Heart symptoms & implanted devices

I got my first cell phone about 20 years ago. I found that if I held it to my ear when using it my ear and the sourrounding area on my head began to ache, it was painful, so I learned to always use it as a speaker phone and keep it at least 6 inches from my head and then I did not have any pain. To this day I still never put the phone up to my ear. About 15 years ago I got a wifi system in my house. I began to have an irregular heart beat. I did some research and found out that the wifi signal could be causing my irregular heart beat so I disconnected it and went back to a wired system and my irregular heart beat stopped. I lived with a solar electrical system for a year where the inverter was near where I slept and found my tinnitus got worse during that time. Once I moved away from there it stopped getting worse. So those are 3 ways that I have noticed that EMF has negatively affected my health.

After moving from an isolated rural location on a lake into a small town in 2000, in short order, I noticed physical symptoms: - incessant ringing of the ears - cardiac rhythm disturbances - insomnia - body itching None of this has ever left to this day. The difference in locations was denser exposure in the town, neighbors' wifi, my own wifi, and no longer enjoyed a clean dial-up web connection. It is as simple as that. This collective of symptoms is certainly mentioned in the literature as related to EMF exposure. Now that I am in a city seniors development, where I am surrounded by even more neighbors, and in eye-shot of two large cell towers, I am never really comfortable with accentuated symptoms. Governments must no longer ignore the accumulated data that puts us all in jeopardy, and especially the young developing brains. Let's clean up our acts of self-destruction.

The roll of out 5G has nearly ruined my life and my health. I have always been sensitive to electromagnetic fields, but 5G is infinitely worse. When I am in an enclosed space (public transportation) with 5G or in close proximity to a wifi router my symptoms start this way. First, I notice a sense of pressure inside my head, followed by intense headache. Then my face and muscles start to hurt and I get ringing in my ears. The more time I spend near it the worse I feel. If the exposure is prolonged I get heart palpitations and nausea. It keeps me from sleeping at night as well. I know this is not psychosomatic because after I connected my commuter in my workstation with an ethernet cable and turned the wifi off, all these symptoms disappeared. I have been able to control to some degree what I am exposed to inside my living space, but public spaces are a different matter. 5G has significantly damaged my ability to participate in life to the point that I cannot work in a public office space and have to limit travel. I have not traveled by plane for 2 years because of this. A change in public policy would hugely impact my life for the better.

I live in a town in Wexford Ireland. I am surrounded by masts/antennas/smart meters/modems and mobiles phones, my ears are always ringing, some days it's unbearable, it's also known by some as microwave hearing, I get palpitations often, my skin feels like I have ants crawling on it, my eyes are sore, I get easily agitated in crowds, I get anxious and sometimes dizzy also, if I am in an area with lots of people, I do feel like I need to escape and that I am under attack. I can no longer socialize, so no more pubs/clubs/any music venues or gatherings unless it's somewhere I can escape away from everyone, I feel like my life is on hold. I am a keen gardener, I grow my own food and have noticed over the last 3 years that food is getting harder to grow and that there is less and less wildlife, I have also noticed that the environment is suffering, especially trees. My personal opinion is that after wildlife dying at such an alarming rate we will be next. I am the canary in the coal mine. My new modem from Vodafone, even though the WiFi is turned off emits pulsed radiation of over 3.000 mW/m2 which for me is a huge problem. I just wish for wifi free areas, especially my home, people should have a choice, people and wildlife should not have to live in a poisoned environment. Areas where there are a lot of people congregating should be wireless radiation free. I feel that wireless radiation is the new smoking, and that we should have areas where there is none.

