{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-6422","number":"6422","name":"Anonymous Anonymous","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-28T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-21T04:00Z","body":"I am writing as a mother and caregiver in response to this Request for Information. My son is seven months old, and like many parents I make dozens of small decisions every day about the environment he grows up in — including his exposure to wireless radiation. In our home we have taken simple precautionary steps: we keep phones off and away from our bodies, we use air-tube headphones instead of holding a transmitting phone to the head, our e-reader stays in airplane mode, and wireless devices stay out of the rooms where our baby sleeps. I have also looked into EMF-shielding textiles for his sleeping area. I am not a scientist, and I don't claim certainty about specific harms. But the existing exposure standards were designed around adults, and I have not seen clear, modern guidance that accounts for infants and small children — smaller bodies, developing brains, and decades more lifetime exposure ahead of them. That gap is exactly why I am writing. I ask HHS to: (1) develop child-specific, precautionary guidance for families; (2) fund independent research on RF exposure in infants and children; and (3) make the evidence behind any updated standards public and understandable to non-specialists. Thank you for inviting the voices of families and caregivers into this process.","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-6422","tags":["child-development","sleep-cognition","research-evidence"],"source_hash":"1c476b7eb96f567c24040853b7f2a5f571e9e19a6c23e9775a7ae95490c3909d","slug":"child-development-comment-6422","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-6422","body_sha256":"0991287a28b6d0c74a6086626652b846450d665a9e16e931107189b5ef7f0fce","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"children","topics":[{"id":"children","evidence":"een clear, modern guidance that accounts for infants and small children — smaller bodies, developing brains, and decades more lifetime e"},{"id":"research","evidence":"recautionary guidance for families; (2) fund independent research on RF exposure in infants and children; and (3) make the evidenc"},{"id":"standards","evidence":"ildren; and (3) make the evidence behind any updated standards public and understandable to non-specialists. Thank you for invi"}],"summary":"A mother describes precautionary steps for her infant and requests child-specific guidance, independent research and transparent evidence for updated standards, without claiming certainty about specific harms.","reviewed_at":"2026-10-28T23:54:32Z","review_method":"Full comment-text review with exact source evidence; attachments not reviewed","review_source_sha256":"4ec02b55547cbfe94fcee6f782519a563938bcdd396f7a2844b607a8bdc25b56","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["children","research","standards"],"primary_topic":"children","forum_title":"A mother describes precautionary steps for her infant and requests child-specific guidance, independent r…"}