{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5594","number":"5594","name":"Nathan Walz","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-27T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-19T04:00Z","body":"In my mid 30s my health started going down hill. My sleep was horrible. I tossed and turned all night and I was exhausted all the time. I also had tinnitus. Then I learned about EMFs. I had been sleeping with my phone on my nightstand and my wifi router was close to my bed in my home office the next room over. I started putting my phone in airplane mode at night and turned off my wifi and my sleep started to improve. I lived in the DC metro area at the time. I decided to move to a more rural area in upstate NY and my sleep got much better and my tinnitus improved. \n\nLately tinnitus is getting worse and when I'm downtown or stay in a hotel, it's really bad. When I disconnect and go on a hike, it goes away. This is an example of my sensitivity. Many are more sensitive than me. A new cell tower was just put up where my son plays hockey. Exposure continues to get worse and big industry of course says there's nothing to worry about but most of us have seen this pattern several times. They buy scientist to write papers showing it's safe. Any papers saying it's not safe, they call quackery.\n\nI support HHS taking an active role in examining the potential health and environmental effects of wireless radiation. Questions about human health should be addressed by federal agencies with appropriate expertise in medicine, biology, epidemiology, and public health, and the experiences of individuals and families who report being affected should be considered alongside the scientific evidence.\n\nI urge HHS to carefully evaluate these experiences and the scientific evidence, identify gaps in current research, give particular attention to children and other potentially vulnerable populations, and establish appropriate federal research priorities regarding wireless radiation and public health.\n\nThank you for providing individuals and families with an opportunity to be heard.","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5594","tags":["child-development","health-experiences","sleep-cognition","exposure-places","research-evidence"],"source_hash":"614bb13e931666a5c42788fa6b024e8976fb5bb68902af22df08ee6da6db9554","slug":"child-development-comment-5594","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5594","body_sha256":"8b2578ea3a892cae4bb6376a5c1ce628d270723f4fa60f7ab05c1ff7ed696d11","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"neurological","topics":[{"id":"neurological","evidence":"and I was exhausted all the time. I also had tinnitus. Then I learned about EMFs. I had been sleeping with my phone on"},{"id":"wifi","evidence":"tting my phone in airplane mode at night and turned off my wifi and my sleep started to improve. I lived in the DC metro area at"},{"id":"infrastructure","evidence":"sitivity. Many are more sensitive than me. A new cell tower was just put up where my son plays hockey. Exposure continues to"},{"id":"research","evidence":"pulations, and establish appropriate federal research priorities regarding wireless radiation and public health.\n\nThank you for p"}],"summary":"The commenter reports improved sleep and tinnitus after reducing wireless exposure and moving rurally, describes worsening symptoms in busy areas and concern about a new tower, and supports HHS review of experiences and scientific evidence.","reviewed_at":"2026-10-27T23:26:06Z","review_method":"Full comment-text review with exact source evidence; attachments not reviewed","review_source_sha256":"caac973490c14fb6f9330dcd867c0609e057c04bbb23eff7f96aab0ece85634c","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["neurological","wifi","infrastructure","research"],"primary_topic":"neurological","forum_title":"The commenter reports improved sleep and tinnitus after reducing wireless exposure and moving rurally, de…"}