{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0064","number":"0064","name":"Irene Bernstein","organization":"","posted":"2026-09-21T04:00Z","received":"2026-09-21T04:00Z","body":" I am submitting this comment in response to HHS’s Request for Information on Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs), Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation, and Wireless Radiation Exposure.\n\nI am responding from the perspective of a [patient, parent, family member, caregiver, healthcare professional, researcher, advocate, concerned member of the public, or other].\n\n I am submitting this comment in response to HHS’s Request for Information on Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs), Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation, and Wireless Radiation Exposure.\n\nI am responding from the perspective of a [patient, parent, family member, caregiver, healthcare professional, researcher, advocate, concerned member of the public, or other].\n\nI am commenting on EMFs and RF.    My life/health is very affected by cell phones and wifi.   I do not use a cellphone at all.  I get an immediate headache and brain fog if I use one for even 5 minutes.   I do not have wifi in my home.   My laptop is connected with ethernet, and my modem does not even have wifi capabiliity.  I am fortunate to live some distance away from cell towers.  I have researched wifi and cellphones and understand they pose a great danger to everyone's health.   Especially to children.   Fetuses are affected from the mother's exposure.   I believe that this technology is one of the most toxic things in our lives.    It is beyond me why it has been allowed to be ever present everywhere. ","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0064","tags":["child-development","health-experiences","sleep-cognition","exposure-places","research-evidence"],"source_hash":"25cb992fab2f645c8fda0bd4c261df680c1bb4c2258994aa38bb17ff2919b93c","slug":"child-development-comment-0064","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0064","body_sha256":"af3725d96d3481aa7edaad1ff8de9066d55548d90241d3b5b487c47979acd5ce","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"neurological","topics":[{"id":"neurological","evidence":" affected by cell phones and wifi.   I do not use a cellphone at all.  I get an immediate headache and brain fog if I use one for even 5 minutes.   I do not have wifi in my home.   My laptop is connected with ethernet, and my modem does not even have wifi capabiliity.  I am for"},{"id":"wifi","evidence":"I am commenting on EMFs and RF.    My life/health is very affected by cell phones and wifi.   I do not use a cellphone at all.  I get an immediate headache and brain fog if I use one for even 5 minutes.   I do not have wifi in my home.   My laptop is connected with ethe"},{"id":"optical","evidence":"se one for even 5 minutes.   I do not have wifi in my home.   My laptop is connected with ethernet, and my modem does not even have wifi capabiliity.  I am fortunate to live some distance away from cell towers.  I have researched wifi and cellphones and understand they pose a g"},{"id":"children","evidence":" cellphones and understand they pose a great danger to everyone's health.   Especially to children.   Fetuses are affected from the mother's exposure.   I believe that this technology is one of the most toxic things in our lives.    It is beyond me why it has been allowed to be"},{"id":"reproductive","evidence":"and understand they pose a great danger to everyone's health.   Especially to children.   Fetuses are affected from the mother's exposure.   I believe that this technology is one of the most toxic things in our lives.    It is beyond me why it has been allowed to be ever pre"},{"id":"template","evidence":"I am responding from the perspective of a [patient, parent, family member, caregiver, healthcare professional, researcher, advocate, concerned member of the public, or other].\n\n I am submitting this comment in response to HHS’s Request fo"}],"summary":"The submission retains template placeholders but includes a personal account of headaches and brain fog during phone use, reliance on Ethernet, and concerns about children and prenatal exposure.","reviewed_at":"2026-09-22T01:54:07Z","review_method":"AI source-text review; explicit topic passages; 2026-09-22","review_source_sha256":"fb8555419aa5a99c38bf5b0dc5d65705595d23f562d7fccf625e71474a5206b0","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["neurological","wifi","optical","children","reproductive","template"],"primary_topic":"neurological","forum_title":"The submission retains template placeholders but includes a personal account of headaches and brain fog d…"}