I am electro sensitive. I have to shield my home from EMFs because I react to them. When my kids turn on their mobile phones when I'm fast asleep I immediately wake up and start shaking. I feel burning on the top of my head and my heart palpitates. I then switch on a broad range microwave meter and sure enough my body is always right about detecting these unwanted microwaves. For me ES is just like any other allergic reaction. I have even fallen over in a shop when the WI Fi was too high. I can no longer shop in my groceries store because their new EMF communications system on the many self-service tills gives me a very strong feeling in my heart and my blood pressure goes sky high without me feeling stressed. It's not stress - it's the new system. It also burns my eyes and makes the skin on my face feel sore. Some people think allergies are psychosomatic but people can't stop a peanut allergy or feeling pain and ES is the same. I can't work because I couldn't sit in an EMF environment for long. At times in the past when badly exposed I have actually experienced red burns and patches on my face. I live in an apartment surrounded by other people's routers & wi-fi and mobile phone, blue tooth gadgets etc. My husband and I have had to completely shield all walls facing these other apartments using metal based wallpapers and carbon paint and earthing these to the mains earth to better act as a shield and drain any static build up etc. This has been a horribly painstaking process as only an unbroken surface of shielding with prevent microwave emissions entering the space (Microwaves are pretty tiny...). I have had to use special silver-coated shielding net curtains to block wi-fi from entering through windows from where the neighbors apartment wraps round to face our part of the building. In order to monitor this we have bought a small acoustic and LED monitoring wide range microwave acoustimeter (meter). Which is quite sensitive and we use for diagnosis during and after blocking treatments. At times we have 'over treated' areas and this seems counterproductive and I can't remain in the room feeling some kind of build up. We have to constantly react to neighbors who may move a router, buy a different device and specifically are fighting every new pressure technique to install smart meters for electricity in a small cupboard right the other side of the wall to our apartment - this has been a horrific and ongoing battle and has the potential to ruin our relationship with our sometimes baffled neighbors. Part way through this process our MD Doctor assessed me and diagnosed me as having Electrosensitivity what has been of some help in countering arguments from installers of the smartmeters etc. Engineers lie about the meters swearing blind that they can instal them in 'dumb mode', which is only partially true as the meters still emit a very strong microwave call-and-response signal every minute or so to try and make a connection, and this part of the device cannot be switched off - it is part of how it works. I am also susceptible to other allergies, have a strong sensitivity to dust, moulds and other allergens. We would love to move to a detached house in the country away from all exposure but in the UK that is prohibitively expensive. We also live in fear of mobile phone masts of 5G masts being suddenly erected near our house as these can circumnavigate all planning regulations in the UK (In fact they need not even apply in most cases). In all our right to live a peaceful life without microwaves is completely non-existant in reality - we cannot require neighbors to stop their wi-fi entering our property, we cannot require councils not to place mobile phone masts wherever they want and we cannot stop supermarkets, shops or other facilities flooding their premises with microwave emissions with it seems stronger and stronger levels built off the back of being better and better at penetrating through walls etc to give consumers a 'good signal'. This is an extraordinary strain on one's wellbeing and mental health as a single issue encountered could drive us out of our house with no safe place to go that may not be subjected to the same problems suddenly and often irreparably. It is also a strain on family life and friendships as everyone has to be told not to have their phone on in the house, including smartwatches and unfortunately the hearing aid of my mother in law who does visit but can't hear what we are saying because she has to have the hearing aid off (It is a wireless version - all that is available nowadays). When people come in and are 'swept' with the microwave meter they will often get grumpy when they have turned their phone onto airplane mode, then have to be asked to turn off bluetooth as well, then location services and then even when they have given up and powered off the whole device (So they think) we discover that even so they may have a 'Find my Phone' service still on.

