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Posted 2026-09-22#0425 · Permanent link ↗

Provides quoted research and news accounts concerning cattle behavior, reproduction and other farm-animal…

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Hi, I would like to forward these EMF related articles to you. Germany 1: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288569900_The_effect_of_electromagnetic_transmitters_on_behavior_of_dairy_cows “Some farmers, however, have reported abnormalities in the behaviour of their cattle since the electromagnetic fields have been established. Therefore, this study was conducted to examine the behaviour of cows exposed to a high-frequency electromagnetic field. Investigations were carried out on 29 milk farms with different levels of exposure to an electromagnetic field. All cows were kept in stanchion stables during winter. From May to November, on 8 farms they were also observed on pasture. Farms were grouped according to their electromagnetic exposure levels, and data were compared between groups. Significant differences were found in lying behaviour, daily behaviour profile on pasture and ruminating behaviour, which could be interpreted as the cows’ response to these fields. Findings could be interpreted as chronic stress and show a biological effect of a high frequency electromagnetic field.“ Germany 2: https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/magnetsinn-ueberlandleitungen-stoeren-kuh-kompass-a-613843.html "Overland lines disrupt cow compass Cattle, deer and roe deer are sensitive to electromagnetic radiation. Researchers have found this when evaluating satellite photos. The animals usually graze in a north-south direction. However, near power lines, the orientation is random. The discovery of a magnetic sense in cows and deer caused a stir in the summer of 2008. Scientists at the University of Duisburg-Essen found thatwhen eating, the animals often face north-south. . The phenomenon was discovered in Google Earth images of 308 pastures worldwide. Now biologists Hynek Burda and Sabine Begall have followed up. When cattle and deer graze under a high-voltage line, their internal compass is disturbed, they report in the journal “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences”. If the overhead lines are northwest or southeast, the orientation of the animals was random. However, with east-west running lines there was a noticeable tendency to orientate in an east-west direction. However, the scientists rule out that the animals are visually oriented towards the wires. The new study confirms that the animals had an internal compass, as high-voltage lines also generate an electromagnetic field. Its effects were more clearly visible the closer the animals were to the line." Denmark: https://www.tvsyd.dk/vejen/koerne-drikker-hinandens-urin-nu-vil-gregers-have-erstatning "Gregers Kristensen has been a farmer for over 20 years, and for many months he has had difficulty recognising his cows. They will not drink from the water in the barn. Instead, they drink each other's urine. - This is very unusual. I have never seen this behaviour in animals before, he says. According to Gregers Kristensen, the cows started behaving strangely at the same time as the converter station, which is part of Viking Link, was started up a few hundred metres from the barn. It transmits large amounts of electricity to, among other places, the UK. But according to Gregers Kristensen, there is a leak of electricity from the converter station that ends up in the water in the barn. Therefore, he is convinced that it is the large energy plant that is the cause of the animals' behaviour, which means, among other things, that they will not drink from the water. - I am absolutely sure that there is a connection, he says. - I can see that it has an impact on my animals, and I also think that it has an impact on us humans. That's why I would like this to be investigated thoroughly if such large energy plants are to be built, says Gregers Kristensen." France: https://www.ouest-france.fr/economie/agriculture/des-impacts-des-champs-electromagnetiques-sur-les-elevages-une-etude-tente-dy-voir-plus-clair-117e2896-0d40-11ef-8ec1-43107fb4d6b9 "From June 26 to August 31, 2023, this investigation concerned all breeders in mainland France located within a 2 km perimeter of relay antennas, electrical installations and wind turbines. 2,483 questionnaires were returned, allowing « to understand like never before the situation of exposed farms »." ... Dairy farmers are the most likely to report disturbances to their cows. Among respondents who report problems in their animals, it is farmers located less than 2 km from an antenna who report the most of these problems" "Concerning disturbances, breeders cite behavioral disorders (avoidance of certain places, agitation…), clinical signs (decrease in performance and production, reproduction problems, loss of appetite…) or even mortality of animals. The investigation also reveals a link in the responses between a particular physical characteristic of the soil (presence of water veins, faults, cavities…) and an electromagnetic manifestation."
Posted 2026-09-22#0421 · Permanent link ↗

Argues that 5G towers cause neurological symptoms and environmental damage, alleges a military-surveillan…

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5G antennas and towers are extremely harmful to humans. They disrupt our sleep, cause brain fog, cause body twitching, ear ringing and tinnitus among many other unknown ailments. They also kill trees, plants and grass. They DO NOT improve mobile or WiFi service, they are a military surveillance tool and need to be outlawed immediately.
Posted 2026-09-22#0410 · Permanent link ↗

The commenter describes sensitivity-related work and healthcare barriers, attributes family cancer to tow…

