Wi-Fi & indoor exposure

I am submitting this comment as a private citizen and parent documenting our family’s multi-year experiences with symptoms that temporally correlate with increased exposure to radiofrequency (RF) radiation and electromagnetic fields (EMFs) from mobile devices, home hotspots (MiFi), Wi-Fi networks, surveillance cameras, and proximity to cellular infrastructure. These observations are offered to assist HHS in evaluating real-world health experiences associated with RF/EMF exposure, particularly among families and potentially vulnerable individuals. Our family previously lived for three years in Astoria, Oregon, without nearby cell towers and without a continuous home hotspot. During that period we experienced none of the symptoms described below and no longer required pain-management care. We also lived earlier at Mile 10 of Eagle River Road in Alaska, again without close cellular infrastructure, and similarly reported nearly none of the same issues. In August 2024 we moved into an apartment in Anchorage, Alaska, located approximately three blocks from two cell towers (one AT&T and one believed to be Verizon) at 7th Avenue and Karluk Street. Concurrently, our household has used mobile devices, an iPad, and a home MiFi hotspot. The apartment building also maintains seven surveillance cameras connected to continuous basement Wi-Fi whose signals reach our unit day and night. Since relocating, multiple family members have developed new or markedly worsened symptoms that improve under specific exposure-reduction conditions and worsen under higher-exposure conditions. All relevant medical evaluations (bloodwork, emergency-room assessments) have returned normal results, including statements that my cardiac findings appear among the healthiest the treating physicians have seen. Observed Symptoms and Correlations * Sleep disruption and nightmares: Frequent awakenings (sometimes several times per night) occur if phones are not placed in airplane mode. Nightmares intensify without a silver-infused beanie and appear more pronounced once permanent winter snow cover is present. Silver-infused bed sheets and a grounding mat with ground-plug connection have provided partial relief. * Headaches: My wife experiences significant headaches that began after the move and proximity to the towers. * Blood-pressure elevation and chest pain: Both my wife and I experience elevated blood pressure and chest pain, especially in later winter months, or when the home hotspot lacks aluminum-foil shielding properly directed away from the core living area. Emergency evaluations yield normal cardiac bloodwork. * Cognitive and mood effects in a child: After extended iPad use, our son exhibits mood swings, severe forgetfulness of simple information, confusion, and frustration. A silver-infused beanie reduces these symptoms when worn. * Pain, body aches, and brain fog: These symptoms led both adults to resume care with a pain-management physician after years without such treatment. Symptoms lessen when the building’s basement Wi-Fi and cameras are offline. * Menstrual irregularities: My wife, in perimenopause, experiences cycles that can last a full month; laboratory bloodwork remains normal. * Seasonal and environmental modifiers: Symptoms intensify with continuous snow cover and diminish under reduced RF exposure (airplane mode, shielding, offline Wi-Fi). We have implemented multiple mitigation and health-support measures: silver-infused beanies and bed sheets, aluminum-foil shielding of the hotspot, a grounding mat, dietary avoidance of artificial sweeteners, gelatins, and processed beef/pork, regular use of ZeroWater filters, upgraded bath and shower filters designed to remove heavy metals, chlorine, chemicals, and fluoride, and supplements (silica, sea moss, oregano oil, etc.) intended to support heavy-metal clearance. Despite these steps, the listed symptoms persist in correlation with RF/EMF sources. Symptoms were largely absent in residences without nearby cell towers and continuous high-level indoor wireless sources. Symptoms appeared or intensified after moving within three blocks of two cell towers and into a building with continuous basement Wi-Fi-linked cameras. Temporary reductions in exposure (airplane mode, shielding, offline Wi-Fi) produce measurable short-term improvement in sleep, pain, blood pressure, and cognitive clarity. Medical work-ups consistently return normal laboratory and cardiac findings, leaving the temporal and exposure-linked patterns unexplained by conventional diagnostic results. I request that HHS consider these documented family observations - alongside clinical reports from other citizens and healthcare providers - when assessing the state of the evidence on RF/EMF health effects, potential research gaps and the adequacy of current exposure guidelines for real-world, multi-source environments. Thank you for your time and consideration in this matter.

