{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5380","number":"5380","name":"Anonymous Anonymous","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-27T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-18T04:00Z","body":"In my occupation 20 years ago I was required daily to wear a 5 watt walkie-talkie radio that operated in the 140-160 Mhz frequency band. After approximately 3 years I developed a nodule on my right chest in close proximity to the area that the radio \"rubber duckie\" antenna touched on my shirt. I sought medical care and on the advice of a surgeon I had the nodule removed.  The nodule was about the size of a pea and was biopsied and found to be non-cancerous. After this incident I continued to use and work with these radios but I no longer wore them on my belt.  I did not have any more issued after this incident. ","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5380","tags":["cancer-tumors","exposure-places"],"source_hash":"2d13ec681f2d14c081a7224343935d6a710682189b122efa8dafa3a28a0f0d14","slug":"cancer-tumors-comment-5380","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5380","body_sha256":"c4fcfdffd2a6984253ec3c1d0364cd816586ad33737d7cdff7f7635eb1cb8ae5","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"occupational","topics":[{"id":"occupational","evidence":"In my occupation 20 years ago I was required daily to wear a 5 watt walkie-talkie"},{"id":"other","evidence":"d. After approximately 3 years I developed a nodule on my right chest in close proximity to the area that the radio "}],"summary":"Reports a non-cancerous chest nodule near a workplace radio antenna, surgical removal and no further issues after changing how the radio was carried.","reviewed_at":"2026-10-27T19:20:49Z","review_method":"Full comment-text review with exact source evidence; attachments not reviewed","review_source_sha256":"ca5eddf2fa582b76d1923f4201db8f7a38d79c1e6237c0dccf0ac4c7b03fefb1","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["occupational","other"],"primary_topic":"occupational","forum_title":"Reports a non-cancerous chest nodule near a workplace radio antenna, surgical removal and no further issu…"}