{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-6405","number":"6405","name":"Scott Bauer","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-28T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-21T04:00Z","body":"I am submitting this comment in response to HHS’s Request for Information on Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs), Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation, and Wireless Radiation Exposure.\n\nI am responding from the perspective of a family member.\n\nMy family lived in a metropolis in the area that was a 5G test city. We did not know this at the time. My son, daughter and my wife all got sick at the same time they had headaches, pressure in the head, felt like they had the flu, aches and pains, heaviness in the body, difficulty thinking/brain fog, difficulty functioning and even getting out of bed. Previously all were active and normal. My wife particularly is someone who goes nonstop. This stopped her in her tracks. we went to visit a friend and she felt much better and could walk well there and that's when we started to investigate our environment and discovered that not only was 5G in our area, but they had put a tower three blocks from us. We could no longer live there. We had to move to get away from all of the 5G cell towers. Now they put one where we live again less than 2 miles from us and we have to move again because my wife and daughter are so sick. Our son passed away in 2021. We did not know the Cell tower was so close to us now either because we cannot see it from our home. someone mentioned to my wife she might be sick from the tower. They put up nearby and she asked where it was and when it had gotten put up. It was exactly when my wife and daughter got sick again. We did not use Wi-Fi in our home or Bluetooth or have any devices that produce EMF plugged in on a regular basis. it is completely changed our lives and ruined them on several occasions because of having to move and leave jobs and family behind. It has been a horrendous ordeal. It is heartbreaking to watch it destroy my family's health. It is simply WRONG that this should be forced upon us without proper attention to the studies that show the harm! It needs to be reverted to 4G and even that needs to be looked into for distance and safety purposes. Please stop killing my family!\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-2026-0397-6405","tags":["child-development","health-experiences","sleep-cognition","exposure-places","research-evidence"],"source_hash":"26140937d6ccbd2b48fc73c68c04c489ec956d1c61a9fee45405deaa21031cc7","slug":"child-development-comment-6405","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-6405","body_sha256":"69f27432686dfeca52cd582e0fc0a299ff4e729996d140131248ae002f94be5b","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"infrastructure","topics":[{"id":"infrastructure","evidence":". We had to move to get away from all of the 5G cell towers. Now they put one where we live again less than 2 miles from us "},{"id":"neurological","evidence":", heaviness in the body, difficulty thinking/brain fog, difficulty functioning and even getting out of bed. Previously "},{"id":"access","evidence":"em on several occasions because of having to move and leave jobs and family behind. It has been a horrendous ordeal. It is heartb"},{"id":"research","evidence":"ese experiences and the scientific evidence, identify gaps in current research, give particular attention to children and other potentially vul"}],"summary":"The commenter describes family illness and repeated moves they associate with 5G towers, recounts a son's death, and calls for research and reduced exposure.","reviewed_at":"2026-10-28T23:54:32Z","review_method":"Full comment-text review with exact source evidence; attachments not reviewed","review_source_sha256":"d38454636e3e42e5c8515297ce4f3b48ee8ac8fc63e5fc4c64d9fe2657abc118","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["infrastructure","neurological","access","research"],"primary_topic":"infrastructure","forum_title":"The commenter describes family illness and repeated moves they associate with 5G towers, recounts a son's…"}