{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0961","number":"0961","name":"Cynthia Hackman","organization":"","posted":"2026-09-26T04:00Z","received":"2026-09-26T04:00Z","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 concerned member of the public.\nI support people affected by wireless radiation and that's why I believe HHS should address this issue.\n\nI support HHS taking an active role in examining the potential health and environmental effects of wireless radiation.\nI urge HHS to carefully evaluate these experiences and the scientific evidence, identify gaps in current research, give particular attention to children and other potentially vulnerable populations, and establish appropriate federal research priorities regarding wireless radiation and public health.\n\n      For decades, a silent plague has been woven into the fabric of our lives, eminating from the cell phones in our pockets, to the Wi-Fi in our homes and the cell towers that dot our horizons. The NIH spent ten years and thirty million dollars researching how Electro-Magnetic Radiation affects our bodies and finding DNA Damage, Heart Damage and other serious health risks. The NIH quietly ended the study even though we are exposed to six hundred per cent more EMR's in our homes today than we were ten years ago. No more follow ups, updates or answers from NIH after thirty million taxpayer dollars were simply wasted.\n\n       If you lost a loved one to a needless automobile or truck crash.due to a distracted driver using a smart phone, you would \nbe very upset. Now the public must push the door wide open and demand more than studies. We must demand a fundemental \nre-evaulation of our relationship with this technology. Thereby prioritizing human biology over corporate convenience and \nwireless profits. The invisible assualt must end with truly protective limits.\n\n    Cellphone use was cited as the distraction in 14% of all distraction-affected fatal traffic crashes in 2024. In these crashes, police reports stated that at least one of the involved drivers was talking on, listening to, or engaged in some other cellphone activity at the time of the crash. According to NHTSA, sending or reading a text takes your eyes off the road for 5 seconds, which is like driving the length of an entire football field at 55 MPH with your eyes closed.\n\nThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that 3,208 people died in distraction-affected crashes in 2024. This is a decrease of about 2% from 3,283 deaths in 2023. The highest percentage of drivers using cellphones in fatal crashes were in the 25-34 age group: 27% of drivers involved in these crashes were using cellphones in some way.    Thank you for pursuing this topic, Cynthia Hackman","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0961","tags":["child-development","biology-metabolism","exposure-places","research-evidence"],"source_hash":"c76efd6a7d20ddd0ee2324b3f218f119869bebc10cb635a8d0feb1a56f2a5617","slug":"child-development-comment-0961","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0961","body_sha256":"dd961b3cf707bfc69d4744ee7081158cd773158b257b207ccab3cd25e930c01b","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"research","topics":[{"id":"research","evidence":"ckets, to the Wi-Fi in our homes and the cell towers that dot our horizons. The NIH spent ten years and thirty million dollars researching how Electro-Magnetic Radiation affects our b"},{"id":"standards","evidence":"te convenience and \nwireless profits. The invisible assualt must end with truly protective limits.\n\n    Cellphone use was cited as the distraction in 14% of all distraction-affected fatal traffic c"},{"id":"children","evidence":"tific evidence, identify gaps in current research, give particular attention to children and other potentially vulnerable populations, and establish appropriate federal research priorities regarding wireless radiation and public heal"},{"id":"mechanisms","evidence":"llars researching how Electro-Magnetic Radiation affects our bodies and finding DNA Damage, Heart Damage and other serious health risks. The NIH quietly ended the study even though we are ex"},{"id":"cardiac","evidence":"ching how Electro-Magnetic Radiation affects our bodies and finding DNA Damage, Heart Damage and other serious health risks. The NIH quietly ended the study even though we are exposed to six h"},{"id":"other","evidence":"       If you lost a loved one to a needless automobile or truck crash.due to a distracted driver using a smart phone, you would \nbe very upset. Now the public must push the door wide open and dema"}],"summary":"Supports HHS research, criticizes termination of federal RF work and requests protective limits. Also discusses cellphone distraction and traffic deaths, a separate pathway from radiation exposure.","reviewed_at":"2026-09-26T18:38:52Z","review_method":"Source-matched AI review of all 36 new complete comment bodies with exact supporting passages. 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