{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-6298","number":"6298","name":"Jackie Mathys","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-28T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-21T04:00Z","body":"Cellular towers seem to be everywhere now a days.  A dear friend of mine had two placed withing 200 feet of her home.  She developed ovarian cancer which she battled valiantly until she ultimately succumbed to it.  Due to the research done in other countries that seem to show a link to cellular towers and cancer it seems that those towers may have been the cause.  She had lived in that home most of her adult life.  Within a few years of those towers going up she develops cancer.  Our regulations need to protect the people not the industry.  We need to have setback guidelines, and the research needs to be updated to ensure that we are providing the best of both worlds.  There are ways to allow for the technology and keep people safe at that same time. We shouldn't have to move or put our lives on the lines so a company can make more money.  It's about time for the government to do what it is supposed to do.  Be for the people, by the peopte.  Not for the business despite the people.  ","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-6298","tags":["cancer-tumors","exposure-places","policy-standards","research-evidence"],"source_hash":"1cbb21e2f49d7532a804d62dc0136463f5825c6b18bdcb5ae31774a814d62379","slug":"cancer-tumors-comment-6298","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-6298","body_sha256":"07d0c3e5741fb8481c6e2570876ffd504fcaffa8a1067538069e3087fea55160","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"cancer","topics":[{"id":"cancer","evidence":"withing 200 feet of her home.  She developed ovarian cancer which she battled valiantly until she ultimately succumbed to it"},{"id":"infrastructure","evidence":"he people not the industry.  We need to have setback guidelines, and the research needs to be updated to ensure that we are prov"},{"id":"research","evidence":" We need to have setback guidelines, and the research needs to be updated to ensure that we are providing the best of both worlds.  There "},{"id":"standards","evidence":"se towers going up she develops cancer.  Our regulations need to protect the people not the industry.  We need to have se"}],"summary":"The commenter links a friend's ovarian cancer to nearby towers and requests updated research, protective regulations and setbacks.","reviewed_at":"2026-10-28T23:54:32Z","review_method":"Full comment-text review with exact source evidence; attachments not reviewed","review_source_sha256":"ad67f4c2e01ff4ec06d70e585bba6d430119eb68ca38a2c5a919a7ea4ed01933","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["cancer","infrastructure","research","standards"],"primary_topic":"cancer","forum_title":"The commenter links a friend's ovarian cancer to nearby towers and requests updated research, protective …"}