Wi-Fi & indoor exposure

Christine A. Weeber 2. individual consumer and patient. 3. a. consumer and patient: mobile phones, cell phone towers, smart meters, wireless infrastructure, and wi-fi cause bone paint, joint pain, and tingling effects throughout my body b. consumer and patient: In 2004, I built a healthy home with no wi-fi, no smart devices, no smart meter, and other accommodations to achieve full health with no symptoms. When I encounter mobile phones, cell phone towers, smart meters, wireless infrastructure, and wi-fi, I experience immediate symptoms. c. consumer and patient: I cannot fully avoid exposures to EMF/RF. I am concerned about long-term health effects such as oxidative stress, bone pain, increased sensitization, and possibly cancer. I am at high risk of breast cancer due to family history. e. consumer and patient: diagnosed with electromagnetic hypersensitivity f. consumer and patient: Yes, as I state in “b” above, I built a healthy home in 2004 and have no EMF/RF symptoms at all inside my house or on my 3.5 acres in the mountains. g. Exhibit 1: American Academy of Environmental Medicine’s position paper on Electromagnetic and Radiofrequency Fields Effect on Human Health Exhibit 3: World Health Organization: “IARC Classifies Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields as Possibly Carcinogenic to Humans”: Exhibit 4: Martin L. Pall, “5G: Great risk for EU, U.S. and International Health! Compelling Evidence for Eight Distinct Types of Great Harm Caused by Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Exposures and the Mechanism that Causes Them” Exhibit 5: Dr. Magda Havas, environmental scientist, “Precursors Need to be Considered to Promote Recovery from Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance–Attributed to Electromagnetic Fields” European Society of Medicine: Exhibit 6: Federica Lamech, “Self-Reporting of Symptom Development From Exposure to Radiofrequency Fields of Wireless Smart Meters in Victoria, Australia: A Case Series,” Article about sensitization that can occur from exposure to RF from smart meters: Exhibit 7: Jeromy Johnson, Engineer: YouTube, Tedx Talk “Wireless Wake-up Call” 5. consumer and patient: Federal health agencies need to follow the precautionary principle and only allow technologies to enter human environments that have been proven to be safe. See: Martin L. Pall, “5G: Great risk for EU, U.S. and International Health! Compelling Evidence for Eight Distinct Types of Great Harm Caused by Electromagnetic Field Exposures and the Mechanism that Causes Them” n. consumer and patient: Federal health agencies need to follow the guidance of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine’s position paper on Electromagnetic and Radiofrequency Fields Effect on Human Health: https://www.aaemonline.org/electromagnetic-and-radiofrequency-fields-effect-on-human-health/ o. consumer and patient: see previous resources p. consumer and patient: non-thermal impacts need to be further studied and precaution should be applied to allowing consumer products to come to market 6. consumer and patient: see previous resources 7. see previous resources 8. We are exposed to multiple layers of EMF/RF. These multiple layers need to be studied and explored, especially for health impacts such as cancer, insomnia, headaches, fuzzy thinking, sensitization, and more. 9. all of it should be make public so we can be informed 11. Yes, absolutely. Please see this article about precursors that might make people more susceptible to harm: Dr. Magda Havas, environmental scientist, “Precursors Need to be Considered to Promote Recovery from Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance–Attributed to Electromagnetic Fields” European Society of Medicine: https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v13i1.6253 see previous answer 12. Martin L. Pall, “5G: Great risk for EU, U.S. and International Health! Compelling Evidence for Eight Distinct Types of Great Harm Caused by Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Exposures and the Mechanism that Causes Them” 13. a. 5G See: Martin L. Pall, “5G: Great risk for EU, U.S. and International Health! Compelling Evidence for Eight Distinct Types of Great Harm Caused by Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Exposures and the Mechanism that Causes Them” k. Communication enabled smart meters: Federica Lamech, “Self-Reporting of Symptom Development From Exposure to Radiofrequency Fields of Wireless Smart Meters in Victoria, Australia: A Case Series,” Article about sensitization that can occur from exposure to RF from smart meters: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25478801/ Jeromy Johnson, Tedx Talk “Wireless Wake-up Call” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0NEaPTu9oI 14. answered above 15. all of those listed.

