{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5030","number":"5030","name":"Anonymous Anonymous","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-26T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-20T04:00Z","body":"As a private citizen with a Master of Science dual major in Analytical Chemistry and Biochemistry and a BS with a major in Chemistry and a minor in Biology.  I am continually seeking ways to minimize my family’s exposure to environmental RF/EMFs.   Following is a brief history of RF/EMF in my life, Followed by a simple request that can aid the informed in their efforts to mitigate the dangers.\n\tAfter 76 years of exposure to RF/EMF ranging from the workplace (i.e., ZMT operator in an early summer job to full room computers as a research scientist at the National Bureau of Standards) to the purchase of a 100+year retirement home with knob and tube wiring and magnetic field readings (prior to mitigation) exceeding 90 nanotesla.  After a lifetime of over exposure to electromagnetic fields, I am now hypersensitive to excess RF/EMFs.  With shielding and RF mitigation in my house and particularly my bedroom, I can get a full nights restorative sleep.  \n\tAll around me I see evidence that our memories and thinking are being short circuited  My elderly neighbour had a mandated RF water meter installed underneath his bedroom; it has been less than a month and now he is complaining about memory lapses - coincidence? Maybe?  However one of the know effects of radio-waves is sleep and thinking disruption.   On the way home today I saw two young school aged children just getting out of school both were sitting on the sidewalk; the first one was hanging his head and staring at their hands and the second one was a couple of blocks away  staring blankly into space. \nREQUEST:  I cannot change my world when it is so far out of kilter from normal, but I can ask for one thing that will make life safer for those of us who can take steps to protect themselves:  Please change the National electric codes so that I can purchase and install Shielded 110 wire in my home’s 110 Volt circuits.   I have heard that shielded wire may be available in Europe?  However, my electrician in North Dakota cannot purchase/install 110 Volt wire that will not emanate electric and magnetic fields into my personal home.\n\nNote:  HHS should provide advice to the public so that they may take steps to reduce RF/EMFs in their homes.  For example, Edward  Leeper ’s “Silencing The Fields, A practical guide to reducing AC magnetic fields. (2001).","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5030","tags":["child-development","health-experiences","sleep-cognition","exposure-places","research-evidence"],"source_hash":"3c121f6375d7bd763d7f2572a99431e0b191c5fe373b078184f04a0c93d873b5","slug":"child-development-comment-5030","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5030","body_sha256":"8f5f20f5fbdb215f6c19400103121c921b34c1dbe27900fecef1cbd2c344c693","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"ehs","topics":[{"id":"ehs","evidence":"exposure to electromagnetic fields, I am now hypersensitive to excess RF/EMFs.  With shielding and RF mitigation in my house and particularly "},{"id":"electricity","evidence":"ric codes so that I can purchase and install Shielded 110 wire in my home’s 110 Volt circuits.   I have heard that shielded wir"},{"id":"standards","evidence":"an take steps to protect themselves:  Please change the National electric codes so that I can purchase and install Shielded 110 wire in my home’"},{"id":"neurological","evidence":"ep.  \n\tAll around me I see evidence that our memories and thinking are being short circuited  My elderly neighbour had a mandated R"},{"id":"smart-meters","evidence":"rcuited  My elderly neighbour had a mandated RF water meter installed underneath his bedroom; it has been less than a month "}],"summary":"Reports RF/EMF hypersensitivity, benefits from home shielding and concerns about memory and sleep; requests electrical-code changes for shielded wiring and public mitigation guidance.","reviewed_at":"2026-10-26T22:22:05Z","review_method":"Full comment-text review with exact source evidence; attachments not reviewed","review_source_sha256":"b34a12f4b77af0fa2463aeff05ad46938a393895c1e258ad76f950a43336a21d","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["ehs","electricity","standards","neurological","smart-meters"],"primary_topic":"ehs","forum_title":"Reports RF/EMF hypersensitivity, benefits from home shielding and concerns about memory and sleep; reques…"}