{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5191","name":"Laura Murray","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-27T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-18T04:00Z","body":"I am writing to let you know how EMF's, RF Radiation, and Wireless Radiation Exposure have personally impacted me, plus share their impact on several of my friends. I admit that I am addressing them as an entity, as I do not have access to technology that can single out any one risk to life. But I do have access to my own life experience.\n\n\"Smart\" electric meter: Duke Energy installed one on my house without my prior knowledge. Subsequently, I began to experience frequent awakening during the night; the \"smart\" meter was located at the far end of my home, away from my bedroom. After a convoluted process involving Duke Energy and notarized paperwork from my primary care physician, I was finally able to get it replaced with a manual read meter, resulting in improved sleep. Two friends of mine both experienced major sleep disruption as they live in a condo with \"smart\" meters just outside their bedrooms. One has now moved out and is experiencing improved energy and health. The other, financially unable to relocate, created his own inside protections to help shield his bedroom; he, too, is experiencing improved health and functioning.\n\nCell towers: the more that go up, the worse I feel. My personal symptoms include awakening suddenly in the middle of the night with a vibrating, quivering, physical sensation in my chest and abdomen of several minutes duration. Please note that three male friends, of varying ages and with whom I compare such experiences, all experienced similar sensations on that same night around that same time. And this has recurred multiple times since. While it does not seem to be related to age or gender, it may have something to do with our more sensitive temperaments (all are empaths, three of us are healers). We've concluded that someone \"turned up the juice\" at those times. A woman whom I've met told me that she has to sleep in her car on the Blue Ridge Parkway to get a better night's sleep. \n\nCell phones: have you ever witnessed a bright, personable child evolve into a zombi-like young teenager, after she was given a cell phone by her grandparents (against the wishes of her parents)? I have. It's tragic. Just look around. So many people are glued to their devices. Real human interactions are becoming rare. I've been close to being rear-ended while driving and yup, that person was looking at her cell phone.\n\nWith more and more cell towers being installed, increasing network strength, plus mandatory \"smart\" meters for water and propane with no opt-outs, neighbors' Ring doorbells, Flock and other surveillance cameras...where do we go to escape for our health and our very lives??? \n\nFor the sake of all Life and the future of our fragile Earth, I implore you to investigate this and to establish updated, appropriate regulations--not only regarding what these major energetic disruptions are doing to humans, but also to our declining bees and pollinators, birds, various wildlife and soils. Perhaps this is part of the agenda to reduce population; but do you have children and grandchildren and those whom you love? Thank you for your consideration of these matters.\n","source_hash":"654cbc23a81e1ff8129635004b445da783729aa6c34a4ae45a10e40f78708aeb","filing_type":"","proceedings":"","captured_at":"","source_name":"","number":"5191","withheld":false,"attachment_inventory":true,"capture_reviewed":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5191","slug":"child-development-comment-5191","tags":[],"attachments":[],"attachment_names":[],"classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5191","body_sha256":"28b02f1e85179ae3b82e82a490e352ad73b3e0db3a871bf246833e9c6d2fafee","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"smart-meters","topics":[{"id":"smart-meters","evidence":"I was finally able to get it replaced with a manual read meter, resulting in improved sleep. Two friends of mine both experienc"},{"id":"neurological","evidence":". 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Perhaps this is part of the "},{"id":"standards","evidence":"o investigate this and to establish updated, appropriate regulations--not only regarding what these major energetic disruptions are d"}],"summary":"The commenter reports improved sleep after smart-meter removal and similar experiences among friends, describes symptoms attributed to towers and concerns about children's phone use, and requests updated protections for people and wildlife.","reviewed_at":"2026-10-27T19:20:49Z","review_method":"Full comment-text review with exact source evidence; attachments not reviewed","review_source_sha256":"2b0053a80cfaf2e5784e3a2729259ecc014274b1d17d0102974f4738d1cbf5ae","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"supplied_classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-5191","body_sha256":"28b02f1e85179ae3b82e82a490e352ad73b3e0db3a871bf246833e9c6d2fafee","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"smart-meters","topics":[{"id":"smart-meters","evidence":"I was finally able to get it replaced with a manual read meter, resulting in improved sleep. 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Perhaps this is part of the "},{"id":"standards","evidence":"o investigate this and to establish updated, appropriate regulations--not only regarding what these major energetic disruptions are d"}],"summary":"The commenter reports improved sleep after smart-meter removal and similar experiences among friends, describes symptoms attributed to towers and concerns about children's phone use, and requests updated protections for people and wildlife.","reviewed_at":"2026-10-27T19:20:49Z","review_method":"Full comment-text review with exact source evidence; attachments not reviewed","review_source_sha256":"2b0053a80cfaf2e5784e3a2729259ecc014274b1d17d0102974f4738d1cbf5ae","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"attachment_metadata":[],"mirror_fingerprint":"63c42cce956355246153ede902da49a4fd6f2f066c81e475483aad3ba3866603","seo_modified":"2026-10-29T15:28:52Z","forum_topics":["smart-meters","neurological","infrastructure","children","environment","standards"],"primary_topic":"smart-meters","forum_title":"The commenter reports improved sleep after smart-meter removal and similar experiences among friends, des…"}