{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-2809","number":"2809","name":"Ben Savill","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-14T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-10T04:00Z","body":"My family and I warmly welcome HHS looking into this matter. It is something that we have been very concerned about for many years. Back in 2003, I was aware that cellphone towers were not permitted to be erected within a certain distance of schools in parts of Europe. When I moved to the US and attended my first city council meeting, there was a proposal on the agenda to erect a cellphone tower in the area. I asked the City council members about the research on negative health impacts from EMFs and wireless radiation exposure, and whether the city council had a restriction on the placement of cellphone towers near schools as in Europe. I was told that the City was prohibited from placing any such restrictions. This was shocking to me, but I soon learned that a lot of things that were prohibited in Europe for health and safety reasons were permitted in the US. I could not understand why elected representatives of the people had such little regard for the health and safety of the people they represented. I then came to learn that government at almost every level in the US had been captured by corporate special interests. My own experience with EMFs, RF radiation and Wireless Radiation is that I get an unpleasant tingling sensation in my hand when I hold a cellphone that is not in airplane mode. And that sensation occurs more quickly and more severely when I am holding my partner's iPhone 14 than when I am holding my own iPhone X. And the impact from my iPhone X appears to be greater than when I hold my old iPhone 6. I don't know if I am more sensitive than other people, or whether I am just more observant. I have also observed that I get headaches when I am in a car with a phone that is not on airplane mode, and particularly when the car windows are all closed. In addition to the cellphone issue, my neighbor's infant child experienced very negative effects from the moment that smart meters were installed on our condo building. The meters for all 6 units were installed on the outside wall of our neighbor's unit, and were specifically located on the outside wall of that neighbor's infant child's bedroom. He began exhibiting signs of distress when he went to bed at night, and even engaged in head hitting and head banging behavior. After a few weeks of this, our neighbors took their child to stay with relatives in another city, and the child's distress and behaviors instantly ceased.","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-2809","tags":["child-development","health-experiences","exposure-places","research-evidence"],"source_hash":"b8db0ed448edfa459bc9c4e03ace3f6edf760ddf7a0f106bd76cbcd94daf5376","slug":"child-development-comment-2809","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-2809","body_sha256":"ad5b15da572d7c71632d96c8a585d643cd59b94fd3a36b3e16aee80249d8c47b","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"standards","topics":[{"id":"standards","evidence":"ty was prohibited from placing any such restrictions. This was shocking to me, but I soon learned that a lot of "},{"id":"infrastructure","evidence":"y years. Back in 2003, I was aware that cellphone towers were not permitted to be erected within a certain distance "},{"id":"neurological","evidence":"ervant. I have also observed that I get headaches when I am in a car with a phone that is not on airplane mod"},{"id":"smart-meters","evidence":"y negative effects from the moment that smart meters were installed on our condo building. The meters for all 6 "},{"id":"children","evidence":"n to the cellphone issue, my neighbor's infant child experienced very negative effects from the moment that smar"}],"summary":"Raises concerns about tower-siting restrictions near schools, reports symptoms during phone use, and describes an infant’s distress following smart-meter installation and improvement elsewhere.","reviewed_at":"2026-10-15T03:51:16Z","review_method":"Source-based AI review of complete published comment bodies; exact topic evidence; attachments and external links not reviewed.","review_source_sha256":"e7328562416dabd6f42abfbae9607448b5af3fbb27dd04b0d1539155362d4b7d","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["standards","infrastructure","neurological","smart-meters","children"],"primary_topic":"standards","forum_title":"Raises concerns about tower-siting restrictions near schools, reports symptoms during phone use, and desc…"}