{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5303","number":"5303","name":"Anonymous Anonymous","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-27T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-21T04:00Z","body":"Smart meters are wireless devices that operate 24/7 in most homes in the US. These digital devices have the ability to expose a homeowner to RF radiation (RFR) more so than any other type of digital device because it creates both radiated emissions from the 2 wireless antennas and dirty electricity (DE) coming from inside the meter that rides on the homeowner’s power circuits. HHS should sponsor an opt out  program through the Dept. of Energy  or any Agency as appropriate that is the same opt out program for every one in every state, instead of every power company having its own with different rules and regulations, or not having one at all.  But for those that do have an opt out program, most power companies do not address taking care of the DE in the opt out meters they have available for those that have an electromagnetic sensitivity (EMS) disability. Most people who have EMS manage that disability through avoidance of RF/EMF radiation exposures. The DE in digital AMI opt out meters comes from the operation of the switch mode power supply (2 kHz -50 kHz) which is just as harmful as the RFR exposures coming from the 2 antennas in the standard AMI digital smart meter, if not more so. However, the only way to avoid that, if you have an EMS disability, is to have other opt out meter choices. Since this involves being safe in your own home, getting an EMS access accommodation for a digital utility meter without DE should be made available to everyone who needs it.  DE is going to get much worse from other distributed energy resources being added to the grid and it is inevitable, that at some point soon, the cumulative effects of DE must be addressed instead of just being  ignored as optional to avoid and unimportant.","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5303","tags":["health-experiences","exposure-places","policy-standards"],"source_hash":"e617ac6f7fcc592be7f5221044aaa3e7912cee5075e392b954c350262064b376","slug":"health-experiences-comment-5303","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5303","body_sha256":"c7cd5e15eba9fb41ffc0ba23cbfb0d5c7a03c56f52269396757a5e92e12dfad4","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"smart-meters","topics":[{"id":"smart-meters","evidence":"wner’s power circuits. HHS should sponsor an opt out  program through the Dept. of Energy  or any Agency as appropriate that i"},{"id":"electricity","evidence":"d emissions from the 2 wireless antennas and dirty electricity (DE) coming from inside the meter that rides on the homeowner’s "},{"id":"ehs","evidence":"s they have available for those that have an electromagnetic sensitivity (EMS) disability. Most people who have EMS manage that disabilit"},{"id":"access","evidence":"lves being safe in your own home, getting an EMS access accommodation for a digital utility meter without DE should be made available "},{"id":"standards","evidence":"gy  or any Agency as appropriate that is the same opt out program for every one in every state, instead of every power company having its own with different ru"}],"summary":"Requests a uniform national smart-meter opt-out program, including alternatives addressing dirty electricity and accommodations for electromagnetically sensitive residents.","reviewed_at":"2026-10-27T19:20:49Z","review_method":"Full comment-text review with exact source evidence; attachments not reviewed","review_source_sha256":"306c571eae17a3afe5a1e88f4900551db3b4ebf921948972e9f618733521d1e6","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["smart-meters","electricity","ehs","access","standards"],"primary_topic":"smart-meters","forum_title":"Requests a uniform national smart-meter opt-out program, including alternatives addressing dirty electric…"}