{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-1660","number":"1660","name":"Alex Andreasen","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-06T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-06T04:00Z","body":"Prospective cohort analysis of cellphone use and emotional and behavioural difficulties in children\n\nhttps://jech.bmj.com/content/70/12/1207\n\n\"Results\n Children without emotional and behavioural difficulties at age 7 years, but who had cellphone exposures, had increased odds of emotional and behavioural difficulties at age 11 years...\"\n...\n\"These results did not materially change when early adopters were excluded, or when children with emotional and behavioural difficulties at age 7 years were included in the analysis.\"\n\nIs it EMF? Screens? Software usage?\n\nEMF could play a role.","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-1660","tags":["child-development"],"source_hash":"4ea46b500c1b71cfb98371b8bb13d7a12cbacf0933d2a55654ac8eea92e82b5b","slug":"child-development-comment-1660","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-1660","body_sha256":"fce2ff6f6896dcb996336bd92d003a31276ddc5b87eda07e260221fc2fb34662","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"research","topics":[{"id":"research","evidence":"Prospective cohort analysis of cellphone use and emotional and behavioural difficu"},{"id":"children","evidence":"nd emotional and behavioural difficulties in children\n\nhttps://jech.bmj.com/content/70/12/1207\n\n\"Results\n Ch"},{"id":"neurological","evidence":"pective cohort analysis of cellphone use and emotional and behavioural difficulties in children\n\nhttps://jech.bmj.com/content/70/12/1207\n\n"}],"summary":"Cites a cohort study of children’s cellphone use and later emotional and behavioral difficulties, asking whether EMF, screens or software use could contribute.","reviewed_at":"2026-10-07T00:52:21Z","review_method":"Complete published comment-body review with exact supporting passages; attachments and external links not reviewed.","review_source_sha256":"b21fdfba3aa2609a2d17eb470e9a901148593adadb96463b0d46ab18beaa3cfe","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["research","children","neurological"],"primary_topic":"research","forum_title":"Cites a cohort study of children’s cellphone use and later emotional and behavioral difficulties, asking …"}