, there have been essentially no new health protection standards implemented to protect the general population despite massive research studies showing evidence of harm to the general population. Especially problematic is Radio Frequency Radiation that comes from transmitters close to the body as well as high powered transmitters from cell towers and antennas, microwave transmitters covering schools, housing projects and apartment complexes where the transmitters are often hidden in ceilings and walls. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which is charged with protecting the public, has exposure standards that are principally suitable for short-term exposure and only those that concern heating or thermal effects while ignoring any long-term exposure and non-thermal effects that are now the norm. The widespread proliferation of this technology now in its 5th generation of development (5G), is viewed by hundreds of scientists throughout the world as hazardous to human welfare. The United States has one of the highest exposure guidelines in the developed world which is hundreds of times higher than permitted in other countries including China, Eastern European countries and Russia which have studied the long-term health effects of these RF radiations and chosen to protect their populations appropriately. We have known of the adverse health effects for at least five decades with thousands of studies demonstrating an increased incidence of brain tumors (gliomas, acoustic neuromas, glioblastomas and pituitary tumors) in addition to thyroid and parotid gland tumors. Breast cancers have been demonstrated in young women exactly at the multiple antenna sites who carried their cell phones inside their bras. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a division of the World Health Organization (WHO), has classified electromagnetic radiation as a Class 2B possible carcinogen in 2011 based on numerous scientific studies. My full comment and a brief summary of my past experience and qualifications are attached in the Word file attached as well as 2 PDFs of presentations that substantiate my concerns about the adverse health effects of long-term EMFs and the wireless radiation. I am writing this comment both as a past expert, a healthcare provider, and a very concerned living man who has observed great suffering from many electrosensitive people during 30 years of healthcare practice. Dr. Karl Maret cell (831) 539-3255 and email soniclight@ebold.com

I have serious headaches around cell towers since my son went to kindergarten, where by their classroom, there are not one, but two, cell towers sitting right next to the kindergarten classroom, close to the children's playground. After dropping off my son there for a period of time, I started having headaches whenever I was at the playground waiting for him to go into the classroom. The headache would stay with me while I drove back home, and when I was home, the headache would almost be gone. When I tried to get to the cell towers to get some readings from an RF meter, my head hurt severely and I couldn't get any closer to the cell towers anymore. I got sensitivity to EMF whenever I'm close to some kind of radiation since then. Like when I went to a restaurant and I noticed my head hurts, I would turn around and found a smart TV right behind me. Or when I went to a friend's house/ clinic/ fast food chain/ wherever I go, and I noticed that my head hurt, I would find the Wifi router right above me/ very close to me, and sometimes even behind a wall. Since Wifi and cellphone technologies are getting more advanced, my head hurts a lot more frequently, even at home. I had to switch Internet Service Provider because my head hurts so much with the High-Speed 5G Internet, and opt for a slower one. I also have to set the Wifi band to 2.4 Ghz instead of 5 Ghz, and put it inside a metal box in order to reduce the Wifi radiation as much as possible. I have to turn off Wifi at night before I sleep, or else I'll have headaches all night. I can't control my neighbors' Wifi, but I can feel which part of the house has stronger signals with my headaches (and confirmed with a RF meter), and try to stay away from those areas if I could. Last but not least, I have a meningioma in my head, although it's calcified, it's continually growing, and the growth of the meningioma could be related to those increasingly strong exposures. Many scientific research studies had shown links to EMF/ RF exposure to brain tumors, which would be especially harmful to children. Attached with this comment are pictures of the cell towers in the elementary school (Knox Gifted Academy in Chandler, AZ), and pictures of my brain meningioma scans. The elementary school mentioned is part of Chandler Unified School District, and although quite a number of parents contacted the superintendent back then about the risks and harmful concerns on our children, they argued that there is no proof for these concerns, and they’re completely safe. I saw cell towers all over the district schools, and so are the other school districts in the valley. This is simply not the right thing to do for any school districts to put cell towers in their school grounds just for more funding. Even if there’s the slightest chance that these EMF infrastructures could harm the children, teachers and people around, this shouldn’t be done in the first place, let alone planting them all over school districts. I truly hope that with this nationwide request for collecting experiences and expertise from regular citizens and experts could help our country, the greatest in the world, to lead the world to do the right thing. The next step for the technology will be 6G, and it will only be more powerful and destructive to the human race at the same time. Please don’t repeat the mistake and harm done as 5G was enrolled, to race and chase after the fame of the world’s fastest to get to the technology, at the expense of the whole country’s health. We’re digging graves for ourselves and this would be irreversible. Thank you very much for “Making American Healthy Again”!!!