{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-6345","number":"6345","name":"Alex Andreasen","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-28T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-21T04:00Z","body":"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6781513/\n\nThis is a Swedish study, that mentions various other studies. Among others a swiss study on RF causing symptoms in children. And it refers to studies on other health effects.\n\n\"...A cohort study on Swiss adolescents showed that there was an association between whole body cumulative RF radiation dose from mobile phone talk, internet use and sent SMS and symptoms like headache and exhaustibility and also a decrease in figural memory (14,15).\n\nMany research studies have shown effects from RF radiation exposure on animals below current safety levels with opened blood brain barrier and neuronal damage (16,17), oxidative stress with increased production of reactive oxygen species (18,19), DNA-damage especially in the memory center hippocampus in the brain and increase in pro-inflammatory cytokines (20).\n\nApart from animal studies research studies on people living near mobile phone base station show augmented indications on health risks. Adverse effects have been seen on neurotransmitters in the brain (21), on hormones like cortisol, ACTH and from the thyroid, decreased levels of testosterone in men and prolactin in young women and also increase in salivary cortisol (22,23). Other studies have shown lowered antioxidant levels and induced DNA damage in blood lymphocytes (10,24) as well as health complaints. Symptoms like sleep disturbances, headache, fatigue, dizziness, cardiovascular symptoms depression and difficulties with memory and concentration have been reported from people living near mobile phone base stations (25,26).\"\n\nOf note they also mentioned that the window surfaces may reflect some of the RF from the outside. I think this would mean indoor RF bounces off of windows too. \n\n\"...Lower levels were detected also in the vicinity of the windows. This indicates a notable screening effect by the contemporary heat-reflecting windows...\"","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-6345","tags":["child-development","health-experiences","sleep-cognition","biology-metabolism","exposure-places","research-evidence"],"source_hash":"bdb1ac1b45f840d5d3c044223794f3f6af1abe0e4c089cf8e155fe6aa7890d5c","slug":"child-development-comment-6345","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-6345","body_sha256":"d4f9ec5c89a5d2c2d23e8893d72ec70dc3c23ea174b4512d893b15ba94000ef4","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"research","topics":[{"id":"research","evidence":"s to studies on other health effects.\n\n\"...A cohort study on Swiss adolescents showed that there was an association betwee"},{"id":"children","evidence":"other health effects.\n\n\"...A cohort study on Swiss adolescents showed that there was an association between whole body cumulati"},{"id":"neurological","evidence":"he and exhaustibility and also a decrease in figural memory (14,15).\n\nMany research studies have shown effects from RF radia"},{"id":"mechanisms","evidence":"d brain barrier and neuronal damage (16,17), oxidative stress with increased production of reactive oxygen species (18,19), DN"}],"summary":"The commenter quotes material discussing adolescent memory research, animal studies and proposed oxidative mechanisms, and considers shielding near base stations.","reviewed_at":"2026-10-28T23:54:32Z","review_method":"Full comment-text review with exact source evidence; attachments not reviewed","review_source_sha256":"53d0689c42c5441fb07e42b989d44384c078a8463eb8da7ba82e371a3369c0f4","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["research","children","neurological","mechanisms"],"primary_topic":"research","forum_title":"The commenter quotes material discussing adolescent memory research, animal studies and proposed oxidativ…"}