I am submitting this comment in response to HHS’s Request for Information on Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs), Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation, and Wireless Radiation Exposure. I am responding from the perspective of a person who has been personally affected by this exposure. I am 73 years old, and have been suffering from health issues, mostly digestive, since I was 50. In my health journey I finally found a naturopathic doctor who knew how to help me about 5 years ago. After making many changes to reduce my exposure to toxins in my environment, there came a point that she told me that she told me that my biggest obstacle to health was now wireless radiation and that she would not be able to help me further until I addressed my exposure to EMFs. That was the first time I even heard of this. She put me in touch with an expert who guided me in the purchase of a special router that goes into standby mode if Wi-Fi was turned off on all devices and the purchase of a meter to detect exposures. I also hard-wired all devices that I could and turned off Wi-Fi settings at night. I stopped using the microwave completely when I saw how much radiation it emitted. I bought radiation blocking covers for our cell phones and stopped using earbuds. I was fortunate that my condo is not located near a cell phone tower but because I am in a condo, I am affected by my neighbors somewhat. After these changes, I noticed a big difference in my ability to sleep through the night. On nights that my husband forgot to turn his cell phone settings off, I felt my heart pounding at night and when I got up, invariably found that one of his devices had not been turned off. As I get healthier inside, I find I am much more sensitive to these exposures, which are getting stronger and stronger as technology evolves. This is such an important issue, and most people don’t know anything about it and/or don’t believe that companies would be allowed to sell products that are harmful to human life. I support HHS taking an active role in examining the potential health and environmental effects of wireless radiation. Questions about human health should be addressed by federal agencies with appropriate expertise in medicine, biology, epidemiology, and public health, and the experiences of individuals and families who report being affected should be considered alongside the scientific evidence. I urge HHS to carefully evaluate these experiences and the scientific evidence, identify gaps in current research, give particular attention to children and other potentially vulnerable populations, and establish appropriate federal research priorities regarding wireless radiation and public health. Thank you for providing individuals, families, health care providers, researchers and scientists with an opportunity finally be heard on this critical public health issue.

In response to the question of my personal health issues caused by exposure to EMFs, radio frequency, and wireless radiation exposure: I have not been able to go anywhere for over 10 years where there are groups of people, because of the high EMFs, etc. levels caused by their cellphones, and, of course, the proliferation of cell towers, including 5G. After so many years of being mostly stuck in the house, my mental state can be difficult to deal with. Wearing personal shielding clothing, I am only able to go to the store for groceries and other necessities, a local park, and the library for short periods of time. Due to the radiation from Smart Meters and cell towers in the vicinity of the mobile home park where we live, I can no longer spend time in my own backyard, which is adjacent to a beautiful, large creek. Sadly, I can no longer work in the garden. Before I got dramatically sick from cumulative wi-fi exposure on July 3, 2016, I was very active socially. For many years, I was a folk musician and performed all over the U.S and also in Europe. I also produced a music festival in Berkeley, California. But that life is over for me, now. When I got sick because of smart meters, cell towers, and the wi-fi router in our house, I couldn’t talk and I could barely walk, and what I did try to say was described as “gibberish”. Basically, my brain shut down to the bare minimum necessary to keep my body alive. It took 8 months of sleeping 10 hours a night in a house with absolutely no wi-fi and lots of shielding on the doors and windows (and excellent natural health care, including dietary measures) before I could think straight and communicate clearly again. I might add that after Smart Meters were put on the electric meters in our mobile home park with approximately 40 units, the bees and butterflies started dying. Of course, we “opted out” and convinced several neighbors close by to do the same. Actually, we have been paying their opt-out fees for about 8 years. I urge you to take the human and environmental consequences of EMF exposure seriously and consider slowing down the increasing number of 5G towers across the country. In making these important decisions for every American, please remember me and everyone who spoke against more microwave/EMF technology. You have a chance now to prevent the coming avalanche of cancer, atrial fibrillation, other heart problems, and nervous system disorders, including mental problems. Microwave radiation has a severe impact on the body, but by the time most people realize it, they are already very sick and it is difficult to recover. I am one of the lucky ones who managed to recover, thanks to my partner who has made a huge effort to totally shield our house, including the windows, to protect us. I will be 80 years old in December and I live in a mobile home that is totally shielded to keep out microwave-radiation, thanks to the efforts of my partner. We have incurred approximately $5,000 in costs for the shielding necessary to live in a wi-fi free home with WIRED computers and router. My partner is a wholistic chiropractor, and he has many patients who are ill (and some who have died) because of wi-fi exposure, including but not limited to cancer and atrial fibrillation, which is happening more and more across the U.S. We are very grateful to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for focusing on the dangers of this harmful technology. It’s long over-due for regulation.

