{"id":"26110083176","number":"26110083176","name":"Rachel Lucas (Mrs)","source_name":"Rachel Lucas (Mrs)","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-22","received":"2026-10-21","body":"I am writing regarding the FCC’s response to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals’ remand concerning its decades-old radiofrequency (RF) radiation exposure guidelines. The Court directed the FCC to provide a reasoned explanation for its determination that its guidelines adequately protect humans against harmful effects of RF radiation unrelated to cancer. Specifically, the court required the FCC to address the impacts of RF radiation on children, the health implications of long-term exposure, the ubiquity of wireless devices and technological developments, impacts on the environment, and the adequacy of the FCC’s testing procedures for cell phones and other portable devices. The FCC should fully consider evidence and real-world experiences concerning the health and environmental impacts of wireless radiation, including non-cancer health effects, impacts on children, long-term and cumulative exposure, cancer, and impacts on wildlife and the environment. Here is just one study I believe the FCC should review when addressing the concerns about wireless radiation: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12940-025-01220-4#Sec15 The FCC is not a health agency and does not have expertise in medicine, biology or public health. Yet, the agency continues to assert authority over RF exposure standards and is preparing to reach conclusions about whether its existing guidelines adequately protect the public. I urge the FCC to recognize the critical role of federal health agencies, including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and to rely on appropriate health and biological expertise when addressing the issues identified by the court. This issue matters to me personally: As this is a global issue please accept my submission from the UK. I understand there are similar levels of permitted RF-EMR (Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Radiation) in the USA and UK. Also please understand that I started experiencing symptoms years before I understood about RF-EMR or was introduced to the idea of being EHS (Electro Hypersensitive) so my symptoms are NOT psychosomatic. Interestingly I discovered recently that the severity of my symptoms has increased in line with the rising levels of RF-EMR in the UK from mobile phone masts and mobile phones, Wifi routers, SMART meters and appliances, satellites etc. The first symptom I experienced was in the early 2000’s when I used a cordless phone for the first time. I started to make the call and my head felt hot and my brain felt confused. I had to stop making the call and put the phone down. I was shocked. Then I noticed, as mobile phones were upgraded to 3G and then 4G, my head felt hot where my mobile phone was close to my ear and my brain felt confused. I could not continue to use my mobile phone. When the router in our house became wireless rather than wired and my son bought a computer that connected to the router wirelessly, I felt disorientated and as though I might collapse when standing between the router and his computer. Interestingly the engineer installing the computer knew exactly what I was experiencing and wired the computer via ethernet immediately. Since then all our computers, landline phone (via internet now), TV etc are all wired via ethernet cables. This has improved my health but has been very expensive. My health went into, what I would describe, chronic RF-EMR sensitivity, when I started to make regular car journeys through a large town with 4G and 5G masts in 2022. As I drove past 2 mobile phone masts that were positioned close together (causing interference?) I felt ill. I started experiencing tinnitus and heart palpitations. When I am in a high RF-EMR environment for any length of time I can also experience vertigo and I feel as though my body is shutting down and I might collapse. The tinnitus and heart palpitations became persistent symptoms, so I investigated protecting myself with clothing and a Blushield device. Also grounding helps. All my symptoms improve when I have been in a low RF-EMR environment for some time eg when I am in the countryside. With increasing ubiquitous levels of environmental RF-EMR in the town where I live, I have now become quite isolated. I only make occasional short trips to my local town for necessary shopping. I do not use public transport due to possible Wifi on trains and buses and being near other travellers’ mobile phones. I could not even contemplate going on a plane for a holiday abroad. I only make short visits to friends and family due to Smart Meters and Wifi in their house, and I take a router shielding bag for use when agreed. Some friends and family I no longer visit when there are numerous Smart appliances as well at a router and Smart meter at their house. I do not go to the cinema or theatre. The list goes on of the restrictions to my life to avoid my health being impacted further. If this is affecting me so acutely, how many others are going to be affected by long term and increasing levels of exposure, and what about the animal, insect and plant life? It is utter madness! I do not consent to these levels of environmental RF-EMR. Surely this must contravene the Nurenberg Code? Something needs to be done. I urge the FCC to give meaningful consideration to the experiences and evidence before it and to fully address each of the issues identified by the court.","attachments":[],"attachment_names":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filing/26110083176","filing_type":"COMMENT","proceedings":"ET 13-84","capture_reviewed":false,"captured_at":"2026-10-22T18:01:28.845Z","supplied_classification":null,"tags":["health-experiences","cancer","children-schools","disability-access","towers-antennas","wifi-devices","wired-alternatives","wildlife-environment","standards-testing","remand-accountability","research-requests"],"source_hash":"a736a4c55e0e869c56b5f118cae86ccab213e753d732066ef1ce42f871928660","slug":"health-experiences-filing-26110083176","classification":{"id":"26110083176","body_sha256":"ec932b3779ecbc5dc15f77eefcbf044e582e333d3c1fe91afa86306058ef4a2e","status":"text_matched","primary_topic":"health-experiences","topics":[{"id":"health-experiences","evidence":"Also please understand that I started experiencing symptoms years before I understood about RF-EMR or was introduced to the idea of being EHS (Electro Hypersensitive) so my symptoms are NOT psychosomatic."},{"id":"cancer","evidence":"The Court directed the FCC to provide a reasoned explanation for its determination that its guidelines adequately protect humans against harmful effects of RF radiation unrelated to cancer."},{"id":"children-schools","evidence":"Specifically, the court required the FCC to address the impacts of RF radiation on children, the health implications of long-term exposure, the ubiquity of wireless devices and technological developments, impacts on the environment, and the adequacy of the FCC’s testing procedures for cell phones and other portable devices."},{"id":"disability-access","evidence":"With increasing ubiquitous levels of environmental RF-EMR in the town where I live, I have now become quite isolated."},{"id":"towers-antennas","evidence":"My health went into, what I would describe, chronic RF-EMR sensitivity, when I started to make regular car journeys through a large town with 4G and 5G masts in 2022."},{"id":"wifi-devices","evidence":"Specifically, the court required the FCC to address the impacts of RF radiation on children, the health implications of long-term exposure, the ubiquity of wireless devices and technological developments, impacts on the environment, and the adequacy of the FCC’s testing procedures for cell phones and other portable devices."},{"id":"wired-alternatives","evidence":"Interestingly the engineer installing the computer knew exactly what I was experiencing and wired the computer via ethernet immediately."},{"id":"wildlife-environment","evidence":"Specifically, the court required the FCC to address the impacts of RF radiation on children, the health implications of long-term exposure, the ubiquity of wireless devices and technological developments, impacts on the environment, and the adequacy of the FCC’s testing procedures for cell phones and other portable devices."},{"id":"standards-testing","evidence":"Circuit Court of Appeals’ remand concerning its decades-old radiofrequency (RF) radiation exposure guidelines."},{"id":"remand-accountability","evidence":"Circuit Court of Appeals’ remand concerning its decades-old radiofrequency (RF) radiation exposure guidelines."},{"id":"research-requests","evidence":"Specifically, the court required the FCC to address the impacts of RF radiation on children, the health implications of long-term exposure, the ubiquity of wireless devices and technological developments, impacts on the environment, and the adequacy of the FCC’s testing procedures for cell phones and other portable devices."}],"summary":"","method":"Local topic rules v1; exact supporting passages; not an AI or medical review","scope":"Captured filing text only. 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