{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0627","number":"0627","name":"Sally Milow","organization":"","posted":"2026-09-23T04:00Z","received":"2026-09-23T04:00Z","body":"I began to be affected by EMFs in 2018 (BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IT) when, without notifying our property manager, ComEd took out the 36 analog meters and replaced them with SMART METERS in a room next to my front door.  I began to have symptoms I'd never had before: headaches, dizziness, heart palpitations, and insomnia (very uncommon for me), unexplained anxiety and unusual fatigue, plus occasional tingling and numbness.\nAfter a month+ I saw a ComEd technician opening the electric room, and I asked him if he was affected by the EMR.  He said \"yes, but I need to keep my job despite how I'm affected.  I invited him into my apt. and we talked and shared our COMMON SYMPTOMS, commiserating with each other.  I asked him if he would accompany me in creating a program about this at my church, but he was too frightened to do this.","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0627","tags":["health-experiences","sleep-cognition","exposure-places"],"source_hash":"ac5ff752eab583af3371077d01f8bc9238c8730b6114b80d9d6310c17407c546","slug":"health-experiences-comment-0627","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0627","body_sha256":"18d53dd70f1b13ce0715f9ee26fa2150dbc992e1af274d1368b2ed9fc9e08ac3","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"smart-meters","topics":[{"id":"smart-meters","evidence":"SMART METERS"},{"id":"neurological","evidence":"headaches, dizziness"},{"id":"cardiac","evidence":"heart palpitations"},{"id":"occupational","evidence":"need to keep my job"}],"summary":"Reports headaches, dizziness, palpitations, insomnia and other symptoms after 36 smart meters replaced analog meters beside the apartment. Relates a technician’s account of similar symptoms and concern about keeping his job.","reviewed_at":"2026-09-23T19:51:19Z","review_method":"AI read and summarized each complete new comment body; exact source passages support topic classifications. Attachments and external links not reviewed.","review_source_sha256":"f482d220b76cc0bba425511543a646be41f8e4635f2d5e7283132096d03caba5","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["smart-meters","neurological","cardiac","occupational"],"primary_topic":"smart-meters","forum_title":"Reports headaches, dizziness, palpitations, insomnia and other symptoms after 36 smart meters replaced an…"}