{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-3968","number":"3968","name":"Kimberly Carew","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-21T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-13T04:00Z","body":"About 10 years ago consumers energy came to my house and forced us to let them put a smart meter. \n\nAlmost immediately I started getting migraines. I didn't have a history of migraines. \nOur family was relatively healthy and once the meter was installed. We all started getting sick easily. \nWe didn't sleep well through the night anymore and our children's behavior was erratic. \n\nWe can't afford their fees to keep the thing off our house. But the health issues got so severe that one of our family members paid for it to get removed. We pay extra on our electric bill every month to keep it off our house. \nThe sad part was there isn't much information about those meters and the amount of radiation they put off. \nThe only good thing about California government is they have those banned. \nSo the only only information I could find that went against those smart meters was out of California. \n\nOnce the meter was removed off our house, everybody went back to normal. Relatively quickly. My migraines went away overnight and everybody started feeling better and behavior went back to normal. \n\nThe only thing that had changed during that time was the meter itself. \n\nI probably have documentation someplace on my computer about going back and forth with consumers energy. There's a lot of back and forth arguments. \n\nDTE energy tried to put a smart meter on our house and I flat out refused it. They weren't so bad to work with. \n\nBut I don't believe we should be paying extra fees to keep the radiation out of our house.","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-3968","tags":["child-development","health-experiences","sleep-cognition","exposure-places"],"source_hash":"6ad8a35ee3be548b2adcd554afea1287fb08d4b1d46affe0796ed8c4b24ae77a","slug":"child-development-comment-3968","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-3968","body_sha256":"657ce25268961f7cf8a1c78599cbc9efd2cb7da27ef374d8ab36c68d105e37d9","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"smart-meters","topics":[{"id":"smart-meters","evidence":"y came to my house and forced us to let them put a smart meter. \n\nAlmost immediately I started getting migraines. I didn't have"},{"id":"neurological","evidence":"ody went back to normal. Relatively quickly. My migraines went away overnight and everybody started feeling better and behavior went"},{"id":"children","evidence":"n't sleep well through the night anymore and our children's behavior was erratic. \n\nWe can't afford their fees to keep the thing off "},{"id":"standards","evidence":"ork with. \n\nBut I don't believe we should be paying extra fees to keep the radiation out of our house."}],"summary":"The commenter attributes migraines, sleep disruption and family behavioral changes to a smart meter, reports improvement after removal, and objects to ongoing opt-out fees.","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":"2633d0a25437b888f84eccc5a02eba5cf70bfb39d807ff94075b0fb012e61b00","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["smart-meters","neurological","children","standards"],"primary_topic":"smart-meters","forum_title":"The commenter attributes migraines, sleep disruption and family behavioral changes to a smart meter, repo…"}