{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-3906","number":"3906","name":"Anonymous Anonymous","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-21T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-12T04:00Z","body":"I have been an RF (radio frequency) radio broadcast engineer for 60 years.  I hold a General Class Radiotelephone License from the FCC.  I have served as Chief Engineer for a number of radio stations, most of them 'full power' facilities in major markets (Boston, Philadelphia)/.  Experience with the Radio Sprctrum ranges from the low end of the MW (AM Broadcast) band through the HF, VHF, UHF and 'microwave' bands.  I do not have hands on experience with the mobile, personal communications services.  The RF bands for these services are very high: Most well above 1 gHz (1 billion Hertz), ranging up yo 79 g\nhz.  This very complicated allocation system is managed by the World Radio Conference.  Yes, high frequencies can be dangerous, BUT so can lower frequencies.  What counts is the POWER; you are not going to be climbing up and placing your body in front of that antenna, are you?  Even that is low - probaby less that 100 Watts.  In the field (where we hang out), the electrical field from that antenna is reduced to a tiny value.  The transmitter of the phone you are holding should be of more concern!  There are many studies/articles - Google.  Ordinarily we are immersed in dozens of radio fields wherever we are.  We have been in these fields for over 100 years,  No measurable damage  --  Ever.","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-3906","tags":["exposure-places","policy-standards","research-evidence"],"source_hash":"094ed827fcfec650beb044c93729078089de3a0b609692136ce3079bedfa5e38","slug":"exposure-places-comment-3906","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-3906","body_sha256":"ef15d45639e12d1b0d58ff903f19330016feb8af85b49d3375ba61b2441edbe1","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"other","topics":[{"id":"other","evidence":"be dangerous, BUT so can lower frequencies.  What counts is the POWER; you are not going to be climbing up and placing your body in fr"},{"id":"infrastructure","evidence":"atts.  In the field (where we hang out), the electrical field from that antenna is reduced to a tiny value.  The transmitter of the phone you ar"},{"id":"occupational","evidence":"I have been an RF (radio frequency) radio broadcast engineer for 60 years.  I hold a General Class Radiotelephone License from the FCC.  I"}],"summary":"A longtime broadcast engineer argues that power and proximity matter more than frequency alone, considers handheld transmitters more concerning than distant antennas, and states that ordinary radio-field exposure has caused no measurable damage.","reviewed_at":"2026-10-21T23:43:28Z","review_method":"Complete submitted comment-text review with neutral attributed summaries and exact evidence; attachments and external materials not reviewed.","review_source_sha256":"2e9adb0791a14e32864c2a818a9587c9407278f0b1ae83ebce43fd202f3c1e91","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["other","infrastructure","occupational"],"primary_topic":"other","forum_title":"A longtime broadcast engineer argues that power and proximity matter more than frequency alone, considers…"}