{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-1190","number":"1190","name":"Lee Lewis","organization":"","posted":"2026-09-30T04:00Z","received":"2026-09-30T04:00Z","body":"I experience heart palpitations from wireless modems and other wireless devices that emit strong current. They are uncomfortable and potentially dangerous heart arrhythmias that reliably happen when I am quite near a strong wireless source. For that reason, I have to avoid using wireless in my house, which is getting increasingly difficult. I would appreciate policy that requires essential systems like utilities and internet to be accessed through hard wiring as well as wireless, and requires hard wire options to be built into essential electronics like phones, printers,TVs, computers, and especially medical equipment. And allows wireless emission to be turned off on those devices that use it, rather than have it be continuous and unremitting. I would also appreciate policy that allows for local zoning of any cell transmission stations/towers and regulates placement of 5G transmissiom sources to be at reasonable distance from residences. It is especially dismaying that the FCC is allowing discontinuation of copper landlines. I have several health conditions that require occasional emergency treatment and without in-home wireless service cannot rely on my mobile phone in an emergency. In storms local cable and FIOS are not reliable and not having a landline available will seriously endanger my health. I am also dismayed to find if I want to refuse a new smart meter installation by National Grid, I have to pay an additional monthly fee of $29, a rather coercive disincentive considering the enormous profits this company enjoys. This is a hardship for a senior on fixed income as I am. Thank you.","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-1190","tags":["health-experiences","exposure-places","policy-standards"],"source_hash":"8162f78d831cadebe843827ca4bf952fcfb2d14e6faaf433c1d2c1dbc731be38","slug":"health-experiences-comment-1190","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-1190","body_sha256":"72f94e41c927a12766eb868268eb0d2eba0f466e6b9e5fc458341335eea3fe79","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"cardiac","topics":[{"id":"cardiac","evidence":"I experience heart palpitations from wireless modems and other wireless devices that e"},{"id":"wifi","evidence":"I experience heart palpitations from wireless modems and other wireless devices that emit strong current. T"},{"id":"optical","evidence":"ard wiring as well as wireless, and requires hard wire options to be built into essential electronics like phones, pr"},{"id":"infrastructure","evidence":"e policy that allows for local zoning of any cell transmission stations/towers and regulates placement of 5G transmissiom sources to "},{"id":"smart-meters","evidence":"o dismayed to find if I want to refuse a new smart meter installation by National Grid, I have to pay an additi"},{"id":"access","evidence":"rmous profits this company enjoys. This is a hardship for a senior on fixed income as I am. Thank you."},{"id":"standards","evidence":"g increasingly difficult. I would appreciate policy that requires essential systems like utilities and internet to be ac"}],"summary":"Reports palpitations near wireless sources and requests wired options, radio-off controls, local tower zoning and preserved landlines for emergencies. Objects to smart-meter opt-out charges as a financial burden.","reviewed_at":"2026-09-30T18:41:32Z","review_method":"Source-matched AI review of 84 new published bodies; two attachment-only records and one external-link-only record remain pending. Attachments and external links not reviewed.","review_source_sha256":"3bc673895d28fa35451d5f00bb824fbe447fd1ced222e36f628e4f7f74536a16","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["cardiac","wifi","optical","infrastructure","smart-meters","access","standards"],"primary_topic":"cardiac","forum_title":"Reports palpitations near wireless sources and requests wired options, radio-off controls, local tower zo…"}