{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-1519","number":"1519","name":"James Tiggelaar","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-05T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-02T04:00Z","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 parent and concerned member of the public.\n\nFor about the past 6 years I have personally experienced episodes of dizziness and loss of balance.  I am an active 58 year old male in relatively good shape with no family history of this condition.  While I cannot definitively connect this condition to wireless radiation, I intuitively believe there may be a connection since the exposure to wireless radiation is ever present and from multiple sources in our daily environment (e.g., routers, cell towers, 4G and 5G cell phones, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi from innumerable \"smart\" devices used in our everyday products).  \n\nWe have been concerned about the vast amounts of legitimate scientific evidence from many sources indicating strong concerns with wireless radiation on the health of the environment, especially people and children.  We are frankly shocked that the federal agency responsible for addressing questions about health effects from wireless radiation has been under the jurisdiction of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), an agency responsible for regulating communications technology and spectrum.  They have a long proven history of royally \"flubbing it up\".  Their history would be laughable if the concerns were not so serious.  For example, the FCC's RF exposure guidelines date to 1996.  In 2019, the agency declined to change them saying the available evidence supported maintaining the existing standards.  Wireless technology has changed dramatically since then - smartphones, Wi-Fi networks, wearable devices, smart appliances and other connected technologies now create sources of exposure that were not part of everyday life when the FCC adopted its guidelines.  \nIn 2021, a federal appeals court ordered the FCC to address evidence and concerns about the health and environmental effects of RF radiation and explain how it determined that its limits adequately protect people and the environment.  In May 2026, the court was petitioned to force the FCC to comply with the 2021 order.  In late August, the court gave the FCC 30 days to explain why it had not complied.  This long-repeated blatant disregard for action and transparency on the part of the FCC not only makes them look like a \"fox\" only concerned with its own interests, but proves it.  Stop letting the fox guard the henhouse!  \n\nThe work of evaluating and regulating health effects from wireless radiation should be fall squarely to Health and Human Services (HHS), the federal health agencies with expertise in medicine, biology and public health.  HHS must be actively involved in reviewing the data and regulating this industry.\n\nI support HHS taking an active role in examining the potential health and environmental effects of wireless radiation. Questions about human health should be addressed by federal agencies with appropriate expertise in medicine, biology, epidemiology, and public health, and the experiences of individuals and families who report being affected should be considered alongside the scientific evidence.\n\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\nThank you for providing individuals and families with an opportunity to be heard.","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-1519","tags":["child-development","health-experiences","exposure-places","policy-standards","research-evidence"],"source_hash":"1471eccc93d4516790fcb645021dae2f4140386c5b17714baaa961c4f9bb9406","slug":"child-development-comment-1519","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-1519","body_sha256":"82a14973220bdb0029f9adb33118b9846cf107af2aeb014302aa4238dc0dadc8","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"neurological","topics":[{"id":"neurological","evidence":"rs I have personally experienced episodes of dizziness and loss of balance.  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