{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-1206","number":"1206","name":"","organization":"","posted":"2026-09-30T04:00Z","received":"2026-09-30T04:00Z","body":"I am the superintendent of schools in a school district of about 10,000 students. Our district has had agreements in place for cell towers on school property for approximately 12 years. Over the past year or so, we have heard from some of our parents expressing concern over RF exposure from cell towers near schools. In response, the district installed RF monitoring systems on the campuses that have cell towers onsite. The owner of the cell towers agreed to pay for the monitoring equipment, but the district pays for the monitoring service. We are transparent with data and share it with parent or community member who has interest. From the school lens, we would definitely like to see updated exposure guidelines based on the most recent research. Additionally, we would like to see a requirement for cell tower owners to do more than provide predictive analytics. We recommend that these companies, at their own cost, be required to monitor RF frequencies on school campuses and other public spaces where children are regularly present and make the data accessible to the public. ","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-1206","tags":["child-development","exposure-places","policy-standards","research-evidence"],"source_hash":"a6ea0e160c15dd55baa9f3e33d0a898ca4269684923af432bb63dd0f7a345cbc","slug":"child-development-comment-1206","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-1206","body_sha256":"8864928c8b86642bace17a9f4700087f90b742c2f1f3d1e28a3b99c54adea452","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"children","topics":[{"id":"children","evidence":"I am the superintendent of schools in a school district of about 10,000 students. Our district has had agreeme"},{"id":"infrastructure","evidence":"Our district has had agreements in place for cell towers on school property for approximately 12 years. Over th"},{"id":"standards","evidence":"school lens, we would definitely like to see updated exposure guidelines based on the most recent research. Additionally, we wo"},{"id":"research","evidence":"schools. In response, the district installed RF monitoring systems on the campuses that have cell towers onsite. The owne"}],"summary":"A self-described school superintendent describes campus RF monitoring introduced after parent concerns. Requests updated guidelines, tower-owner-funded monitoring rather than predictions alone, and publicly accessible data.","reviewed_at":"2026-09-30T18:41:32Z","review_method":"Source-matched AI review of 84 new published bodies; two attachment-only records and one external-link-only record remain pending. Attachments and external links not reviewed.","review_source_sha256":"e766cf588c0115c1667d5026cac0f48108822c6266be73589773808898bf2ebe","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["children","infrastructure","standards","research"],"primary_topic":"children","forum_title":"A self-described school superintendent describes campus RF monitoring introduced after parent concerns. R…"}