I am submitting this report as an individual, and the sources of wireless technology involved are primari…

I am submitting this report as an individual, and the sources of wireless technology involved are primarily smart meters and Wi-Fi. I am in my eighties and was in excellent health until, in 2020, extended exposures to RF wireless radiation from smart meters and then a neighbor’s Wi-Fi router made me extremely ill, leaving me thereafter with severe electrohypersensitivity and a markedly reduced quality of life. On February 18, 2020, fourteen new smart meters were installed downstairs in my two-story apartment building, about 50 feet from my unit. These meters emit up to 110,000 µW/m2 when measured up close with a Safe and Sound Pro II Broadband RF Meter. Within a week, I began experiencing head pressure, balance problems and heart arrhythmia. On March 22, my heart was behaving so erratically I thought I might have a heart attack. On March 27, a health practitioner discovered my systolic blood pressure was 205 and drove me to the Emergency Room. Two days later, due to continual chest pain, I went back to the ER and stayed overnight. The following day, medical tests were done, including blood work, brain scan, EKG and heart ultrasound. The only problem found was high blood pressure, for which I was prescribed medication. The doctor concluded the cause was “situational,” which, for me, aligned with the smart-meter installation. In the previous year, I’d experienced some unusual balance issues and tiredness, and research indicated these could be effects of nearby cell towers/antennas. I purchased meters to measure each type of EMF in my apartment, and based on RF readings, I decided to shield my windows and get a shielded bed canopy. Readings inside the canopy range between 0.04 µW/m2 and 0.2 µW/m2, making it a safe sleeping space. Over the next few months, my symptoms subsided, and my blood pressure began to stabilize. Then, in July, someone moved into the apartment below (which had been empty for some time) and installed a Wi-Fi router, which ran 24/7. My radiation symptoms returned in full force, and over the next two months, my systolic blood pressure spiked between 200 and 250 almost every day. I was bedridden most of this time, with nauseating head pressure, dizziness, chest pain, diarrhea, and a chronic fight-or-flight reaction. It felt like I was being poisoned, and I was heavily dependent on blood-pressure medication, afraid I might suffer a heart attack or a stroke. Inside my canopy was the only place I could find relief from the pulsating Wi-Fi signal. This acute exposure left me in a greatly weakened physical state, with frequent headaches, balance issues and seesawing blood pressure, ruining my quality of life. For the next three years I was unable to drive and was dependent on friends for food shopping and various appointments. I continued to research shielding options, and bit by bit I shielded all windows and exterior-facing walls, as well as floors and ceiling and a few interior walls. The result was a safer, lower-RF environment, which allowed me to start healing. When immediate neighbors’ routers are turned off, current readings in my apartment are under 10 µW/m2. By 2024, I began driving again and was able to come off blood-pressure medication. Also, by wearing an RF-protective shirt and cap, I was able to go into most stores and drive to the practitioners I needed to see. I am still adversely affected by close-range wireless devices and in high Wi-Fi public environments. And when immediate neighbors have their Wi-Fi on continuously for several hours—even with readings between 50 µW/m2 and 100 µW/m2—I experience head pressure, balance issues and difficulty concentrating, which, if exposure is prolonged, can intensify to migraine, nausea and chest pain. Overall, the most effective handling I have found has been reducing the strength and time of exposure to this radiation. One neighbor turns off his router at night and during the day when he goes to work, which makes a HUGE difference; and on occasions when I have been in a wireless-free environment, such as at a park or on the beach, I have been symptom-free. All life forms on this planet evolved in harmony with the native electromagnetic resonances of Earth, and were never designed to be exposed to the exponentially higher frequencies of man-made EMFs and wireless technologies. Thousands of independent scientific studies have confirmed the harmful effects of these frequencies and their radiation, and several examples pertinent to my own situation are attached. I appreciate and support HHS taking an active role in examining these health and environmental effects, with a view to updating official standards and encouraging—even incentivizing—the development of safer communication technologies, such as lower-radiation cell phones and fiber-optic cable to homes and businesses.