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I am electromagnetically sensitive. I bought a monitor to the Swedish standards in the early 80s which I could work on, but when my employer adopted computers in the late 80s there was no shielding. I had to leave. In the early 2000s I wired my house for ethernet cables and used shielded computers, but now there are cell towers encroaching on my house spreading cell signals RIGHT inside my home! I don`t use a cell phone but that does not protect me from everyone else`s cell towers. My daughter is far more electromagnetically sensitive than I am, We do not use a microwave and everything is ethernet or wired but she still got cancer from the cell towers encroaching more and more everywhere, including upon our home. There are no safe places anymore. I have severely disabled friends who have either died or are dying because of there being no safe places anywhere without cell towers where they can get food, water and sanitation. Now they are trying to take our landlines!!! They don`t want to maintain the wires for our phones! But we depend on wired phones! The captured regulators insist that the only harmful effects are thermal, which ignores decades of research and our lived experience. I consider anyone who uses a cell phone to be complicit in the murder of people I know and valued, included activists who were trying to educate the public. Like the tobacco firms before them, the tech firms are casting doubt on the real research, and regulators turn a blind eye to the harms because this industry brings in so much money and is so powerful a lobby. See Dr. Olle Johansson`s work and the Cellular Task Force, see the Bio Initiative Reports (https://bioinitiative.org/), see many other sources. Ask those suffering from the impacts and those who have no safe place to survive because cell towers are everywhere now and who are dying as a result. No one is counting their deaths. Some are now also cut off from all medical care because clinics and hospitals are contaminated with wifi and cell towers and cell phones. These people are marginalized and can not access work or incomes due to employers using wifi and cell phones and with towers on their buildings or across the street, so they have no way to save themselves anymore. EVERYTHING can be done with wired devices and it should be required that people do so. Convenience at the cost of killing off a % of the population that are the canaries is genocide and will eventually take down the rest of the population with them. And now the absolute insanity of tampering with the ionosphere and the earth`s natural electromagnetics could cause an extinction level event, including from satellites beaming destruction from above. Not to speak of blanketing the atmosphere with microwaves and not expecting that to cause fires and increase the warming of the planet -- and doing so from space of all things! The Roman Empire collapsed partly because it was using technologies that were convenient but which it didn`t understand fully -- like lead pipes in aquaducts. We are doing the same thing with electromagnetic radiation. You see convenience but you don`t want to see the poison that may well collapse our society.
Posted 2026-09-22#0400 · Permanent link ↗

The commenter reports personal health problems and disappearance of wildlife and trees near a tower.

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Yes it does. I had a hernia develop and hip pain also. Im a healthy guy but live 300 yards from a tower. No mosquitoes or birds. Mango trees died in those 3 years.
Posted 2026-09-22#0397 · Permanent link ↗

The commenter raises concerns about data-center electricity and water use, reports personal and neighborh…

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I am an individual 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 parent, family member, and concerned member of the public. Wireless radiation has affected me and my family. I currently live in Virgina a state with the greatest number of data centers in the nation. The data centers demand for electricity and water has dramatically changed the environment. Peoples wells are drying up, predators have been displaced and now seek to make their homes close to where people live, and lastly these menaces (data centers) require large amounts of electricity to keep them cool. Their need for electricity has driven a massive push to build high current lines that a currently honeycombing Virginia. Since their proliferation I personally have experienced headaches (never had any before), mood swings, and colds (had some colds very infrequently). There are several neighbors that have mentioned that they are on antidepressant for the first time in their lives. To me this makes sense since we really are electrical beings. Our nervous systems are a honeycomb of wires that run through our bodies to keep us working, healthy, and strong. Disrupt the wiring in the data center with Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs), Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation, and Wireless Radiation Exposure and the centers will begin to break down just as biological life breaks down when exposed to the before mentioned. A burning question I have is, why our protector that we pay taxes to every year (our government) has permitted the proliferation of things that cause Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs), Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation, and Wireless Radiation Exposure without proper current studiers? It seems that our government is nothing more than a bullying mafia organization. The last study I was able to find on the effect of Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs), Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation, and Wireless Radiation Exposure is dated 1978 and it was for ancient technology compared to what we have today which are much stronger field generators. Could it be that they do not want to know the answer so as not to have to deal with it? 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 and families with an opportunity to be heard.
Posted 2026-09-22#0394 · Permanent link ↗

The commenter reports multiple illnesses and a dog's seizures, attributes concerns to nearby infrastructu…

