{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0490","number":"0490","name":"Sher P-T.","organization":"","posted":"2026-09-22T04:00Z","received":"2026-09-22T04:00Z","body":"As a Lived Experience Expert in EMF Sensitivity, I represent a growing population of patients sickened by our ever-growing blanket of EMF & RF exposure. For over two years now with the onset exacerbated by fiber optics installation and Smart Meter installation on my house, in addition to the endless Cell Towers in our neighborhood, my health declined drastically.  Allopathic practitioners seem to lack knowledge to deal with this growing issue. So, seeking healthcare is useless. This growing concern includes the co-morbid conditions that sometimes present with EMF Sensitivity, like chemical sensitivity.\nThe daily struggle to use devices like cell-phones or Wi-Fi connected devices is devastating.  The remediation efforts in my own home have helped minimally with keeping symptoms at bay. They include Hard wire internet and a non-Wi-Fi router, and No Wi-Fi appliances. My symptoms include debilitating neurological, sensory, and physiological.\nIn 2022 the National Council on Disability Framework included \"#6.Provide mandatory industry guidance, including recommended policies, training and best practices, to address the needs of people disabled by exposure to low level chemical, electromagnetic, and other environmental exposures that preclude access to care and treatment at medical, dental and at other providers’ offices, hospitals, surgical centers, and other healthcare and healthcare–related facilities, as a result of their use of chemical, fragranced and other scented products, and also as a result of the usage of wireless communications and electrical technologies and other sources of non-ionizing radiation, which may trigger disabling and life-threatening cardiac, respiratory, neurological, and other adverse physical reactions. (Requires administrative action through HHS Office of Civil Rights, and further research concerning this matter should be conducted by the FDA, NIH, HHS, and HUD.)\"\nThe 2006 project of the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) with funding support from The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) reported that “There are a significant number of people who are sensitive to chemicals and electromagnetic fields. Surveys conducted by the California and New Mexico Departments of Health and by medical researchers in North Carolina found 16 to 33 percent of the people interviewed reported that they are unusually sensitive to chemicals, and in the California and New Mexico health departments' surveys 2 percent to 6 percent reported that they have been diagnosed as having multiple chemical sensitivities C. Miller and N. Ashford, \"Multiple Chemical Intolerance and Indoor Air Quality,\" in Indoor Air Quality Handbook Chapter 27.8 (McGraw-Hill 2001). Another California Department of Health Services survey has found that 3 percent of the people interviewed reported that they are unusually sensitive to electric appliances or power lines. P. LeVallois, et al., \"Prevalence and Risk Factors of Self-Reported Hypersensitivity to Electromagnetic Fields in California,\" in California EMF Program, \"An Evaluation of the Possible Risks From Electric and Magnetic Fields (EMFs From Power Lines, Internal Wiring, Electrical Occupations and Appliances, Draft 3 for Public Comment, April 2001\" Appendix 3.”\nThe research already exists, and rather than waste money, let’s do more to protect the public with better updated FCC restrictions, and more stringent state and local laws that can expand on protecting the public, if they choose to do so. Consideration should be taken for all infrastructure to include the ability of those with medical issues to resolve them with low to no emf products like copper land-line availability options. Non-smart meters retained or installed with service fees outlawed, and notification services for tower installations within a two-mile radius of residents/busninesses.  Restrictions on towers being in and near residential areas, and the protection of any already existing radio-quiet zones, with the consideration of providing one in each state. \n","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0490","tags":["health-experiences","exposure-places","policy-standards","research-evidence"],"source_hash":"ea786796a4306779f250ee0b55e592c522e8f401ab581081574f96e87b21e647","slug":"health-experiences-comment-0490","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0490","body_sha256":"96ab4f186d6283ed561c85d223110a5dc3fd766ce0170ffbce92522be0a78afe","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"access","topics":[{"id":"access","evidence":"seeking healthcare is useless"},{"id":"ehs","evidence":"Lived Experience Expert in EMF Sensitivity"},{"id":"smart-meters","evidence":"Non-smart meters retained or installed with service fees outlawed"},{"id":"infrastructure","evidence":"Restrictions on towers being in and near residential areas"},{"id":"optical","evidence":"copper land-line availability options"},{"id":"wifi","evidence":"No Wi-Fi appliances"},{"id":"neurological","evidence":"My symptoms include debilitating neurological"},{"id":"standards","evidence":"better updated FCC restrictions"}],"summary":"Describes EMF sensitivity, co-occurring chemical sensitivity and barriers to healthcare. Cites disability-policy materials and requests accommodations, wired alternatives, no-fee meter options, tower restrictions and protected quiet zones.","reviewed_at":"2026-09-22T20:58:45Z","review_method":"ChatGPT full source-text review, 2026-09-22 5pm export","review_source_sha256":"ab779b03d9665e4ef8c8147e62b088499a828d67ee71229a3d89a15c02976146","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["access","ehs","smart-meters","infrastructure","optical","wifi","neurological","standards"],"primary_topic":"access","forum_title":"Describes EMF sensitivity, co-occurring chemical sensitivity and barriers to healthcare. Cites disability…"}