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The commenter reports hand paresthesia with phone use and a friend's disabling symptoms, and asks HHS to consider experiences and research with attention to vulnerable populations.
- Neurological symptoms & sleep: “nd for more than 5 minutes cause significant paresthesia and the longer I hold my phone, the worse it gets. My symptoms r”
- Housing, work & access barriers: “cing debilitating effects such that they can barely engage with the world. I have a close friend who is effected, and I have seen her sym”
- Research & federal duties: “pulations, and establish appropriate federal research priorities regarding wireless radiation and public health.”
ORIGINAL COMMENT · UNEDITED TEXT
I strongly support the HHS taking an active role in examining the potential health and environmental effects of wireless radiation.
My symptoms with wireless are mild and manageable. Primarily, holding my cell phone in my hand for more than 5 minutes cause significant paresthesia and the longer I hold my phone, the worse it gets. My symptoms resolve if I don't hold my phone. It is definitely not positional or an issue of nerve entrapment such as carpal tunnel syndrome. My main concern are the Americans who are experiencing debilitating effects such that they can barely engage with the world. I have a close friend who is effected, and I have seen her symptoms that almost mimic a stroke or neurologic condition when she's exposed to wireless radiation environments. She is simply gaslighted when she tries to get anyone to listen to her concerns. We need to be cautious and thoroughly consider the potential danger to humans.
Questions about human health should be addressed by federal agencies with appropriate expertise in medicine, biology, epidemiology, and public health, and the experiences of individuals and families who report being affected should be considered alongside the scientific evidence.
I urge HHS to carefully evaluate these experiences and the scientific evidence, identify gaps in current research, give particular attention to children and other potentially vulnerable populations, and establish appropriate federal research priorities regarding wireless radiation and public health.
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