This is a second person account, but the person in reference is dead so he cannot speak for himself. I and concerned neighbors picketed a church for two years, because of a proposed cell tower on church property, that would materially impact our neighborhood because of it close proximity to our homes. One Sunday morning Jerry, a local coach and teacher approx 50 years old (and his 12 year old son) approached me on the the picket line and asked me if I felt the WIFI in his classroom and the headset and phone he constantly had next to his head when coaching could have caused the Gioblastoma he had in his brain. I was not versed in what teachers are subject to in our district, nor did I know enough to give Jerry any kind of appropriate answer, I gave Jerry some websites to go to and felt badly that I at the time was not educated enough to give Jerry some answers. He was concerned that the WIFI and Headset and close phone usage may have caused this. Jerry Died in 2024 of geoblastoma at the age of 50 leaving a young family. I am no expert, but is a teacher standing between the WIFI and 25 laptops and probably 25 phones eminating signal a problem. That is something teachers should be concerned about. I knew nothing about this in 2022. Jerry is prematurely dead, when are we going to start really looking at this. A data base of to be able to see these complaints and possible causes would be a great tool and a great start to pinpointing world wide proximitey, assumed cause, outcome. It sickens me to see the Jerry's of the world simply forgotten for something no one told them was a concern.

I have been physically damaged by wifi, 5G, smart meters, cell phones, even portable home phones. These frequencies should be regulated, not given a carte blanche to do whatever they want to do with the public health, so long as the manufacturers make money. Way too many scientific studies and testaments have been rigorously investigated and dismissed by the cell phone industries and smart meters to follow, because the truth is troublesome to the industries. The scientists are still waging the battle but the US government so far has blinded itself to the truth. Other countries know what harm those frequencies can cause to their population, and they have limited human and animal exposure through regulation or legislation; not so the US. I am pleased that HHS is seeking comments, finally.

Hello, I submitted two days ago but forgot to mention some more important information. I mentioned among many things, and apart from wireless radiation, but I also want to add that radar is difficult for us electrosensitive to live by for several kilometers, and electrical cables in the air and along houses since they are so full of spikes these dats from transformers etc etc... They should be either digged down or wired or shielded and better earthed. And also chargers for electric cars are impossible to live close to, even if living on the fourth floor opposite to them in the street. These also need to be better protected. And even 12-volts-fences are harmful for electrosensitive people and hence the animals probably.... And I noticed that the cable connection behind the television for the tv-antennas can also have really high voltage, according to my electrosmog meter. I had to unplug it, but still it emitted something from the antenna hole probably which gave me a headache. And the smart tv:s are awful. People don't know that they are like having a constant wifi / mobile antenna radiating from the television while sitting there like affected zombies for hours ... That is the inbuilt chromecaster that emit a lot of mw/M2, microtesla and voltage, even when the television is on standby. Incredible... And finally I don't understand why there is no climate discussion about the temperature rise that I am sure is also provoked by the mobile antennas. It's logical, since they emit really high microwaves, which like in a microwave oven heat up the water in our atmosphere. No wonder ut goes so fast now with the melting of the ice bergs ... Can't you just stop it, please!!!

I have been electrohypersensitive for 6 years. I feel pain in the head, jaws, teeth and ears constantly, increasing when radio frequencies increase (from mobile phones, Wi-Fi, phone masts etc.). I also feel pain from the increase in electric and magnetic fields. Since this started 6 years ago, I also have experienced constant pulsatile tinnitus and tinnitus and occasional light-headedness. My own double blind tests show the correlation between increased pain and increased radio frequencies.

