Reports worsening neurological illness with wireless exposure, lost jobs and college leave, describes a w…

This comment shares my perspective as a private citizen of the United States. I am a 37-year-old male. Below, I address questions 2, 3, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, and 15 from the Request for Information. Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields (EMF), Radiofrequency (RF) radiation, and Wireless radiation is a major environmental contributor to my own illness: chronic, neurologic Lyme disease, tick-borne co-infections, and related autoimmune complications. When exposed to this radiation, I suffer fatigue, brain fog, headaches, vertigo, and exacerbation of underlying neurologic illness. I have been a patient of a practitioner of orthomolecular and environmental medicine for the past 17 years. My symptoms increase in severity the stronger the radiation, the closer the source, and the longer my time of exposure. Two hours of driving in a car on a highway past cell towers induces mild to moderate fatigue and brain fog. An entire day of exposure to WiFi at a home, school, or hotel induces moderate to severe headache, brain fog, fatigue, and vertigo. Repeated exposures day after day in a workplace eventually contributes to severe episodes of head pain, debilitating vertigo, vision disturbances, and loss of ability to think and speak. I have had to leave jobs due to this inability to function. In hindsight, this was also a reason why I had to take multiple medical leaves while attending college on a campus covered with 24/7 WiFi. My family and I have remediated our home environment from wireless radiation by hard-wiring all of our computers, telephones, and electronic devices. We disable all wireless capabilities and do not use any “smart” devices or appliances. I do not use a cell phone. I am able to stay healthy in this low-EMF environment, and in outdoor environments in my semi-rural town. I cannot function for prolonged periods in city or densely-populated suburban environments with high radiation levels. I do not think of myself as “electrically-sensitive,” but simply as a living being who is aware of the harm that EMF, RF, and Wireless radiation cause me. The harms of this radiation to all of life on Earth are well documented in the scientific literature. Arthur Firstenberg presents this evidence in his book "The Invisible Rainbow: A History of Electricity and Life". The presence of electrical, radio, satellite, and wireless infrastructure correlates strongly to the major diseases of modern man: cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and infectious disease. Man-made radiation inhibits the basic functioning of the cells of all living organisms, damaging their metabolism and ability to communicate properly. The result is confusion, disease, and death in humans, animals, and plants. The current regulatory standards and exposure limits regarding this radiation do not protect anyone. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is a captured agency, controlled by the telecommunications industry it is supposed to regulate. Through this agency and federal law which shields them from liability, telecom companies can build and deploy any technology that suits them, without threat of litigation for health and environmental harms. This state of affairs consolidates power and profit for a few giant corporations, while actually benefitting nobody. Our cell tower and wireless infrastructure is making us all sick, and we must acknowledge this damage and turn off these technologies. At the very least, individuals must have the freedom to opt out of smartphones, smart meters, and all other wireless technologies, and local communities must have the right to reject cell towers and antennas if they do not want them. Once we recognize the cost of unchecked wireless radiation throughout all of society, we can return to wired connections and encourage engineers and inventors to develop communication technologies that do no harm to living beings. We have many such technologies already, including pencil and paper! I encourage all at HHS to read "The Invisible Rainbow: A History of Electricity and Life" by Arthur Firstenberg (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2020), to read the scientific literature demonstrating the health harms of EMF, RF, and Wireless radiation, and to work with any and all parties willing to cooperate with the reduction and elimination of the technologies harming us all. For more information about the work of Arthur Firstenberg and his book "This Invisible Rainbow", visit the website of the Cellular Phone Task Force: https://www.cellphonetaskforce.international/ Thank you for this opportunity to comment on the harms of EMF, RF, and Wireless radiation exposure.