{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5974","number":"5974","name":"","organization":"Moms Across America","posted":"2026-10-28T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-21T04:00Z","body":"See attached file(s)\n\nProtect Our Children First: Urgent Call for Updated, Science-Based Wireless Radiation Safety Standards\nTo: Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)\n\nMy name is Zen Honeycutt, and I am the Founder and Executive Director of Moms Across America, a national educational nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering mothers and families to create healthy, non-toxic environments for our children.\nOn behalf of Moms Across America, I am calling upon the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in coordination with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to undertake an immediate, comprehensive, and transparent reassessment of federal radiofrequency (RF) radiation exposure standards, with particular attention to children's developing bodies, long-term exposures, and potential biological effects beyond tissue heating.\nThe FCC's current RF exposure limits were adopted in 1996 and subsequently retained. Although these standards address established adverse effects associated with RF exposure, they have not been comprehensively revised to reflect the enormous changes in wireless technology and patterns of human exposure over the past three decades.\nToday, children routinely encounter wireless devices in classrooms, homes, and public spaces. They may experience exposures from multiple sources over many years, beginning during prenatal development.\nThe fact is that close and constant exposure to devices such as routers in homes, wireless access points in schools, and hot spots in hospitals harms human health.\nWe believe this exposure environment warrants renewed scientific scrutiny, independent research, and reasonable precautionary protections.\nThe federal courts have already recognized the need for greater accountability.\nIn Environmental Health Trust et al. v. FCC (2021), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit found that the FCC had not adequately explained its decision to retain existing RF exposure guidelines with respect to potential harmful effects unrelated to cancer.\nThe court directed the FCC to address several important issues, including:\nPotential effects of RF exposure on children\nPulse variations and possible changes which could reduce harm\nHealth implications of long-term exposure\nThe widespread use of wireless devices and technological developments\nThe adequacy of existing device-testing procedures\nPotential environmental impacts on trees, animals, aquatic life, and insects\nThis decision provides a compelling legal and public-health basis for renewed review of existing federal protections.\nWe request action. Th ecell phones and router can be made safer by altering the pulse variations. The manufacturers just nee dto be required to do so.\n\nPlease see the attached comment for further details.\n\nZen Honeycutt\n","attachments":["https://downloads.regulations.gov/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5974/attachment_2.pdf","https://downloads.regulations.gov/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5974/attachment_1.pdf"],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5974","tags":["cancer-tumors","child-development","exposure-places","policy-standards","research-evidence"],"source_hash":"361aa8c68628ae5f74d5a9ada664109551876c1d1a695e324ce13ba09414c9ce","slug":"cancer-tumors-comment-5974","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5974","body_sha256":"367555c90ef6fa567f29be852b9ada0215ae9aa962c864d41826a4d446f0df91","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"standards","topics":[{"id":"standards","evidence":"comprehensive, and transparent reassessment of federal radiofrequency (RF) radiation exposure standards"},{"id":"children","evidence":"children's developing bodies"},{"id":"research","evidence":"independent research"},{"id":"wifi","evidence":"routers in homes, wireless access points in schools"}],"summary":"Moms Across America requests reassessment of federal RF limits with particular attention to children, chronic exposure, nonthermal effects, and device testing. The commenter cites the FCC court remand and urges manufacturers to alter pulse variations.","reviewed_at":"2026-10-28T16:50:58Z","review_method":"Full comment-text review with exact source evidence; attachments not reviewed","review_source_sha256":"9c607a9885170eaa3190adcc0e80425544b171aa73bbdb54583d961c80f28c38","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["standards","children","research","wifi"],"primary_topic":"standards","forum_title":"Moms Across America requests reassessment of federal RF limits with particular attention to children, chr…"}