Hi, i'm a male aged 65 from England, UK. I believe I have a sensitivity to Electro Magnetic sources of radiation that has been an issue for much of my life although I have probably only really been aware of this link for the past 20-25 years mainly through becoming aware of information and reports via the internet which answered questions regarding some health issues I was experiencing and caused me to consider RFR as a possible cause or antagonist. Below are a selection of comments made in response to a relevant survey i've just completed. I am responding as a concerned individual and hope that my brief responses will add to the debate and your further investigation into this harmful technology. I would like to state that grateful as I am for the opportunity to be able to offer my experiences on this matter, it is long overdue and really warrants more space than 5000 characters allows. Type of wireless or RF/EMF sources involved (e.g., mobile phones, Wi-Fi, smart meters…)WiFi, Wireless tablet, Mobile phone, also smart meters...possibly to a lesser extent...also surprisingly (at least to me) is exposure to mains electricity fields especially in the bedroom. Nature, duration, frequency, and approximate timing (e.g., years):Have noticed adverse health effects I believe are caused by these devices for over 20 years. Effects are daily. . Adverse health effect(s) experienced:Mobile phone...after just 3-4 minutes using against my head I start to feel heat and an uncomfortable throbbing where the phone touches the side of my head...I never stay on the phone once I detect this. Wifi at home from router and partners laptop can cause my nasal passages to swell affecting my breathing initially. Over an extended period of exposure during the day I feel my blood pressure increasing, my face becomes flushed and I generally get very twitchy and feel uncomfortable. Can't concentrate very well or feel able to tackle anything requiring critical analysis I have found several ways to mitigate the effects on myself: 1) have used a silver material cover over my wifi router to reduce signal strength considerably plus I turn off my router overnight. 2) Have got rid of all DECT phones in the house and especially from bedroom...helped a lot. 3) I take a cocktail of vitamins and minerals daily the most important of which are Mg supplements 2 or 3 times a day...increases my ability to tolerate adverse effects from RFR. 4) I only own a 15 year old 2G phone and only use in emergency or if travelling outside local area to advise partner of ETA etc. I also turn off the mains electricity to my bedroom overnight to create as calm and relaxing sleeping environment as possible...this helps enormously and on the occasional time I forget to do this i usually suffer from blocked, stuffy nose, watery eyes, and slight brain fog/confusion for about 30 seconds or so. Occasionally I might lose my balance as I stand up from a sleeping position and have to grab the wall nearby to stop myself from falling over. I hardly drink alcohol nor do i use recreational drugs or smoke and this rarely ever happens when the power has been switched off. Eliminating DECT phones from the house and especially the bedroom was one of the most effective things I have done to mitigate the effects of RFR. Another possible side effect i've noticed is the need to urinate frequently when exposed to RFR. I distribute flyers twice a yea...between 2500-3000 each time over a period of about a month...usually about 100-150 in any one go...I can't do more than this as i often have to return home to use the toilet.This despite me having gone just before I set off. Sometimes I have to return within about 30-40 mins as the need to urinate comes on suddenly often without any or little warning. Only happens when I approach front doors...I believe when i get close enough to be affected by peoples DECT phones on windowsills or in the hall or when approaching smart meters at the front of the house. My other main health issue is blood presssure. I have had an issue with this for decades but feel it is made worse (and could even have been caused historically) by exposure to both RFR and LF mains electricity. Family events with multiple phones present affect my BP within 15-20 mins. (No more space...) Other strategies have involved the use of a cover over my wifi router to reduce its signal strength...I turn this off completely at night as well. I only own a 15-16 year old 2G phone which I only ever use in emergencies or to advise my family of ETA when out of area. I can't use it for more than 2-3 minutes before I start to feel uneasy, irritated and I feel my face becoming flushed and my blood pressure rising. Another minute or so and I start to feel the side of my head next to the phone heating up. I don't spend more than £10 a year on a PAYG basis using my phone and were phone boxes still available around the country like they once were I wouldn't use a mobile at all.

