{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0013","number":"0013","name":"Mark Kosich","organization":"","posted":"2026-09-21T04:00Z","received":"2026-09-21T04:00Z","body":"I am a two time cancer patient living for 25 years within 400 yards of NC State Highway Patrol microwave relay tower Call sign: WQOM811, Bailey NC 27807 Coordinates: 35.741583 - 78.115389, Site# HP1011, Phone 1-888-92 VIPER, VIPER 800 MHz Trunker radio site. The 6 GHz links are point-to-point backhaul tying the site into the statewide network.\n\nContext on what it carries: the Highway Patrol manages North Carolina's statewide VIPER Project 25 800 MHz trunked system — about 240 transmitter sites whose controllers are linked over microwave. I am a 69 year old Caucasian male, 154 lbs, 5'10\", lifelong athlete, non-smoker. Two cancers: 1) Polycythemia Vera diagnosed October 2024, treated with Besremi/Ropeg-interferon at UNC Hematology, Garner NC; 2) Thymic Squamous Cell Carcinoma diagnosed June 2026 at Duke University Medical Center Cancer Center, Durham NC. Surgical removal of 10 cm x 7 cm tumor, presently undergoing radiation treatment of the tumor bed area between the heart and right lung","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0013","tags":["cancer-tumors","exposure-places"],"source_hash":"9ebde20139624cbb2a811878c08f1eb415d3e784f455d848cd29f00eb73676d9","slug":"cancer-tumors-comment-0013","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0013","body_sha256":"56178ed2ce00dd2c9f450adca262156be0ce8f5c3210e88fe77c426619ab1546","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"cancer","topics":[{"id":"cancer","evidence":"I am a two time cancer patient living for 25 years within 400 yards of NC State Highway Patrol microwave relay tower Call sign: WQOM811, Bailey NC 27807 Coordinates: 35.741583 - 78.115389, Site# HP1011,"},{"id":"infrastructure","evidence":"r patient living for 25 years within 400 yards of NC State Highway Patrol microwave relay tower Call sign: WQOM811, Bailey NC 27807 Coordinates: 35.741583 - 78.115389, Site# HP1011, Phone 1-888-92 VIPER, VIPER 800 MHz Trunker radio site. The 6 GHz links are point-to-point ba"}],"summary":"The commenter reports two cancer diagnoses after living near a microwave relay tower for 25 years and supplies exposure-location context without establishing causation.","reviewed_at":"2026-09-22T01:54:07Z","review_method":"AI source-text review; explicit topic passages; 2026-09-22","review_source_sha256":"5bb952904c8f42baf9e5d5f8d46ca961df77915c2114630f9f321c1e673be536","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["cancer","infrastructure"],"primary_topic":"cancer","forum_title":"The commenter reports two cancer diagnoses after living near a microwave relay tower for 25 years and sup…"}