{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-6222","number":"6222","name":"Stephen Verchinski","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-28T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-20T04:00Z","body":"\nI have had tinnitus ever since the rollout of 5G in Albuquerque, NM. In late 2021 temporally a multi story apartment complex some 400 feet from my home began multiple.arrays and it has continued. City Environmental Health did no pre and post EMF tests.\n\nI would like to see, before the next wave of 6 G rollouts that there is pre tower and post emf testing 360 degrees for at least 1000 feet. IMO this electromagnetic spectrum is a physical trespass already with 5G already causing a life damage stressing me out.\n\nOn another related topic the tinnitus I experience seems way less when I am out of tower range in national forests, remote BLM lands, wilderness areas and national parks. Please keep them out so we have some sort of baseline. \n\nWe have options to this tech rollout with wire fiberoptics to end user. When that is done no 5G nor 6G should be allowed on local poles as mini cells. Especially not liking that smart meter rollouts that is being done by force with keeping an analog meter system being penalized. In my case about $18 for the \"service retention fee\" and almost $10 a month for reading the existing meter. There has to be some way too of examining the electric smart meter exposure. My bed is less than 15 feet from the proposed replacement smart meter. Will it exacerbate my tinnitus? I don't know of any long or short term data available but researchers have noted impacts. \n\nMay I also ask that DHHS convene a meeting of international researchers on this topic. \n\nHavas M. Radiation from wireless technology affects the blood, heart, and the autonomic nervous system. Rev Environ Health. (2013) 28(2-3):75–84. doi: 10.1515/ reveh-2013-0004\n\nAssociation of Tinnitus and Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity: Hints for a Shared Pathophysiology?\nMichael Landgrebe 1,*, Ulrich Frick 1,2, Simone Hauser 1, Goeran Hajak 1, Berthold Langguth 1\nPMCID: PMC2657824  PMID: 19325894\n\nBook to examine for references not cited here...The Invisible Rainbow. The author when he was still alive operated from Santa Fe. \n","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-6222","tags":["health-experiences","exposure-places","research-evidence"],"source_hash":"7d924ff372203b9abea174985dcdc135bb7f12615189e522919af150b5216d21","slug":"health-experiences-comment-6222","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-6222","body_sha256":"30c80b5b9fdba8ee5a2de29e93f351be86d95095ddd5355eb2fc44267ebd4bb6","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"neurological","topics":[{"id":"neurological","evidence":"I have had tinnitus ever since the rollout of 5G in Albuquerque, NM. In late 2021 te"},{"id":"infrastructure","evidence":" the next wave of 6 G rollouts that there is pre tower and post emf testing 360 degrees for at least 1000 feet. IMO thi"},{"id":"smart-meters","evidence":"es as mini cells. Especially not liking that smart meter rollouts that is being done by force with keeping an analog mete"},{"id":"optical","evidence":" have options to this tech rollout with wire fiberoptics to end user. When that is done no 5G nor 6G should be allowed on"},{"id":"research","evidence":"ay I also ask that DHHS convene a meeting of international researchers on this topic. \n\nHavas M. Radiation from wireless technology aff"}],"summary":"The commenter reports tinnitus following local 5G deployment, requests before-and-after testing and protected remote areas, favors fiber connections and meter choice, and proposes an international research meeting.","reviewed_at":"2026-10-28T23:54:32Z","review_method":"Full comment-text review with exact source evidence; attachments not reviewed","review_source_sha256":"6b53127818fc82cd7855d89e2dc797a1f2549b145a13657c23f90b5d13aeba47","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["neurological","infrastructure","smart-meters","optical","research"],"primary_topic":"neurological","forum_title":"The commenter reports tinnitus following local 5G deployment, requests before-and-after testing and prote…"}