{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-2549","number":"2549","name":"David Schonbrunn","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-13T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-10T04:00Z","body":"50 years ago, when I worked as a broadcast engineer on a high-powered TV transmitter, I was aware that the risk of a brain tumor in my profession was double that of the population. Ever since, I've made efforts to avoid EMF. I use Ethernet for my computer and streaming box, even though WiFi would be more convenient. It is difficult to find wired products, as the presumption by manufacturers is that the public wants wireless. The FCC has been completely useless when it comes to protecting the public health. Its refusal to reopen the silly 1996 thermal standard for human EMF protection was a pure industry give-away. \n\nThere is a great deal of scientific evidence of the harms of EMF on living tissue. Dr. Martin Pall's discovery of the voltage-gated calcium channel was the first plausible mechanism presented for how biological damage occurs. Dr. Henry Lai at the University of Washington has done pathbreaking research. The Environmental Health Trust has been a leader in this field. I believe they will be submitting comments that I hereby support. Several aggregations of research:\nhttps://greenmedinfo.com/problematic-action/electromagnetic-field-harms\nhttps://www.jrseco.com/wp-content/uploads/2017-09-13-Scientist-Appeal-5G-Moratorium.pdf   (Contains links to many references)\nhttps://www.emfanalysis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/EMF-Effects-via-Voltage-Gated-Calcium-Channels-Dr-Martin-Pall.pdf\nhttps://bioinitiative.org/\nhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19264461\n\nPlease focus literature reviews on studies completed by independent researchers. There is such a long history of industry-influenced studies in pharmaceuticals as well as in telecommunications that industry-sponsored research cannot be trusted.","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-2549","tags":["cancer-tumors","exposure-places","policy-standards","research-evidence"],"source_hash":"06aaf7bcbc9dc60673bb1bdba3254f037edba27fe242c4055d74cda4128307cf","slug":"cancer-tumors-comment-2549","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-2549","body_sha256":"668f01505602cdf502f79f2c05f4ab3baf1a29ace3365563989348c030e139a3","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"occupational","topics":[{"id":"occupational","evidence":"50 years ago, when I worked as a broadcast engineer on a high-powered TV transmitter, I was aware that the risk"},{"id":"cancer","evidence":"smitter, I was aware that the risk of a brain tumor in my profession was double that of the population. Ever si"},{"id":"optical","evidence":", I've made efforts to avoid EMF. I use Ethernet for my computer and streaming box, even though WiFi would b"},{"id":"standards","evidence":"health. Its refusal to reopen the silly 1996 thermal standard for human EMF protection was a pure industry give-away. \n\nT"},{"id":"mechanisms","evidence":"sue. Dr. Martin Pall's discovery of the voltage-gated calcium channel was the first plausible mechanism presented for how biologi"},{"id":"research","evidence":"erature reviews on studies completed by independent researchers. There is such a long history of industry-influenced studie"}],"summary":"A former broadcast engineer describes reducing exposure through wired connections, criticizes FCC thermal limits, and requests independent reviews of biological-effects research.","reviewed_at":"2026-10-14T13:55:48Z","review_method":"Source-based AI review of complete published comment bodies; exact evidence passages; attachments and external links not reviewed.","review_source_sha256":"c5d9b5a6131a5d4ef805c7c99015bdff0b1d1ac1b4e0b06910b0557f45e58f94","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["occupational","cancer","optical","standards","mechanisms","research"],"primary_topic":"occupational","forum_title":"A former broadcast engineer describes reducing exposure through wired connections, criticizes FCC thermal…"}