Electromagnetic sensitivity

I have been sensitive to EMF for about ten years. I have very specific, severe symptoms when too close to a router (especially the newer ones), microwave, smart meters. I have spinal cord damage and once experienced a serious electric shock and my neurologist says these may explain my sensitivity. I have other health issues (age 75) and do not attribute them to sensitivity to electromagnetic radiation. I am careful not to misattribute. I can prove objectively that my sensitivity is real. For instance, I can locate a router on the floor in the apartment above me. If they put it on a table, I am okay. Visiting a friend, I started having symptoms, and asked if there was a router nearby and there was. I use a wired keyboard and mouse and can use a computer that way, though after a few hours I will have burning sensations in my hands. I have an IPhone 8 and keep cellular date, wifi and bluetooth off unless I need to check GPS or texts once/day. My first symptoms, oddly are cramps, a kind of cramps I don't get with any other trigger. In fact all my EHS symptoms are specific to that problem. The cramps are followed by burning sensations, chills throughout my body, chest pressure and adrenal surges.This can last days in some cases. Sensitivity appears to be cumulative (rain barrell effect) and I try to avoid getting worse. I have trouble finding housing. Cell phones on subways are starting to be an issue. But housing is the hardest since I am a renter in apartment buildings.

I am a Family Physician practicing and licensed in Illinois with 38 years of experience. Personally, I notice that if my wifi router is on, I do not sleep as well so I have to turn it off at night. Since a smart meter was installed at our home I also notice my sleep has been worse. We were never notified when the smart meter was installed nor given the option to opt out. I have treated many patients who are sensitive to EMFs and cannot be around them which leads them to lead very isolating lives. I've seen the studies that show EMFs cause an influx of calcium into cells thus depleting ATP stores. I've seen the studies showing that cell phones placed near the skull/ear increase the temperature and glucose uptake of brain cells all the way to the center of the brain, thus making them look like cancer cells. I've seen and heard neurosurgeons who report more acoustic neuromas and other brain tumors on the side where cell phones are used. Please investigate the health effects of EMFs, Wifi, Cell towers and cell phones so we can come up with safety guidelines that are reasonable. Please be aware that powerful industrial lobbyists will try to influence and subvert real scientific debate and research on these issues. The health and well being of this generation and the next few depends on what you can do to help safe guard our health from any harms imposed by EMFs.

Wireless radiation poisoning or whatever it's called is VERY REAL for me - I had a left arm aches and headaches - when I had my satellite dish removed from my roof and put about 20' from the house and at least 60' away from my bedroom my left arm stopped aching and my headaches greatly diminished. I tried a smart watch for awhile and the same thing - my left arm would ache and I had extreme headaches - when I stopped wearing it my left arm stopped hurting (I wore it on my left wrist) and headaches diminished. I cannot work with my computer on my lap, my whole body feels aggravated - as soon as I remove the computer from my lap or stomach my body calms down. I wish out town would ban all towers - sensitivity and EMF 'poisoning' IS REAL.

My family is very sensitive to EMFs to the point that we had to pick our home based on proximity to cell towers. Please don’t let 5g into neighborhoods.

I am writing in response to the HHS Request regarding EMF's, Radio Frequency Radiation and Wireless Radiation. As a concerned citizen, mother, nurse and person who is sensitive to these types of radiation, I demand that more research be done and practices should be put in place to limit these experimental exposures, particularly for our children.

I am an individual commenting about my detrimental experience with Wireless radiation from a SMART meter. On 3 separate occasions over 3 different years, I rented the same cabin in the woods that had no internet or phone access for the weekend. I am very sensitive to EMF radiation and I was relieved to know I 'd found a "safe" place to vacation. Each time I visited this cabin, I felt progressively worse the longer I was there; I suffered severe flu-like symptoms. I was also very weepy, couldn't sleep, could barely eat, developed diarrhea and had tremendous brain fog, I could barely function by the time I left. The first time, I arrived not feeling well and attributed how I felt to that. The second time I was surprised because I knew I was not sick like the first time I came. By the 3rd time, sitting in the same chair, in the same cabin doing the same thing, I had a "deja vu" moment where I realized I felt very sick every time I visited this cabin! I began to suspect that a SMART meter was to blame but I could not get close enough to the meter to tell for sure. Upon my return home, I called the owners and asked if perhaps they had a SMART meter? "Why yes, and wasn't it wonderful"? Now they could know very quickly if a cabin had lost power or not. I reported my experience for which they were very sorry, never having met anyone who was electrically sensitive before. I've had many other instances but this one was the most dramatic because of being the same cabin, 3 different years, and having no idea a SMART meter was present. I am thankful HHS has requested these comments and hope HHS will take pro-active action to understand the dangers of EMF's and RF and move to protect both people and wildlife from it's destructive influence. Thank you so much.

