{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-6492","number":"6492","name":"","organization":"Safe Tech International","posted":"2026-10-28T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-21T04:00Z","body":"Safe Tech International is a not-for-profit organization advocating for safe technology. \n\nA 34-page report  issued in 1976 by the Defense Intelligence Agency titled \"Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Radiation (Radiowaves and Microwaves) – Eurasian Communist Countries, analyzed a number of Soviet and Eastern block research studies that demonstrated a wide range of adverse biological effects from exposure to radio frequency and microwave radiation. In its summary, the report issued a “Smoking Gun” warning: \n\n“If the more advanced nations of the West are strict in the enforcement of stringent exposure standards, there could be unfavorable effects on industrial output and military functions.\"  \n\nThe rest is history – The US chose technological/industrial expansion and military might over the health and well-being of humans, wildlife, and perhaps even Earth herself. The time is long overdue to mend our ways. So we are particularly grateful to HHS for opening this conversation. \n\nBefore responding to your questions, we offer two suggestions to consider: \n\n1. The effects of technology and AI are far broader than just the health impacts of RF/EMFs. Other areas include psycho-social effects, screen-time addiction, e-waste, conflict minerals, energy consumption, data centers, cyber security, pollution of the skies, surveillance/privacy, info/cyber & EMS warfare, and perhaps our very humanity itself…what it means to be alive. HHS may wish to look into how any or all of these impact health and/or the environment. \n\n2. The need to solicit input on the health of RF/EMFs begs the question as to why in the US we have so much wireless technology polluting our airwaves when a robust fiber or wired infrastructure would be far safer for both humans and wildlife. Currently, the US ranks 32nd out of 38 OECD countries for fiber-to-the-home. With a more robust wired infrastructure, we would be far less reliant on wireless, and less saturated with chaotic RF fields in our environments. Moreover, fiber is safer, faster, more reliable, resilient, cyber secure, energy efficient, and lasts for decades. Along with it, we would need honest public education on the benefits of wired and the harms of wireless, so people could make more informed choices as to when, where, and how much to use a given technology. \n\nWe respond to specific HHS questions below. \n\nQuestion 7 – To the best of our knowledge, there are currently no accurate ways to measure either individual or population exposure levels. We don’t have sophisticated enough monitoring equipment to \ncapture the different ambient RF fields which include modulations, peak pulses, beam forming, etc.; \nassess the absorption and reflection of building materials, clothing, nature, and the ground itself; \nascertain the usage, size, location, position, and health of each human and animal; factor in countless other synergistic effects such as mold, Lyme, dirty electricity, pharmaceuticals etc., all of which affect the potency and nature of exposures. In our opinion, these variables make such a characterization far too complex to assess. \n\nQuestion 9 – The public should be informed honestly, openly, and objectively of the health harms of RF/EMFs, and of “best practices” in using technolgy judiciously and wisely. The information shared should be based on independent science and common sense, and made available (and shown by example) in schools, hospitals, workplaces, libraries, and in every venue possible, until the health harms of RF/EMFs are as well understood as those of opium.   \n\nQuestion 13 – It doesn’t take much science to understand that if you add one technology on top of another, it will increase exposure. But it does require more study and nuance to appreciate that the synergistic effects of exposure to different toxins can have an overall impact greater than the sum of the parts. This would apply as well to combinations, variations, and permutations of RF/EMFs. \n\nQuestions 12 and 14 – The science is overwhelming with thousands of peer-reviewed studies dating back over 60 years and more appearing daily showing adverse health impacts from RF/EMFs above and below FCC “safety” guidelines. Here’s a link to just one such list, https://greenmedinfo.com/problematic-action/electromagnetic-field-harms\n\nSafeTechInternational.org offers an overview of the many and multifaceted ways technology is negatively impacting our world, and (due to how it’s being stewarded) is heading us toward a civilizational tipping point/existential cliff. The website gives an overview of how exponential technological growth affects our health, the environment, e-waste, conflict minerals, energy consumption, our minds and hearts, cyber security, AI, pollution of the skies, EHS, surveillance/privacy, and is increasing the lethality of war through three new forms of warfare. The website also offers a vision for a better way forward. \nThank you, \nThe Team at Safe Tech International","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-6492","tags":["health-experiences","exposure-places","policy-standards","research-evidence"],"source_hash":"524ea023e26a45e1ac3925fd6cf0658720b48e66b310a58fbe0302add892cc8d","slug":"health-experiences-comment-6492","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-6492","body_sha256":"4229035bbbbabcb3beea3afab65dd25f467d8f796d30e3a451c66b27d56e1c7a","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"research","topics":[{"id":"research","evidence":"effects of technology and AI are far broader"},{"id":"optical","evidence":"a robust fiber or wired infrastructure"},{"id":"environment","evidence":"e-waste, conflict minerals, energy consumption"},{"id":"privacy","evidence":"surveillance/privacy"}],"summary":"Safe Tech International requests broader examination of technology’s health and environmental impacts, expanded wired infrastructure, independent public education, and study of cumulative exposures. It questions current measurement capabilities and discusses privacy and technology-related ecological concerns.","reviewed_at":"2026-10-28T23:54:32Z","review_method":"Full comment-text review with exact source evidence; attachments not reviewed","review_source_sha256":"69e98b84855368184f4553a65116d88664e85852d8938bdffedfb7dcf3813066","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["research","optical","environment","privacy"],"primary_topic":"research","forum_title":"Safe Tech International requests broader examination of technology’s health and environmental impacts, ex…"}