Perspective (Q2): Consumer and healthcare professional. I’m a licensed massage therapist and the co-found…

Perspective (Q2): Consumer and healthcare professional. I’m a licensed massage therapist and the co-founder and owner of a holistic wellness center in Cape Coral, Florida, and a mother and grandmother. My comments rely on peer-reviewed research and government reports, cited below and attached, along with my personal and professional observations. Q3/Q4 – Observations. I have experienced headaches that eased when I removed electronic devices from my bedroom during sleep, and clients have described the same pattern to me. Clients have also told me that sleeping or spending long periods close to their Wi-Fi routers and modems coincided with sleep problems, nervousness, and a racing heart. These are informal observations, not clinical diagnoses, but they are common enough that I believe they warrant careful study. I ask HHS to include sleep, headache, and heart rate outcomes in its research priorities, using well-designed studies of real-world bedroom and home exposure, and to create a way for the public and practitioners to report these effects. Q12 – Evidence of harm. The National Toxicology Program (2018) found clear evidence of malignant heart schwannomas in male rats exposed to cell phone radiofrequency radiation. A WHO-commissioned systematic review (Mevissen et al., Environment International, 2025) concluded that RF exposure increases cancer in experimental animals, with the highest certainty for heart schwannomas and gliomas. These findings come from the federal government’s own research program and a WHO-commissioned review, and they deserve a precautionary response. Q5 – Standards. U.S. RF exposure limits date to 1996, before smartphones, Wi-Fi in every home and school, and 5G. I ask HHS to recommend that these limits be re-evaluated against current science and current patterns of cumulative, all-day exposure. I also ask for independent testing of consumer products marketed to reduce RF exposure, so families can tell which ones work. Q9 – Disclosure. Consumers should get plain-language information on how to reduce exposure, such as keeping phones off the body, using speakerphone or wired connections, and turning off Wi-Fi at night. Parents and schools should be told where wireless infrastructure is located. Q11 – Sensitive populations. Children absorb more RF energy relative to their size and will have a lifetime of exposure. Pregnant women, children, and people with implanted medical devices should be assessed separately, with more protective guidance. Q16 – Research. I ask HHS to complete and expand the National Toxicology Program’s RF research, including current 4G and 5G frequencies, and to fund long-term studies of children’s exposure that are independent of industry. Thank you for opening this record. Americans deserve clear, independent answers about the technology we live with every day.