{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-2867","number":"2867","name":"Alice Chrystie","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-14T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-11T04:00Z","body":"I would like to know if there’s an increased cancer rate for those people living near electric transmission lines and substations. Also, if there is a risk living near cell phone towers,\n\nI live near the Southern California Edison Serrano substation in Orange California where there is a 500 kW transmission line. This  substation is still expanding and transmits power 30 miles south to San Onofre, California.  \nThere are also several cell phone towers in the same area near our community. \n\nIn the past few years, I have noticed that several neighbors have died of cancer and many more are coming down with cancer. None of these neighbors smoked and most were very health-conscious.\n\nPlease investigate as to whether EMFs are causing cancer.","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-2867","tags":["cancer-tumors","exposure-places"],"source_hash":"ca983f0ae64cdffa47c13df79d07d38e6957cf0dc6bdbec0a105b92ebfcf396c","slug":"cancer-tumors-comment-2867","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-2867","body_sha256":"857d76fc8035a589168b97e17f349d29a24a301fe8b83a05f113c6fdfe04a933","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"cancer","topics":[{"id":"cancer","evidence":"ld like to know if there’s an increased cancer rate for those people living near electric transmission lin"},{"id":"electricity","evidence":"ng near electric transmission lines and substations. Also, if there is a risk living near cell phone towers,\n\n"},{"id":"infrastructure","evidence":"s. Also, if there is a risk living near cell phone towers,\n\nI live near the Southern California Edison Serrano substa"},{"id":"research","evidence":"ost were very health-conscious.\n\nPlease investigate as to whether EMFs are causing cancer."}],"summary":"Describes cancers among neighbors near a substation, transmission lines and towers and requests investigation of possible associations.","reviewed_at":"2026-10-15T03:51:16Z","review_method":"Source-based AI review of complete published comment bodies; exact topic evidence; attachments and external links not reviewed.","review_source_sha256":"7b43cf28e76e2d97a9c2c93e3cb0ee271320a632f1ea54630806a859f70408f4","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["cancer","electricity","infrastructure","research"],"primary_topic":"cancer","forum_title":"Describes cancers among neighbors near a substation, transmission lines and towers and requests investiga…"}