{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0450","number":"0450","name":"Julie Grover","organization":"","posted":"2026-09-22T04:00Z","received":"2026-09-22T04:00Z","body":"Wireless radiation has impacted my life and my family's life in the most deleterious ways imaginable.  It started 27 years ago when I first tried to use a cell phone.  Head pain, ear pain, heating of my ear and facial tissue, memory loss and brain fog began for me, then in 1999.  Over the years my symptoms have gradually worsened.  At first I could use a cell phone, but only to send text messages.  Then, I had to move to a rural area, away from cell towers, and could only send texts with the phone on a \"selfie\"-stick.  By 2015 I was keeping my cell in a faraday bag 99% of the time.  By 2020 I had to get rid of the cell phone entirely, which is challenging at minimum in today's world, and dangerous at times given the lack of safe alternatives, such as payphones which no longer are available.  For example, when I'm not at home and close to a landline, schools cannot reach me if my children are hurt or sick or there is any kind of emergency.  When we travel, (and we like to go camping every summer), I cannot call a tow truck or a police officer if there's an emergency.  Now that my children are teens, they want to have a cell phone.  Unfortunately I have to have them keep their phone in a faraday bag at all times and they can only use it when they are far away from me, or at least 45 feet away from our house at the edge of the yard!  If their friends come over, they have a hard time understanding they have to turn their cell phones off.  Their parents don't trust someone who won't let their kids keep in contact with them by cell phone, which means my kids have fewer friends and social events.  I am not able to go to my daughter's STEAM Bowls, where she's always selected to compete, nor to her awards ceremonies, when she is honored for her academic achievements.  I tried to attend my grand daughter's band concert, and could not stay in the auditorium with all the cell phones around me.  I am unable to wait in doctors' or dentists' offices.  I can't pick up my daughter's eyeglasses for the same reason--every person is holding/using a cell phone in the waiting area.  I no longer am able to work out at the gym--I have to quickly put on my sneakers and head for the door, getting my work out by walking around outside, because everyone inside the gym is using a cell phone.  I cannot use or be around any wireless devices, such as wireless printers, laptops, or tablets.  Police officers and firemen make my head hurt very badly with all their wireless devices.  I can't see a doctor because their whole office is under wifi and they are always using a wireless laptop and phone, as well.  I was given an MRI by a well-meaning but obviously uninformed neurologist and spent 4 months with severe headache, memory loss, tinnitus and insomnia.  The worst part is the total isolation that this is pushing me into, unable to go out and among my fellow human beings.  I shudder to think what would happen if I ever need to go into the hospital.  My doctor tells me \"This is not what I believe, but, the medical consensus is that this (EHS) is not real.  So I can't help you.  Insurance won't pay for it.\"  For 27 years I am shunted out of society and left to survive without any support or treatment.  I have even developed early onset Alzheimer's, which is inevitable for people with EHS, because we cannot avoid being exposed to EMR in public, nor at home, from neighbors' wifi and nearby cell towers. Exposure causes brain inflammation, amyloid plaques, tau tangles, Alzheimer's. The link between EMR and neurological degeneration must be investigated. We need SIGNIFICANT investigation into the dangers of wireless radiation, NOW.  I worry about my children, my grandchildren, and all the people of the world being exposed to harmful electromagnetic radiation.  There is research proving that EMR negatively affects biological life on all levels, from military research into microwaves and ELF to the work of John O. Becker in his book, \"The Body Electric,\" & recent research.  And PLEASE stop allowing the military-industrial complex to cover up the harm that EMR (electromagnetic radiation) is wreaking on society!  And all of the people suffering from EHS (electro-hypersensitivity), as a result of the blanket of EMR that is everywhere today, should be protected and given accommodations so that we can access public places again. Just like blind and deaf and wheel-chair-bound individuals, we need to be able to enter government offices, go to the doctor/dentist, ride on the bus or take an airplane, or even eat in a restaurant or go to the store.  Today, with private and government entities pushing people to use cell phones for everything (and often denying service to those who won't or can't), the EMR is nothing less than ubiquitous and many of us are suffering terribly because of it. We need studies to see if more and more people will become electro-hypersensitive and what harm is being caused to humans and biological life. Please help us! Sincerely.","attachments":["https://downloads.regulations.gov/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0450/attachment_20.pdf","https://downloads.regulations.gov/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0450/attachment_15.pdf","https://downloads.regulations.gov/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0450/attachment_12.pdf","https://downloads.regulations.gov/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0450/attachment_10.pdf","https://downloads.regulations.gov/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0450/attachment_9.pdf","https://downloads.regulations.gov/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0450/attachment_6.pdf","https://downloads.regulations.gov/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0450/attachment_3.pdf","https://downloads.regulations.gov/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0450/attachment_2.pdf","https://downloads.regulations.gov/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0450/attachment_19.pdf","https://downloads.regulations.gov/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0450/attachment_16.pdf","https://downloads.regulations.gov/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0450/attachment_8.pdf","https://downloads.regulations.gov/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0450/attachment_5.pdf","https://downloads.regulations.gov/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0450/attachment_4.pdf","https://downloads.regulations.gov/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0450/attachment_1.pdf","https://downloads.regulations.gov/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0450/attachment_17.pdf","https://downloads.regulations.gov/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0450/attachment_17.png","https://downloads.regulations.gov/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0450/attachment_13.pdf","https://downloads.regulations.gov/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0450/attachment_18.pdf","https://downloads.regulations.gov/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0450/attachment_14.pdf","https://downloads.regulations.gov/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0450/attachment_11.pdf","https://downloads.regulations.gov/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0450/attachment_7.pdf"],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0450","tags":["child-development","health-experiences","sleep-cognition","exposure-places","research-evidence"],"source_hash":"7e7fb3a84c4f2486e3d78652b32ecf334bb989156a69bb4cbec17913b4cb5850","slug":"child-development-comment-0450","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0450","body_sha256":"8d3bf7323c8a6520f656259dba162ff2a271314117220a1ace500c8fe8f57429","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"access","topics":[{"id":"access","evidence":"we need to be able to enter government offices, go to the doctor/dentist, ride on the bus or take an airplane"},{"id":"ehs","evidence":"EHS (electro-hypersensitivity)"},{"id":"neurological","evidence":"memory loss and brain fog"},{"id":"children","evidence":"I worry about my children, my grandchildren"},{"id":"research","evidence":"The link between EMR and neurological degeneration must be investigated."},{"id":"wifi","evidence":"neighbors' wifi"},{"id":"infrastructure","evidence":"nearby cell towers"},{"id":"optical","evidence":"close to a landline"}],"summary":"Describes decades of self-reported EHS, progressive restrictions on communication, healthcare and family activities, and neurological symptoms. Requests accommodations and investigation of neurodegeneration and effects on children; numerous attachments remain unread.","reviewed_at":"2026-09-22T19:11:41Z","review_method":"ChatGPT full source-text review, 2026-09-22 afternoon export","review_source_sha256":"bc248a1ed707e47709090b63556b83b0621854c6369945c1e9cfb9146d27016c","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["access","ehs","neurological","children","research","wifi","infrastructure","optical"],"primary_topic":"access","forum_title":"Describes decades of self-reported EHS, progressive restrictions on communication, healthcare and family …"}