{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-3848","number":"3848","name":"Maija Hahn, CCC-SLP","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-21T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-13T04:00Z","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. I am responding as a parent in Brevard County, Florida.\n\nMy daughter began having severe migraines at age 9, during the COVID-19 lockdowns. When her school moved to remote instruction, she spent most of every day streaming online classes, working on a school laptop for hours at a time. During that period the migraines began and quickly became frequent and debilitating.\n\nFor the past six years she has continued to struggle with these migraines, and adapting her environment to her sensitivities has become progressively more difficult. Her physician has diagnosed her with electromagnetic hypersensitivity. She cannot be near Wi-Fi routers at school, and she develops headaches in classrooms where laptops are in widespread use. This has affected her education, her ability to participate fully in ordinary school settings, and our family's daily life, as we continually work to find environments where she can learn without pain.\n\nChildren today are exposed to wireless devices and networks for much of the school day, and remote and device-based instruction has made that exposure longer and more constant than in any prior generation. Families like ours have few places to turn for guidance, and schools have no federal framework for accommodating students who report these symptoms.\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. I also ask HHS to consider guidance for schools on accommodating students who report symptoms associated with wireless exposure.\n\nThank you for providing individuals and families with an opportunity to be heard.\n\n","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-3848","tags":["child-development","health-experiences","exposure-places","research-evidence"],"source_hash":"b13b2d28964cc1d9bfdd59af04668def61c4f989fcd41c2bb0c4ee3d84460fdd","slug":"child-development-comment-3848","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-3848","body_sha256":"c70c3104bf79cf109105d19791776a617890ea6d3432bf31c3e212761841d1bf","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"children","topics":[{"id":"children","evidence":"ing as a parent in Brevard County, Florida.\n\nMy daughter began having severe migraines at age 9, during the COVID-19 lock"},{"id":"ehs","evidence":"gressively more difficult. Her physician has diagnosed her with electromagnetic hypersensitivity. She cannot be near Wi-Fi routers at school, and she develops he"},{"id":"neurological","evidence":"d County, Florida.\n\nMy daughter began having severe migraines at age 9, during the COVID-19 lockdowns. When her school moved t"},{"id":"wifi","evidence":"agnetic hypersensitivity. She cannot be near Wi-Fi routers at school, and she develops headaches in classrooms where laptops are in w"},{"id":"access","evidence":"here laptops are in widespread use. This has affected her education, her ability to participate fully in ordinary school settings, a"},{"id":"research","evidence":"ther potentially vulnerable populations, and establish appropriate federal research priorities regarding wireless radiation and public health. I also ask HHS t"},{"id":"standards","evidence":"nd public health. I also ask HHS to consider guidance for schools on accommodating students who report symptoms associated with wireless exposure.\n\nThank yo"}],"summary":"A parent reports a daughter’s migraines and diagnosed electromagnetic hypersensitivity, describes barriers to schooling around Wi-Fi and laptops, and requests research and accommodation guidance.","reviewed_at":"2026-10-21T23:43:28Z","review_method":"Complete submitted comment-text review with neutral attributed summaries and exact evidence; attachments and external materials not reviewed.","review_source_sha256":"e575af41363d6e40e7cacc9eb12ea5f709bf06d78a12c5edeceb0f1b96608658","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["children","ehs","neurological","wifi","access","research","standards"],"primary_topic":"children","forum_title":"A parent reports a daughter’s migraines and diagnosed electromagnetic hypersensitivity, describes barrier…"}