As a person affected by Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation, and Wireless Radiation Exposure I am submitting this comment in response to HHS’s Request for Information on Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs), Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation, and Wireless Radiation Exposure. 1. In order to maintain internet access after moving home in 2011 we were obliged to exchange our old wired modem for the newer style « livebox ». Being concerned about RF & WIFI radiation we always used ethernet cable to connect the pc to the new modem in order to avoid using WIFI. At around the same time we also changed to a newer pc (with WIFI capability) and continued to use ethernet cable to connect it to the « livebox ». Soon after arriving at the new home I began to experience unprovoked episodes of fearfulness. These episodes occurred at all times of the day and night. By chance we discovered that even though we used ethernet cable for internet access the « livebox » default setting was emitting WIFI. Having disabled the « livebox » WIFI we hoped that the episodes of fearfulness would end. However this was not the case. Researching further we discovered that the new pc’s default setting was also enabling WIFI. Having also disabled the pc WIFI the unpleasant episodes of fearfulness ended. 2. Having lost our fixed telephone due to storm damage in 2023 we bought a mobile telephone to replace it. This phone causes a warm tingling sensation in the skin, so is kept in a far corner of the house – rendering it useless for receiving calls since the telephone system permits insufficient time for us to access it before it cuts to voicemail. Now that daily life is ruled by smartphone access to almost everything we find ourselves excluded. 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 not only by federal agencies with appropriate expertise in medicine, biology, epidemiology, and public health. The experiences of individuals and families who report being affected have been thus far ignored and belittled. These experiences must be considered alongside the scientific evidence. I urge HHS to carefully evaluate these experiences and establish appropriate federal research priorities regarding wireless radiation and public health. Thank you for providing individuals, families, health care providers, independent researchers, with an opportunity to finally be heard on this critical public health issue.

I occasionally experience hypnagogic and hypopompic hallucinations. This is relatively recent in my life and I attribute it to the ever increasing wireless exposures, as all the cell phone towers going up and as optic cables get laid and as wifi is increasingly everywhere. My home router is 6G capable. These hallucinations occur during the period of wakefulness and sleep. I get jolted awake in the exact moments of falling asleep by a loud metallic grinding noise that is not external but generates from inside my own self. And I occasionally get awoken by pleasant beeping when coming out of sleeping in the morning that is also not external but generates from my own srlf and as soon as I am awake the sounds in both instances stop. There is no other explanation, and I think it is EMF related, and I dont know if I am right or wrong. On a side note, I believe EMFs/wireless also have affects on insects particularly honeybees. Insects are our pollinators for the worlds food supply. Do not neglect them in your investigations. Thank you for the opportunity to leave a comment.

I attempt to limit my exposure to EMF. When I receive calls or start phone calls, I keep the phone on speaker. If I place the phone or device placed on the sidelines at of my head, I can receive slight pain and dizziness. When I make calls also , I prefer to at home, instead of outside in public. I don't have WiFi at my apartment.

I have metal hardware in my body and I know what happened to metal in a microwave. I live across the street from powerlines and I’ve recently moved my router further away from my room and I’ve been doing a lot of study on frequencies and how they can affect us and there was a smart me to put on my house that I did not approve. I deal with physical pain every day and it gets even worse on the days it rains and I am just curious how old is frequencies are affecting me Because I have been getting frequent headaches

Thank you SO very much for looking into this.You asked for comments from those affected by EMF: I experience flashes of headaches often times while driving, and it's always when I'm close to one or between two of those big towers. The headaches go away after getting away from the tower(s.) Additionally, since moving to an apartment building a couple years ago, (I think it's due to being surrounded by multiple wi-fi systems) I began experiencing a crawling, tingling, muscular ache that goes up both my legs and to my "behind" when I'm sleeping- it wakes me up. I often wake up, now, with red, irritated eyes. I purchased EMF blocking socks and clothing and it does stop the body muscular "weirdness" from happening, but not the eyes, as they're not covered. I think it's sad to have to wrap up head to toe in a shield in order to be able to sleep peacefully. Additionally, I lost part of my hearing a few years ago and need hearing aids, but there are currently zero hearing aids available that don't put out dangerously high levels of EMF. I worked with Sara Swann a Beltone Hearing Specialist in Hurricane, WV, to try to find some that put out at 2 or below (zero is the the only "safe" radiation level, but Sara could find no hearing aids that didn't register/put out at least 28 on the EMF meter I carried into my visits with me. She went to the Beltone conference with an EMF meter and had the Beltone specialists try to fix the hearing aids so they wouldn't emit these dangerous levels, but no one could do this. Turning off the bluetooth connection between the hearing aids and the phones was recommended, but not effective, because the hearing aids still transmit wirelessly between the two hearing aids -- right through a person's brain -- and still put out at these high levels of 28. I'm sure very few people wearing these hearing aids know of these dangerous levels being emitted directly into their brains. It's the same dangerous story with cell phones, you'll likely know- those register at levels 3 to 4 times higher than the hearing aids, often in intermittent pulses, and especially when receiving a phone call. I purchased RadEnergy EMF protection phone cases at this link https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVQPKZLC and measured the EMF of the phone out of the case, and then in the case, and the EMF was around 10 times HIGHER with the case ON. I did take videos of this. I believe these cases were manufactured in China, and I think this is an attack on innocent people. Thank you, once again, for ALL you are doing for us, Secretary Kennedy, and staff. I am so very thankful for you and your hard work for the betterment of our health not only since becoming Secretary, but the many years before.

