{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5567","number":"5567","name":"Anonymous Anonymous","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-27T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-21T04:00Z","body":"I am submitting this comment to share my personal experience and urge the Department of Health and Human Services to investigate the potential health effects of radiofrequency (RF) radiation and exposure to wireless infrastructure.\n\nAround 2020, I began experiencing tremors throughout my body while driving on highways. It took me some time to recognize a pattern. I noticed that these episodes seemed to occur when I was driving near cell phone towers. This raised serious concerns for me about whether my proximity to these towers might be contributing to the symptoms I was experiencing. My functional doctor told me that EMS sensitivity and fragrance sensitivity are common in people exposed to mold. Genetic tests show mitochondrial dysfunction.\n\nIn 2024, my workplace relocated to a place directly across from a massive cell phone tower. After this relocation, I experienced debilitating symptoms, including intense headaches, difficulty sleeping, and an inability to concentrate effectively at work. I felt that my ability to think clearly, focus, and function as I normally would was being affected. These symptoms interfered with my daily activities and my ability to perform my job.\n\nThankfully, my workplace's Human Resources Department was able to transfer me to another location because of the debilitating symptoms I reported in connection with working near the cell phone tower. I am grateful that my concerns were taken seriously enough for an accommodation to be made.\n\nI am sharing this experience because I believe that people who report potentially serious symptoms associated with environmental exposures deserve to be heard, taken seriously, and included in scientific research. I recognize that personal experience alone cannot establish the cause of a medical condition. However, I believe that these experiences warrant careful, independent investigation rather than dismissal without further examination.\n\nI urge HHS to support rigorous, independent research into the potential health effects of radiofrequency radiation, including possible neurological symptoms, headaches, sleep disturbances, and difficulties with concentration. Research should also examine individual differences in susceptibility, cumulative exposures, long-term effects, and potential impacts on children and other potentially vulnerable populations.\n\nPeople should not have to struggle to maintain their health and livelihoods without clear, evidence-based answers about the environmental exposures they encounter in their daily lives. I hope my experience will contribute to a broader effort to better understand these questions, protect public health, and ensure that future policies are guided by transparent, independent scientific evidence. Please review regulations to protect citizens and stop the permitting of cell phone towers a few meters away from residential homes, schools, and parks. It is scary the amount cell phones towers in the DFW area, especially in North Texas. \n\nThank you for the opportunity to share my experience and concerns.","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5567","tags":["child-development","health-experiences","sleep-cognition","biology-metabolism","exposure-places","policy-standards","research-evidence"],"source_hash":"9e2ae3dcaf31e22c6f84d0604db24c4a1375ae9bfcc494949c14030872a4f965","slug":"child-development-comment-5567","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5567","body_sha256":"ef8a0b9f874e0e00b28bf72affa370c86264caaf9578e59babf7654183f6ae10","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"infrastructure","topics":[{"id":"infrastructure","evidence":"odes seemed to occur when I was driving near cell phone towers. 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Please review regulations to protect citizens and stop the permitting of cell phone towers"}],"summary":"The commenter reports tremors near towers and headaches, sleep and concentration problems after a workplace move, describes an accommodation through transfer, and requests independent research and protective siting rules while acknowledging uncertainty about causation.","reviewed_at":"2026-10-27T23:26:06Z","review_method":"Full comment-text review with exact source evidence; attachments not reviewed","review_source_sha256":"f4171d5a28760cecf689c2237114b79eba28ba2f03e25ffd8ad3c1f98efd9c6e","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["infrastructure","neurological","occupational","access","research","standards"],"primary_topic":"infrastructure","forum_title":"The commenter reports tremors near towers and headaches, sleep and concentration problems after a workpla…"}