I have experience, extreme anxiety, brain fog, and a feeling of being wired, or on edge, when exposed to high levels of EMFs. This is most prominent for me with AC electric fields and dirty electricity. Unlike RF radiation, these are accidental features of our current electric grid and are not necessary for them to function properly. I have friends who are extremely sensitive to other forms of EMF as well, such as RF radiation, which limits their livelihoods and thriving. I believe that EMF mitigation should be considered basic public health measures, just like water quality, air quality, and food safety. ***Serious health conditions can rapidly resolve when harmful EMF exposures are removed from the human body.*** These issues are simply too complex, and too expensive for the end consumer to mitigate for their health. I’m a licensed physician assistant, but even with my credential and understanding of EMFs, the issue is so complex and all-encompassing that I have a hard time getting it across to friends, family, and patients. I urge the FCC, HHS, and any other relevant governmental body to initiate widespread study, and mitigation of these harmful effects, for the education and protection of the public.

I am a 74-year-old female in excellent health and suffer from EMF/RF hypersensitivity. It started in Spring of 2023 when I upgraded to an iPhone 14. Upon using it, I experienced tachycardia, multiple arrythmias, light headedness, loss of energy and confusion. I stopped using my cell phone and began extensive research into the cause. With the help of a Building Biologist recommended by SafeTechNC.org, I was able to keep myself safely distanced from the wireless radiation from cell phones, routers, blue tooth devices, computers and cell towers. Meanwhile, I visited two cardiologists; one in Wilmington, NC and one at Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC. Both cardiologists said that my heart is healthy but reacting to outside stimuli. I told them about wireless radiation and my cardiac response to it. They could not confirm wireless radiation as the cause, because they had never heard of such a thing. So today, after countless attempts to build my resilience to wireless radiation, I continue to be sensitive but not hypersensitive. I am grateful for that. Susan Barrus

My name is Michael, I worked at March Air Reserve Base for almost 5 years starting in October 2020. From which I have continuously suffered with electromagnetic hypersensitivity(EHS), specifically electrical tinnitus. The previous employee of who's office I took over died of cancer, he worked there a long time. A close office proximity coworker the time I was there died of cancer, he worked there 17 years. Many others having excessive health issues around me, eventually myself only overtime. I was born and raised in rural WY and have experienced the lowest and quietest EMR environments and the highest and most variable man-made ones at MARB. A large problem was the illegal cell tower site that was at a very low height of 25 feet and directly facing my office and parking space 200 feet away. At first, while the pandemic was ending, it wasn't too noticeable. When the base started filling up again and when the adjacent building was finished. The cell tower was operating at a much higher power more often with greater variability. Which was when I started noticing the tinnitus, memory, and cognitive problems. I complained but was dismissed and ridiculed. The workspace RF/MW power density went from 4 mW/m2 daily average to 14 mW/m2 daily average. Which is some of the highest to found besides similar condition around other cell towers. It was only noticeable over a few years of changing conditions. While being well versed in electrical theory, observant and having a lot of expensive meters. No one else would notice this. Lots of us are being adversely affected but can not physically associate any exposure with any health effect or condition because the complexity of exposures and delays of effects.

Sheryl Morley 72sherylmorley@gmail.com I become sensitive to EMF’S 8/2015. I am no longer working. I was using an android phone to learn 2nd language and it was on all the time next to me. I left windows open in the back ground of the phone and I also worked in a Building with windows and a cel tower close my and a router in the office.