{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0364","number":"0364","name":"Yvonne Lee","organization":"","posted":"2026-09-22T04:00Z","received":"2026-09-22T04:00Z","body":"I'm at IT professional. I had used and loved technology for over 30 years. Although I had heard of people with sensitivity to EMFs and I knew to be somewhat wary of them (using wired headsets for example and not holding a phone to my ear and not using 5G) it wasn't until I was affected I realised how bad it was. \nDuring the COVID lockdowns I moved from the city (Sydney) to a small town. At the time the small town did not have any 5G (Bowen Qld). I had bought a house close to the beach. \nUnfortunately the house was 600m away from a mobile phone tower. But I didn't notice it. Until Telstra turned on 5G. I had headaches, urticaria and angioedema. I tried shielding my house but in the end sold and moved to a rural village with little mobile reception (Riverina area of NSW). Since then my health has reverted to a good baseline. \nI still feel the effects when I visit the city or am in highly EMF locations. \nTesla cars also seem to be high in EMFs. I manage to do ok in an EV when I turn off Bluetooth and Qi charging and if the car doesn't have its own connections. ","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0364","tags":["health-experiences","exposure-places"],"source_hash":"7166bb41842fa1d9a886dba8d3ce2da7f0019752cd424d727d2bd359bc8567c7","slug":"health-experiences-comment-0364","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0364","body_sha256":"b6762765222e49c528071966a2da7c3f8da0518469f896d9923bede42063af77","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"ehs","topics":[{"id":"ehs","evidence":"Although I had heard of people with sensitivity to EMFs and I knew to be somewhat wary of them (using wired headsets for example and not holding a phone to my ear and not using 5G) it wasn't until I was affected I realised how bad it was."},{"id":"infrastructure","evidence":"Unfortunately the house was 600m away from a mobile phone tower."},{"id":"neurological","evidence":"I had used and loved technology for over 30 years."},{"id":"access","evidence":"During the COVID lockdowns I moved from the city (Sydney) to a small town."}],"summary":"An IT professional reports illness after activation of a nearby 5G tower, relocation and subsequent improvement, with continuing difficulties in high-exposure settings.","reviewed_at":"2026-09-22T14:53:58Z","review_method":"AI-assisted full comment-body review with exact source passages; September 22 CSV update","review_source_sha256":"76de88c6be4ed156db5f80e4c7ffccb10f7d71918773c23b973e94d693c1a172","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["ehs","infrastructure","neurological","access"],"primary_topic":"ehs","forum_title":"An IT professional reports illness after activation of a nearby 5G tower, relocation and subsequent impro…"}