{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5302","number":"5302","name":"Anonymous Anonymous","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-27T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-21T04:00Z","body":"2. I am submitting my response as a patient.\n\n3. Clearly, anyone who claims that pulse-modulated radiofrequency (RF) radiation causes health problems has psychiatric problems, because I don’t experience any of these issues.  This summarizes what people with EMR Syndrome face – denial that their illness could possibly be true. And yet, millions of people can eat peanuts and feel just fine, so how could anyone else have bad reactions to peanuts? Yet we know that severe allergic reactions to peanuts affect a subset of the population and society accommodates them through peanut-free zones, warning labels, and epinephrine availability. Similarly, some people have asthmatic reactions to smoke, dust, or chemical fragrances that don't affect others. Variability in biological sensitivity doesn't mean the reaction isn't real - it means we need to accommodate the vulnerable minority, not dismiss them based on the majority's experience.\n\n3a. Technologies involved: cell phones, cell antennas, WiFi, Bluetooth, smart meters, municipal water meters (which communicate via the cellular network) and blind spot detection systems on new cars.\n\n3b. The duration of exposure affects the severity of my symptoms and recovery time. \n\n3c.  I experience nausea, dizziness, sharp pains throughout my body, burning sensations, difficulty breathing (shortness of breath as well as my throat constricting), extreme fatigue, blurred vision, short term memory loss, difficulty concentrating, irregular heartbeat, a sensation of pressure, and changes in my voice which eventually leads to a complete inability to speak.\n\n3d. My health effects first appeared in the year 2000 when I bought my first cell phone.  I had used an analog cell phone prior to this with zero health effects. But my new cell phone used a digital signal. The first symptom was a burning sensation.  Very quickly these sensations become more severe, other symptoms such as dizziness, difficulty concentrating, a sensation of pressure, and difficulty concentrating appeared.  I purchased a new low SAR cell phone but that made no difference. When smart meters were deployed my health was immediately impacted. I could no longer spend time outdoors in my own yard or go for a walk in the neighborhood without getting sick. The only place I could get relief was in my unfinished basement. Blind spot detection systems on cars cause severe health problems for me, and the effects are instantaneous. It causes incredibly sharp pains and extreme fatigue. If I am exposed for a short duration, I quickly recover (even the fatigue disappears within minutes). But the longer I am exposed the more severe the symptoms become and the longer it takes me to recover. In the worst cases I need 2 days to fully recover. Traveling by airplane is very problematic now that most airlines have WiFi on board. My throat constricts and I have difficulty breathing, I become extremely fatigued, can barely keep my eyes open, have short term memory loss, very strong burning sensations in my eyes and have difficulty concentrating.\n\n3e. Yes, I sought medical treatment. Due to the near constant exposure to pulse-modulated radiofrequency (RF) radiation I have double strand DNA breaks along with damaged gut, blood brain, and retinal barriers. And oxidative stress caused by exposure to RF radiation has resulted in high levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) which in turn is causing mitochondrial dysfunction. I have levels of inflammation that my physician has never seen before. My inflammation is much higher than the worst cases of crippling arthritis. And yet I do not have any joint pain. The inflammation, per my doctor, is directly caused by my exposure to pulse-modulated RF radiation. \n\n3f. I had shielded my previous home to block RF from reaching the interior. This made a huge improvement. However, that house later burned down. I moved into a new house only to discover that the water meter in the basement transmits usage via a cell signal every 15 seconds. If I shield the meter the water department cannot read my meter. If I shield the house to protect myself from the RF emitted by cell towers, neighbors WiFi and the electric company’s smart meters, then the signal from the water meter would bounce around inside the house making my health worse. So I have to spend most of my time (even during the day) inside a shielded bed canopy. It is a miserable way to live. I bought another house in an extremely rural area where there is no cell phone coverage. My doctor confirmed via lab tests that my body is now healing at a rapid rate, due to me moving to the low RF environment. However, she anticipates it may take 2 to 3 years or possibly longer for me to make a full recovery. And even then she believes I may need to stay living in the low RF environment, otherwise my health will begin deteriorating again. So this is a solution, but it is very isolated here, this is not where I want to live, and this is not the lifestyle I want.\n","attachments":["https://downloads.regulations.gov/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5302/attachment_1.pdf"],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5302","tags":["health-experiences","sleep-cognition","biology-metabolism","exposure-places"],"source_hash":"4102aa88fef9f9476f8a64a1919efb939b2cedc80a0744ffaf21e54ab8a7b74b","slug":"health-experiences-comment-5302","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5302","body_sha256":"ab8f6794062bef8c9e233edc8bc29c119c131128352bf4c17a1b0c1115788a69","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"ehs","topics":[{"id":"ehs","evidence":"se issues.  This summarizes what people with EMR Syndrome face – denial that their illness could possibly be true. And yet"},{"id":"access","evidence":"ting again. So this is a solution, but it is very isolated here, this is not where I want to live, and this is not the lifestyle"},{"id":"neurological","evidence":"stricting), extreme fatigue, blurred vision, short term memory loss, difficulty concentrating, irregular heartbeat, a sensation of p"},{"id":"cardiac","evidence":" term memory loss, difficulty concentrating, irregular heartbeat, a sensation of pressure, and changes in my voice which eventual"},{"id":"mechanisms","evidence":"xygen species (ROS) which in turn is causing mitochondrial dysfunction. I have levels of inflammation that my physician has never seen "},{"id":"smart-meters","evidence":" SAR cell phone but that made no difference. When smart meters were deployed my health was immediately impacted. I could no longer spend time"},{"id":"wifi","evidence":"very problematic now that most airlines have WiFi on board. My throat constricts and I have difficulty breathing, I become "}],"summary":"Reports extensive symptoms and medical findings attributed to RF exposure, describes shielding and rural relocation, and calls for accommodation of people with EMR syndrome.","reviewed_at":"2026-10-27T19:20:49Z","review_method":"Full comment-text review with exact source evidence; attachments not reviewed","review_source_sha256":"711793ba912b6c0c902b309b011a25441d67f60389d98192a333bce367ddec24","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["ehs","access","neurological","cardiac","mechanisms","smart-meters","wifi"],"primary_topic":"ehs","forum_title":"Reports extensive symptoms and medical findings attributed to RF exposure, describes shielding and rural …"}