{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5167","number":"5167","name":"Anonymous Anonymous","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-27T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-18T04:00Z","body":"How do we explain any of this to our children and that their future careers will all be dependent on this bioengineered, bioeconomy? \n\nI pray one day spoken truth will clarify the meaning of any of this. \n\nNASEM \n1993\nAssessment of the Possible Health Effects of\nGround Wave Emergency Network\nhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK208990/pdf/Bookshelf_NBK208990.pdf\n\n2003\n\n\n\nS.189 - 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act\nPublic Law 108-153\nhttps://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/189/cosponsors\nSelf assembling Nanotechnology \nHuman Enhancements\n\n2017\nA Review on Human Body Communication: Signal Propagation Model, Communication Performance, and Experimental Issues\nhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/2017/5842310\n\n2019\nYour Body: The Network You Didn’t Know You Had \nhttps://www.voanews.com/a/4858053.html\n\n2020\nTurning the Body into a Wire \nhttps://spectrum.ieee.org/turning-the-body-into-a-wire\n\nInternet of Bodies \nPurdue University \nhttps://engineering.purdue.edu/C-IoB\n\n2020\nThe body is the network: To safeguard sensitive data, turn flesh and tissue into a secure wireless channel\nhttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9271808?denied=\n\nWIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORKS: A NEW PARADIGM OF PERSONAL\nSMART HEALTH.\nhttps://smartcities.ieee.org/images/files/pdf/SCWhitePaper-WirelessBodyAreaNetworks.pdf\n\n2020\nOn the Safety of Human Body Communication \nhttps://par.nsf.gov/servlets/purl/10249173\n2024\nFederal Register \n“The bidirectional interaction between the virtual and the physical is central to the digital twin.”\nhttps://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/06/18/2024-13379/networking-and-information-technology-research-and-development-request-for-information-on-digital\n\nWarfighter Digital Twin\n“If the digital twin is considered as a body, digital threads (data stream), is the “blood” of the body.” (p. 10)\nhttps://www.modsimworld.org/papers/2022/MODSIM_2022_paper_10.pdf\n\nWill we need an app on our smart phones to receive our own bidirectional digital twin data for our EHR? When did we unknowingly consent to all of this? \n\nFCC\nIngestibles, Wearables and Embeddables\nhttps://www.fcc.gov/general/ingestibles-wearables-and-embeddables\nBody Area Network \nPrivacy: People might consider the WBAN technology as a potential threat to freedom if the applications go beyond \"secure\" medical usage. Social acceptance would be key to this technology finding a wider application.\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_area_network\n\nAnd so many more questions…\n2018 \nNASEM\nSecuring the Vote\nProtecting American Democracy\nhttps://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25120/securing-the-vote-protecting-american-democracy\n5G-6G-7G\nCOVID (load balancing) \nSynesthesia \nAutism \nFHIR\nSLI Compliance\n21st Century Cures Act \nBrain Initiative ","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5167","tags":["child-development","health-experiences","exposure-places","policy-standards","research-evidence"],"source_hash":"372c103a9a9ed7a522e84fd263bf5fcf43d50ec6d3ec11bb0317dcb2695353dd","slug":"child-development-comment-5167","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5167","body_sha256":"31c20f79d39876f3a7e87ccdc2244cfc4347db30e825426c048ea6ae898ef693","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"privacy","topics":[{"id":"privacy","evidence":"bidirectional digital twin data for our EHR? When did we unknowingly consent to all of this? \n\nFCC\nIngestibles, Wearables and Embeddables\nhtt"},{"id":"children","evidence":"How do we explain any of this to our children and that their future careers will all be dependent on this bioe"},{"id":"other","evidence":"ctrum.ieee.org/turning-the-body-into-a-wire\n\nInternet of Bodies \nPurdue University \nhttps://engineering.purdue.edu/C-IoB\n\n2020\nT"}],"summary":"Raises questions about consent, privacy and children's futures in body-network and digital-twin technologies, citing technical and government materials for consideration.","reviewed_at":"2026-10-27T19:20:49Z","review_method":"Full comment-text review with exact source evidence; attachments not reviewed","review_source_sha256":"e85d959c88fae861355898eb1493018645f52ee09a25cddf6566519905c90723","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["privacy","children","other"],"primary_topic":"privacy","forum_title":"Raises questions about consent, privacy and children's futures in body-network and digital-twin technolog…"}