In about 2011, I began noticing that I was bothered by wireless radiation. It began with the newer TV's which I could not use, then it escalated to wi-fi and cell phones. After becoming inundated by my many neighbors wi-fi, I had to leave my home and sleep in the country, because I could no longer sleep. I began sleeping in a building I had access to, in the country, which helped. Along with sleep difficulties, the exposure caused me nerve pain up and down my middle, tingling feet, tachycardia, and more. After a hard search on what to do, trying to shield my home to no avail, I made the very difficult decision to move to Green Bank, West Virginia. My life was not a life I wanted to leave, and like all who have come here, I spent a lot of money making the move. And I spent a lot of money on home shielding attempts. I have lived and owned a home in Green Bank area for 10 years now, and have made a life here, but still find I am frustrated at the limitations that have been placed on me and the other refugees here. At the very least, we need a place to live. A protected area. Although Green Bank is called the "Quiet Zone," and it is better than the outside world, due to no cell towers and smart meters, etc., It is far from perfect and far from the kind of quiet people who have this affliction need. Those of us who suffer this challenge have a right to a place to live on this earth. This has truly become a 'human rights issue,' and we need help.

I live part time in Maine and part time in Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. I started the commute in 2020. I can feel the difference in my body and my mind in each state. It is/was DRASTIC. However, it got really bad this year. When I spent extended periods of time seated in Massachusetts, then got up to do something, I felt like I was going to passout. Just when I thought I was okay, I experienced a power failure in my legs. This only happened when I was on Cape Cod. Then one day, I saw a new 6G tower less than a mile from my home. I made a hat out of Aluminum foil. When I wear it, it NEVER happens. I am sensitive to EMF. I can hear 4G. It is cranked. I am positive that 3G caused my Father's heart attack, 4G caused my Mother's Vertigo, 5G caused mass fatal crashes along our highways, and 6G breaks the Blood Brain Barrier!

I am submitting this comment in response to HHS’s Request for Information on Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs), Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation, and Wireless Radiation Exposure. I am responding from the perspective of a concerned member of the public. I support people affected by wireless radiation and that's why I believe HHS should address this issue. I support HHS taking an active role in examining the potential health and environmental effects of wireless radiation. I urge HHS to carefully evaluate these experiences and the scientific evidence, identify gaps in current research, give particular attention to children and other potentially vulnerable populations, and establish appropriate federal research priorities regarding wireless radiation and public health. For decades, a silent plague has been woven into the fabric of our lives, eminating from the cell phones in our pockets, to the Wi-Fi in our homes and the cell towers that dot our horizons. The NIH spent ten years and thirty million dollars researching how Electro-Magnetic Radiation affects our bodies and finding DNA Damage, Heart Damage and other serious health risks. The NIH quietly ended the study even though we are exposed to six hundred per cent more EMR's in our homes today than we were ten years ago. No more follow ups, updates or answers from NIH after thirty million taxpayer dollars were simply wasted. If you lost a loved one to a needless automobile or truck crash.due to a distracted driver using a smart phone, you would be very upset. Now the public must push the door wide open and demand more than studies. We must demand a fundemental re-evaulation of our relationship with this technology. Thereby prioritizing human biology over corporate convenience and wireless profits. The invisible assualt must end with truly protective limits. Cellphone use was cited as the distraction in 14% of all distraction-affected fatal traffic crashes in 2024. In these crashes, police reports stated that at least one of the involved drivers was talking on, listening to, or engaged in some other cellphone activity at the time of the crash. According to NHTSA, sending or reading a text takes your eyes off the road for 5 seconds, which is like driving the length of an entire football field at 55 MPH with your eyes closed. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that 3,208 people died in distraction-affected crashes in 2024. This is a decrease of about 2% from 3,283 deaths in 2023. The highest percentage of drivers using cellphones in fatal crashes were in the 25-34 age group: 27% of drivers involved in these crashes were using cellphones in some way. Thank you for pursuing this topic, Cynthia Hackman