I have had diagnosed ME/CFS since January 2017. Since 1998, I have had idiopathic chronic fatigue. I am writing as a patient to record my experiences of adverse effects resulting from exposure to RF/EMF. 1. CT SINUS -- PERMANENT DISABLEMENT: In September 2015 I was unable to tolerate the chemicals in a newly built Mirvac unit. As a result I was sent for a CT sinus by an immunologist. I believe the scan was performed twice in the one sitting. In the days immediately after the scan, I had a feeling of a burn in a band around my head just above the ears. I got two styes at once, one on each eye. It became hard for me to focus my vision, even though I had never had vision problems previously. I entered deep fatigue for two weeks, then gradually felt better. I had pain in my eyes, which gradually worsened over months. My cognition at first seemed faster, then I had cognitive decline over several months. The pain in my eyes and my cognition gradually worsened over the following year. By month 14, I was making frequent serious errors at work. At month 16, in January 2017, I suddenly became unable to work and then, roughly a week later, unable to walk. I had no doubt then and still have no doubt now that these ongoing, worsening symptoms were related to the scan. After leaving the flat because I could no longer work, over the following two and a half years I gradually re-learnt the ability to walk, then went back to work one day a week. Now I am able to work three days a week. Leaving the flat helped me recover but very serious lifelong damage was caused by the CT scan. I may unusually sensitive to ionising radiation. 2. MOBILE PHONE AND BLUETOOTH -- PAIN: I had my first mobile phone in the year 2000. I noticed in around 2002 that a spot above my left ear would give a sharp pain if I stayed on the phone for too long (differing amounts of time). The pain still recurs sometimes, now on either side, after long phone calls (>1h). I also get this pain intermittently from being close to my phone or laptop while it is connected to Wifi. However, this symptom has significantly reduced in frequency since the replacement of an outdated meter box on the outside wall of the room where I live most of the time, at my mother's place. To avoid this pain, I always have Bluetooth turned off on my phone and laptop. However, I very often use my laptop with wifi and my phone without discomfort. 3. SOLAR PANELS IN A RENTAL -- SLEEP ISSUES, IMMUNE ISSUES, AND COGNITIVE ISSUES: (3a) In 2021 I moved into a rented granny flat/garden studio that had solar panels on the roof. The roof was an unearthed metal roof. From the day I moved in I had trouble sleeping and woke up several times a night. I have never had this problem before or since. I remained living at my mother's place part of the time because of this issue, and I slept fine at my mother's place. In 2023 I purchased a shielding cloth (cloth with silver and copper) and slept under it like a blanket. At that point I was able to sleep enough in order to live in the flat full time, without needing to stay at my mother's place part of the time. (3b) However, in 2024 I had a tick bite while living there, and I was unable to recover from the infection or tolerate treatment. I left my rental to live at my mother's place, where I was able to tolerate treatment and recover from the infection. I believe that the solar panels diminished my ability fight the tick-borne infection. (3c) I found that when I was teaching online in the rental due to Covid, there were certain locations in the flat where my cognitive ability was too poor to run a class online. But when I moved to a different spot in the rental, my cognitive ability was strong enough to run my online class. I believe this was due to different levels of RF/EMF exposure from solar panels in different locations in the flat. 4. HOME WIFI -- TINNITUS AND HEALTH ISSUES: (4a) At my mother's place, my sister previously used wifi on her laptop all night. We had tension because I thought she was making noise. But it turned out that the noise was not acoustic. It was a form of tinnitus caused by RF/EMF, as far as we could work out. There was a precedent for this in 2016, when I was becoming very unwell after the CT scan, living in the Mirvac flat. I thought my upstairs neighbour was playing opera all night at high volume. But I now believe this was tinnitus caused by EF/EMF. (4b) Now, in my mother's house, we have the wifi turn off automatically at 10pm and my sister now uses ethernet during the night. This helps me relax and heal from my daily fatigue due to ME/CFS. If the wifi is on I feel less able to heal. This is consistent over time, but I often wouldn't be able to tell at one given point in time whether the wifi was on or off. It is not an allergy. Having the wifi off overnight has a significant beneficial effect on my health even if I am unable to tell for certain whether it is on or off at any given time.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12011-013-9836-z "Wi-Fi (2.45 GHz)- and Mobile Phone (900 and 1800 MHz)-Induced Risks on Oxidative Stress and Elements in Kidney and Testis of Rats During Pregnancy and the Development of Offspring" "Abstract The present study was designed to determine the effects of both Wi-Fi (2.45 GHz)- and mobile phone (900 and 1800 MHz)-induced electromagnetic radiation (EMR) on oxidative stress and trace element levels in the kidney and testis of growing rats from pregnancy to 6 weeks of age. Thirty-two rats and their 96 newborn offspring were equally divided into four different groups, namely, control, 2.45 GHz, 900 MHz, and 1800 MHz groups. The 2.45 GHz, 900 MHz, and 1,800 MHz groups were exposed to EMR for 60 min/day during pregnancy and growth. During the fourth, fifth, and sixth weeks of the experiment, kidney and testis samples were taken from decapitated rats. Results from the fourth week showed that the level of lipid peroxidation in the kidney and testis and the copper, zinc, reduced glutathione (GSH), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), and total antioxidant status (TAS) values in the kidney decreased in the EMR groups, while iron concentrations in the kidney as well as vitamin A and vitamin E concentrations in the testis increased in the EMR groups. Results for fifth-week samples showed that iron, vitamin A, and β-carotene concentrations in the kidney increased in the EMR groups, while the GSH and TAS levels decreased. The sixth week results showed that iron concentrations in the kidney and the extent of lipid peroxidation in the kidney and testis increased in the EMR groups, while copper, TAS, and GSH concentrations decreased. There were no statistically significant differences in kidney chromium, magnesium, and manganese concentrations among the four groups. In conclusion, Wi-Fi- and mobile phone-induced EMR caused oxidative damage by increasing the extent of lipid peroxidation and the iron level, while decreasing total antioxidant status, copper, and GSH values. Wi-Fi- and mobile phone-induced EMR may cause precocious puberty and oxidative kidney and testis injury in growing rats"