In 2017 I was injured by WiFi emanating from a replaced router/modem in early December 2016. My computer had always been intentionally wired. The technician turned on WIFI throughout the house and never mentioned it. Within four months I was feeling the weakening effects. By April I experienced flu like symptoms that never went away so I thought perhaps I had developed allergies.. By August I had become physically very handicapped and saw a chiropractor weekly so I could walk or turn my head. My hair had turned white and much had fallen out. I thought of killing myself as the irradiation process and disintegration was very painful, but due to senility which was also created, I could never remember my plans from the night before to end the misery. In mid-August I was invited to a friend's book signing on the history of electricity, The Invisible Rainbow. He read all the symptoms of electrical poisoning. I said to a friend sitting beside me, "I have all those symptoms". My friend said, "Well, you must have WiFi at your house." I replied in the negative and he insisted on seeing for himself. And yes, WiFi was everywhere till he turned it off. Obviously I am not computer literate. So yes, the WiFi was gone but not the symptoms. I was senile for about four more years. Parts of my body did not work well for several years. My hearing and eyesight are both, almost ten years later, very problematic. I had 20/20 eyesight prior to the WiFi. Digestive issues come and sometimes go, which had never been an issue before. I am allergic to cell phones; I have a landline whose receiver I cannot talk into but I use the speakerphone part. If I fly, I must wear special clothing and a head cover. Out in public if I get too much EMF exposure, I will have a bad cough the next day or even two if the exposure is too prolonged. My quality of life is definitely diminished. However I am very grateful that the cause of my ill health had been found before I died from the radiation. I am very concerned about the Smart Meter march forward as I know I will not have long to live if Smart Meters are required on every home. Please stop this from happening! Obviously I cannot be close to cell towers. Their proliferation is definitely cause for concern as the human race has not had time to mutate or adjust somehow to this influx of unhealthy EMF. People here have correlated proximity of cell towers to cancer outbreaks in that area of town, but the City Council professed not to be able to stop the spread of cell towers due to the FCC regulations and fines that would ensue if in opposition to cell tower erections. This is Unconstitutional and against each individual's right to life. I thank you so much for giving those afflicted a platform to espresso their concerns. If my immense suffering can save others from such an experience, I will feel I have not suffered in vain. Please help us all!

Al jarenlang ben ik stralingsgevoelig en wordt dus ziek van elektromagnetische straling. Thuis heb ik geen wifi, maar heb mijn laptop aan de kabel. Ik gebruik geen mobiele telefoon, maar get een stralingsarme vaste telefoon. Bankbetalingen doe ik altijd met een identifier en nu ze daarmee willen stoppen krijg ik grote problemen. Ook betalingen in winkels doe ik met mijn bankpas en niet met een mobiel. Wereldwijd zijn er tienduizenden onderzoeken die de schadelijke effecten op het menselijk lichaam hebben aangetoond. Dus waarom doet onze regering net of die onderzoeken niet bestaan? Bijna 15 jaar geleden had Zembla hier al reportages over gemaakt. Veel mensen hebben gezondheidsklachten, maar weten niet dat dat komt door hun mobiel of wifi. Waarom wordt dat geheim gehouden? De meeste mensen denken daarom dat EMS veilig is. Op Malta werden waarschuwingsfilmpjes op de nationale tv uitgezonden. Waarom niet hier? Is de telecomindustrie en geld belangrijker dan de gezondheid van de bevolking? Dus ik doe een beroep op het moreel besef van de mensen die hierover beslissen.

If you have ever learned about EM radiation then you would know what poses a danger and what doesn’t. Cell phones, WiFi, etc do not pose a risk because that type of EM radiation is non-ionizing radiation. Please spend 10 minutes reading up on ionizing vs non-ionizing radiation.

The more we learn about frequencies and how they affect our health, it becomes apparent that the frequencies of 5G and other WiFi frequencies and the waves emitted from LED lights and cell phone magnetism are disruptive to the human physiology. It has been proven through a study at U of Washington that magnetic fields disrupt the dna in the brains of mice and yet, we have been allowed to be burdened by the electronic devices which have become Omni present and almost unavoidable in order to maintain communication with our loved ones. The old copper phone lines were far better for the protection of the family and society as a whole. The suitor wanted to reach our children- they called, the phone rang in the kitchen, everyone knew who had called and the family was able to protect the child. Today all of the communications are on mobile devices and our children are able to be privately courted on the internet by strangers who seek to use them and exploit them. This must change.