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Reports electromagnetic radiation syndrome, headaches and social and travel limitations, describes wired household technology and meter advocacy, and requests lower exposure limits and school protections.
- Electromagnetic sensitivity: “I now have Electro Magnetic Radiation Syndrome”
- Housing, work & access barriers: “continues to limit my driving, my activities, sociality with family and friends”
- Li-Fi, fiber & alternatives: “hardwired with ethernet cables”
- Exposure limits & oversight: “The radiation limits must be lowered to protect our children”
- Smart meters: “help educate our city council and utilities executives about the harms of smart meters”
ORIGINAL COMMENT · UNEDITED TEXT
I, Julie S. Calderwood, reside in Huntsville, Alabama. I did not consent, nor do I consent today, to the continuous, involuntary exposure to biologically active radio frequency (RF) radiation.
In 2019 I became injured by radio frequency radiation emitting from two cell towers erected near my home where I frequently drive and additionally from bluetooth frequencies in a newly purchased car. I sold the car soon after discovering the cause of my injury. I now have Electro Magnetic Radiation Syndrome - a condition linked to exposure to RF and other forms of electromagnetic radiation. These harmful frequencies cause me to have headaches and brain fog which only subside with time, lasting 6-9 hours.
The RF radiation from cell phones also effect and cause me headaches. Therefore, I greatly limit my time being around people. These non-native frequencies have effected me greatly and continues to limit my driving, my activities, sociality with family and friends, as well as being in public places and attending public events.
My husband and I keep our cell phones on airplane mode except when sending or checking necessary texts. We have a landline phone and use a corded phone. Our household devices, such as computer, router, etc. are hardwired with ethernet cables and the wifi is turned off. With these measures the radiation level in our home is below 100 micro-watts per meter squared. When rebooting my computer, I have to make certain that the bluetooth has not been inadvertently turned back on, since this causes me headaches as well.
In 2025, we worked with a group of concerned citizens to help educate our city council and utilities executives about the harms of smart meters and the devastating effects they would have on my condition and our daughter’s neurological disease if they were attached to our houses.
EMR Syndrome is real! I know it because I experience it. The following scientific articles, among many others, confirm the existence of this syndrome and delineate some of the mechanisms by which it occurs:
Electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS, microwave syndrome) – Review of mechanisms Stein MD, et al., Environmental Research, July 2020, Vol. 186. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935120303388?via%3Dihub,
Wireless technology is an environmental stressor requiring new understanding and approaches in health care. McCredden, et al. Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 10 Dec 2022 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.986315/full
The radiation limits must be lowered to protect our children or the consequences could be drastic, as noted in the following article: Why children absorb more microwave radiation than adults: The consequences, by L. Morgan, et al in ScienceDirect Dec. 2014.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213879X14000583
We don’t want cell towers on, above, or near our grandchildren’s schools.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
October 29, 2026
Julie S. Calderwood
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