{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-6861","number":"6861","name":"Alexandre HELIAS","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-28T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-21T04:00Z","body":"**SUMMARY FOR HHS DOCKET HHS-OASH-2026-0397 - Full report in attached PDF**\n\nI am a French resident exposed to permanent kHz PLC (Power Line Communication) from PLC Cenelec A/B smart metering in a TT earthing system (35-90 kHz, 24/7 injection).\n\nCurrent risk assessments are flawed: they evaluate the meter alone in idealized lab conditions (anechoic chamber, perfect grounding). This is irrelevant.\n\n**The real hazard is upstream and in real degraded environments**:\n\n  - **Real-world exposure, not clean room**: In France, most rural LV networks are legacy TT with degraded neutral, unshielded overhead cables, wet soil. Injecting kHz carriers creates ground potential aberrations, high-frequency circulating currents, and makes the entire wiring a radiating antenna. The human body in the earth loop acts as parasitic antenna. Measurements must be done in-situ, not on test benches.\n\n  - **TT grounding aberration as amplifier**: My home measurements show ground current loops and body voltage at kHz. This explains chronic symptoms reported: severe asthenia, dysautonomia, non-restorative sleep.\n\n  - **Biological plausibility - Chang et al. 2022**: Unmyelinated vagus C-fibers are selectively activated by kHz fields, triggering systemic autonomic dysfunction without thermal effect. This matches my clinical picture and is ignored by thermal-only SAR limits.\n\n  - **Upstream infrastructure fragility - the hidden confusion**: Public authorities maintain confusion between the meter (low hazard by itself) and the upstream reality: cables and distribution transformers never designed for permanent kHz injection. They become fragile, prone to severe failures we observe in the field: transformer explosions, LV board fires, neutral breaks and phase shifts, premature insulation aging. Focusing only on meter emissions is a category error.\n\n**Request**: Please evaluate (1) cumulative kHz PLC in real degraded installations, (2) TT ground current amplification, (3) vagal C-fiber kHz activation mechanism, (4) require measurement of ground currents and transformer LV emissions, not just meter box RF. Full technical report, references (Chang 2022, Schwardt) and field evidence are in attached PDF.\nRespectfully submitted,","attachments":["https://downloads.regulations.gov/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-6861/attachment_1.pdf"],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-6861","tags":["health-experiences","sleep-cognition","exposure-places","research-evidence"],"source_hash":"52f624303a919bf7c653dbfa450c796eb7e7a10ecddc7d0ba99bf87637a09813","slug":"health-experiences-comment-6861","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-6861","body_sha256":"27a43fcb6e1824fde9d265e0527e488eef055ee48d4354fff06cc2426a0d2dfb","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"electricity","topics":[{"id":"electricity","evidence":"permanent kHz PLC (Power Line Communication)"},{"id":"mechanisms","evidence":"Unmyelinated vagus C-fibers are selectively activated by kHz fields"},{"id":"research","evidence":"Measurements must be done in-situ, not on test benches."},{"id":"smart-meters","evidence":"PLC Cenelec A/B smart metering"}],"summary":"A French resident reports symptoms and measurements around power-line smart metering, proposes grounding and vagal mechanisms, and requests real-world assessment of wiring, ground currents and transformer emissions.","reviewed_at":"2026-10-28T23:54:32Z","review_method":"Full comment-text review with exact source evidence; attachments not reviewed","review_source_sha256":"f8511834513efb55b82fc6c1218fb2aa33f1dda4488a3eb7d33f6c3b43f68059","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["electricity","mechanisms","research","smart-meters"],"primary_topic":"electricity","forum_title":"A French resident reports symptoms and measurements around power-line smart metering, proposes grounding …"}