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I live near an inactive mine that carries rare earth minerals. I moved to this house 20 years ago and have been sick since. Everything from depression to hypothyroidism to fibromyalgia to Hashimoto to imbalances. I’ve experienced anxiety, nervousness, loss of hair, nails, skin irritations, migraines, brain fog, weight gain, etc. In 2010 the county took by imminent domain a radio tower and turned it into a 911 tower. It isn’t even in the county. When I began to speak out about it, they would turn the tower’s red light off at night and keep the bright day lights flashing in my houses windows. FAA wouldn’t get involved and after a couple of weeks and complaining, they turned them back to red. My iPhone 12 would heat up and lock itself down for to hot and must cool down. I’ve had the IPhone 12 since 2020 and it’s been a constant hot problem and worse while charging. I bought a Starlink for the home and began noticing in 2024 it would heat up and I’d have to unplug it. It was worse in the middle of the night. In 2024 I began feeling radiation burning in the middle of the night and outside during the day. I began taking photos of the burns on my face. 2025 was worse. In July 2025 I began to be constantly exhausted and burned even in the winter. My highly sensitive dog began having seizures in July 2025. Every time he would have a seizure, my heart began having rapid pulsations and feeling like it’s flip flopping. I started swelling daily. Concentration was hard and I began cancelling life. Staying home to survive and take care of my poor dog that is still having seizures. I removed the wifi in June 2026 and the towers are still pushing out frequencies and burning me. In the past five years surrounding me in my country neighborhood, suicides and cancer deaths have been a normal thing. I purchased a EMF reader and all of my electric sockets would read dangerously high. The electrician who installed a whole house surge protector called it “Dirty Electric”. I could feel electrical surges in my fingers. I personally feel I am targeted but I also am experiencing everything in my house and outside of my house is slowly killing me and my dog. I have called elected officials and I have tried to get help to look at my electric and I get ignored. Recently I found my house and land listed in projects on USGS. They will not respond to my inquiries or answer me but the write up included electromagnetic information that I don’t understand.
Posted 2026-09-22#0393 · Permanent link ↗

The commenter supports HHS investigation of health and environmental effects and research addressing vuln…

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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 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 and families with an opportunity to be heard.
Posted 2026-09-22#0389 · Permanent link ↗

A commenter in the Netherlands reports electrohypersensitivity, headaches and concentration difficulties …

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I have EHS (electro hyper sensitivity) i live in the Netherlands. I wake up every day with a severe headache and cramped up muscles. The ringing of high pitched frequencies is never ending. I am very tired and have difficulties focusing because of radiation everywhere,all of the time. It is terrible.. I really hope something can be done about this...i feel very sorry for animals,children and babies who have to endure this as well.
Posted 2026-09-22#0381 · Permanent link ↗

The commenter proposes an unverified Schumann-resonance explanation for disease and wildlife effects and …

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Reference: Health Request for Information on Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs), Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation, and Wireless Radiation Exposure. Re: https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0001 For the attention of: Victoria Marshall, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health & OASH Executive Secretariat team. Hello Victoria and OASH Executive Secretariat team. Thank you for your immediate reply. I have sent the following on https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0001 My name is John Harding and I have made a World-First-Discovery-Link, the science community will never find or consider, ever. I am the only person on Planet Earth who can give you the answer you seek regarding EMF, RF and the misinterpreted Schumann-Resonance to why it is the 'trigger-mechanism' for Cancer and other serious illnesses from where you sleep. Why? Elite-academia-education does not teach, use in any research, or allow in any education, 'suppressed' in 1858 (influenced by Christianity-Religion), continuing to the present day, although used by all wildlife daily for survival and by NASA in zero-gravity to keep astronauts alive. Why? A mistake was made from the very beginning Nikola Tesla was aware, that science suppressed, where Winfried Otto Schumann got wrong, although proving essential to human-health, hence using in the International Space Station, (ISS) for over 50 years. Why? Every natural 'invisible' phenomenon has a negative and positive reaction, Schumann-Resonance is no different where NASA use the 'positive' Schumann-Resonance in zero-gravity and wildlife use the 'negative' for survival, specifically domesticated honey-bees that swarm to get away from human interaction to be 'attracted-to' negative Schumann-Resonance every time they swarm. It is for this reason why honeybee colonies are dying in domesticated care, yet wild/feral colonies thrive for many years. It is also the same reason why Wind Turbines kill millions of birds every year, I will explain in more detail when invited. There is a great deal to say I can only explain in person, needing a New International Law only President Donald J. Trump can authorise and sanction through The US Senate and US Congress. I am not computer literate and do not understand how to convert a document into bmp, docx, gif, jpg, jpeg, pdf, png, pptx, rtf, sgml, tif, tiff, txt, wpd to attach a file, explained in my email sent via: OASH RFI Assistance (OS/OASH) oash-rfi@hhs.gov you cannot accept by an outdated protocol policy. I await your invitation to explain in detail, to demonstrate using filmed natural phenomena and filmed wildlife 'mimicking', of the biggest mistake made in human history by not understanding or acknowledging an 'invisible-world' we cannot see, although used by every species on Planet Earth, except one.............Human-elite-academia-education! Please advise on what to do next, because without my knowledge you will never succeed and please remember it takes one person to make a discovery, to produce a New Personal-AI-Protection, built to my design and specifications, sent to all Smart-Technology worldwide, to identify 'Harmful-Schumann-Resonance' (the natural invisible 'trigger-mechanism') to prevent Cancer and other serious illnesses from where you sleep, rest, dine, work if 'in-situ' for hours at a time, or to answer the anomalies of metastasis, miscarriage, still-born and cot-death. The research will save lives and save billions of dollars to the economy, all I ask, is that you read my email message sent. Thank you. Kind regards. John Harding

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