{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5523","number":"5523","name":"Anonymous Anonymous","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-27T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-21T04:00Z","body":"I am extremely concerned about the rapid expansion of wireless towers near our homes, neighborhoods, and schools. These towers are being installed everywhere, often without families having any meaningful say in how close they are placed to where we live and raise our children.\n\nThis recently became very personal for me when I learned that a new tower is going up approximately 0.3 miles from my home… my family’s safe space. I am angry and deeply upset that infrastructure transmitting RF radiation can be placed this close to homes without stronger protections for the families who live there.\n\nI am especially concerned about children. They spend hours every day at schools and daycares and potentially have an entire lifetime of wireless exposure ahead of them. We need more independent research into long-term and RF exposure, especially in children.\n\nThere should absolutely be mandatory minimum setbacks between wireless towers and homes, schools, and daycares. I believe they should be at least one mile away or more! Every tower should also be independently tested after installation and regularly thereafter to determine how much RF is actually reaching nearby homes and schools. Those measurements should be publicly available so families know what levels are reaching the places where they spend their lives.\n\nTechnology is advancing quickly, and our research and protections need to keep up. Parents and homeowners deserve transparency, meaningful community input, independent testing, and the ability to feel safe in their own homes. Please put the health and well-being of our children and communities first.","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5523","tags":["child-development","exposure-places","research-evidence"],"source_hash":"5246738c08ac93da21d1f33fa30d001f6f9da8ffac8ac9a96af84a61aa24c4ac","slug":"child-development-comment-5523","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5523","body_sha256":"07067fa57e5efc47abcf4d7742fb741ad0667ebf5a1657041428886b4b5575b5","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"infrastructure","topics":[{"id":"infrastructure","evidence":"ools, and daycares. I believe they should be at least one mile away or more! Every tower should also be independently tested after i"},{"id":"children","evidence":"ent research into long-term and RF exposure, especially in children.\n\nThere should absolutely be mandatory minimum setbacks between "},{"id":"research","evidence":"ireless exposure ahead of them. We need more independent research into long-term and RF exposure, especially in children.\n\nThere s"},{"id":"standards","evidence":"lly in children.\n\nThere should absolutely be mandatory minimum setbacks between wireless towers and homes, schools, and daycares. I beli"}],"summary":"A parent requests at least one-mile tower setbacks, independent exposure testing and public results, community input and long-term child-focused research.","reviewed_at":"2026-10-27T23:26:06Z","review_method":"Full comment-text review with exact source evidence; attachments not reviewed","review_source_sha256":"86ca970ba135bc86ef0307c25f846715cdf7fb519ecad3bf96b22d0587bce1cc","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["infrastructure","children","research","standards"],"primary_topic":"infrastructure","forum_title":"A parent requests at least one-mile tower setbacks, independent exposure testing and public results, comm…"}