{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-1318","number":"1318","name":"Anonymous Anonymous","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-05T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-05T04:00Z","body":"I am an individual consumer who started experiencing debilitating symptoms after the installation of a phone tower at about 250 meters from my home in 2021.\n\nEarly symptoms (2021) were brain fog, tinnitus, thyroid inflammation, extremely low blood pressure, instability, (2022) episodes of severe vertigo, sleep disturbances, visual disturbances, fatigue, memory loss, mental exhaustion.\n\n(3) With time and observation I have been able to pair tinnitus, head buzz, visual disturbances and imbalance to the phone tower proximity.\n\nNow, if I leave the house for a few days or more the head buzz, vertigo and instability go away, and the other symptoms ameliorate as well. As soon as I come back symptoms worsen.\n\nGPS technology from the water smart meter was causing me vertigo and dizziness when I was close to it. After it was removed I didn't have any more episodes of that kind.\n\nBluetooth signal inside a car affects me the same way: extreme vertigo, dizziness, and also nervousness and irritability. Once the signal is deactivated the symptoms go away.\n\nNear light bulbs or other sources of strong EMI I experience severe dizziness; I can’t tolerate noise or lights—not even the vibration created by my own voice—and I have to lie down in a dark silent room for at least an hour for the symptoms to subside partially.\n\nNear electrical sources I experience more severe tinnitus and sudden momentary hearing loss, and instability.\n\nNear Wi-Fi and cordless phones (less than 10 meters): tightness in the head and pain in the forehead, agitation and inability to concentrate, tightness in the eyes and neck.\n\nSmart watches in the proximity cause me extreme low blood pressure, vision disturbances, agitation, headache, I have to lie down to avoid fainting.\n\nAround electricity higher than 100 V/m or wifi: shakiness, tremors, uncontrollable nervousness, anxiety.\n\nFor more than a year I was not able to use or even look at my smart phone. If I was on a phone call I would feel a strong buzz in my head. Looking at the screen would make me dizzy.\n\nIf there’s a phone tower at less then 300 meters, Wi-Fi or electricity exceeding 10 V/m, I cannot fall asleep.\n\nBefore I understood that my problem was an EMF injury, I was always tired, always sleepy; I struggled to open my eyes in the morning and keep them open throughout the day. My brain felt like it was on fire; it could never “shut down.”\n\nWhen using a laptop or smart phone I had trouble reading screens, at the beginning I even had trouble reading paper, I had difficulty seeing in general. My vision was blurry, and I had trouble understanding what was written.\n\nI experienced weight loss as I was too tired to eat. I was often bed ridden.\n\nI saw improvements after I started avoiding phones and computers and used a dirty electricity filter.\n\nIt took me more than a year to start using my phone again for a few seconds at a time. Phone radiation would make me dizzy and make tinnitus louder.\n\nNow, almost 3 years after the onset of the symptoms, I always keep my phone on airplane mode with all the antennas turned off. I can only use it for a few minutes at a time, or I get dizzy and experience stronger tinnitus and momentary hearing loss. The proximity of the phone and radio towers still affect me greatly with constant tinnitus, hearing disturbances, fatigue, cognitive issues, sleep disturbances, blood pressure, occasional vertigo and disequilibrium and thyroid issues.\n\nAt the beginning I experienced severe cognitive decline and memory loss, to the point of being unable to even think about cooking or do any complex activity that involved thinking. Now it is better, but I am not like myself anymore.\n\nI experienced and still experience fatigue and weakness and tinnitus as I live close to two phone towers that were installed in the last 4 years, and radio antennas.\n\nMedical evaluations were always inconclusive. No doctor had the ability or knowledge or tools to assess my condition, although neurologists reported that my symptoms are increasingly common.\n\n(5) Building Biology exposure limits guidelines and people adverse experiences should be taken into consideration when evaluating safety standards.\n\n(9) Exposure related information should always and clearly be exposed to consumers, residents, workers, schools,  Healthcare Providers and local governments regarding any type of radiation that people might be exposed to through products, devices, technology, infrastructures etc. This should be done consistently through mass media, and education.\n\n(11) Any and all population should be informed and protected against exposure risks and everybody should have a right to be healthy and avoid radiation especially if sensitive.\n\nCitizens should have the ability to easily and effectively oppose the installation of smart meters, and phone and radio towers in the proximity of their homes, work places, schools and hospitals.\n\nContinues briefly in attachment ","attachments":["https://downloads.regulations.gov/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-1318/attachment_1.pdf","https://downloads.regulations.gov/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-1318/attachment_1.jpg"],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-1318","tags":["health-experiences","sleep-cognition","exposure-places","policy-standards"],"source_hash":"598116c6b18266c1c96d00930a9700ed9e566983992762de2c4f71f0828aa053","slug":"health-experiences-comment-1318","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-1318","body_sha256":"0308b847cdf787e925df90ab17b5fac33316f989232c5ac7d7aabe1f04e6b040","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"neurological","topics":[{"id":"neurological","evidence":"od pressure, instability, (2022) episodes of severe vertigo, sleep disturbances, visual disturbances, fatigue, mem"},{"id":"infrastructure","evidence":"itating symptoms after the installation of a phone tower at about 250 meters from my home in 2021.\n\nEarly sympt"},{"id":"smart-meters","evidence":"ck symptoms worsen.\n\nGPS technology from the water smart meter was causing me vertigo and dizziness when I was close "},{"id":"cardiac","evidence":"g, tinnitus, thyroid inflammation, extremely low blood pressure, instability, (2022) episodes of severe vertigo, sleep"},{"id":"wifi","evidence":"mentary hearing loss, and instability.\n\nNear Wi-Fi and cordless phones (less than 10 meters): tightness i"},{"id":"electricity","evidence":"ted avoiding phones and computers and used a dirty electricity filter.\n\nIt took me more than a year to start using my"},{"id":"standards","evidence":" be taken into consideration when evaluating safety standards.\n\n(9) Exposure related information should always and c"},{"id":"access","evidence":" loss as I was too tired to eat. I was often bed ridden.\n\nI saw improvements after I started avoiding phones a"}],"summary":"Reports disabling symptoms attributed to towers, meters and devices, improvement with avoidance, and inconclusive medical evaluations; requests disclosure and siting choice.","reviewed_at":"2026-10-05T20:06:38Z","review_method":"Full published comment-body review; exact shared paragraphs read once and reused losslessly; distinct official IDs preserved. Attachments and external links not reviewed.","review_source_sha256":"d4b96bb909809bdc1dd02c5a40378ce4617dfd36079323e9861a9674f3386e6e","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["neurological","infrastructure","smart-meters","cardiac","wifi","electricity","standards","access"],"primary_topic":"neurological","forum_title":"Reports disabling symptoms attributed to towers, meters and devices, improvement with avoidance, and inco…"}