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28458069/ "Postnatal development and behavior effects of in-utero exposure of rats to radiofrequency waves emitted from conventional WiFi devices" "Abstract The present work investigated the effects of prenatal exposure to radiofrequency waves of conventional WiFi devices on postnatal development and behavior of rat offspring. Ten Wistar albino pregnant rats were randomly assigned to two groups (n=5). The experimental group was exposed to a 2.45GHz WiFi signal for 2h a day throughout gestation period. Control females were subjected to the same conditions as treated group without applying WiFi radiations. After delivery, the offspring was tested for physical and neurodevelopment during its 17 postnatal days (PND), then for anxiety (PND 28) and motricity (PND 40-43), as well as for cerebral oxidative stress response and cholinesterase activity in brain and serum (PND 28 and 43). Our main results showed that the in-utero WiFi exposure impaired offspring neurodevelopment during the first seventeen postnatal days without altering emotional and motor behavior at adult age. Besides, prenatal WiFi exposure induced cerebral oxidative stress imbalance (increase in malondialdehyde level (MDA) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) levels and decrease in catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities) at 28 but not 43days old, also the exposure affected acethylcolinesterase activity at both cerebral and seric levels. Thus, the current study revealed that maternal exposure to WiFi radiofrequencies led to various adverse neurological effects in the offspring by affecting neurodevelopment, cerebral stress equilibrium and cholinesterase activity"

I am submitting this comment in response to HHS’s Request for Information on Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs), Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation, and Wireless. I moved back into my parents home in April of 2010. About 18 months later, I started to notice a small round growth on the middle of my my chest and a smaller one on the back of my head under my hair. Over the next 18 months these growths continue to get larger. By spring time of 2013 the chest growth grew to the size of a marble and I then accidental tore it open, it bleed and noticed in had reduced in size. Over the next couple months the growth regain its size and I decided to see a dermatologist and was diagnosed with Basil cancer for both growths on my chest and back of my head. I had surgery to remove the chest growth and Mohs surgery for the growth on the back of my head for a total cost of $5K. I asked the dermatologist what might be the causes and he answered to use sun screen lotion and I was stunned by the answer sine I don't sun bath topless. I began my own investigation in the summer of 2013 and started researching toxins in the home since the cancer began about 18 months after I moved into the back unused bedroom in my parents home. My research came across the EMF threat and I then purchased 2 EMF meters: one for testing wireless EMF and the other to test electricity flowing through wire using a Tri-Field meter. When I tested my bedroom, it showed a high level of EMF both from wireless transmissions: a Wifi router always on and within 6 feet of my sleeping bed and from a Utility box Smart Meter on the outside of a the bedroom wall within 8 feet of my bed. In addition, the house power come off an outside pole and routes through the Utility box to the main power cable that routes in the ceiling above my sleeping bed. As soon as I moved out of that back bedroom, I noticed I slept better and did not experience any further cancer growths.