A retired nurse reports workplace and home exposures and neurological symptoms that ceased after replacin…

HHS public comment #4980 · HHS-OASH-2026-0397 · 2026-10-26

#1A retired nurse reports workplace and home exposures and neurological symptoms that ceased after replacin…by Tom LaPorta » 2026-10-26
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A retired nurse reports workplace and home exposures and neurological symptoms that ceased after replacing a smart meter with an analog meter, and cites research on biological effects and regulation.

  • Smart meters: ting out of the smart meter installation and going back to an analog electric meter, the neurological symptoms ceased. Scarato, T. (2025). U.S. p
  • Neurological symptoms & sleep: going back to an analog electric meter, the neurological symptoms ceased. Scarato, T. (2025). U.S. policy on wireless technologies and
  • Occupational exposure: to cell phones, wifi, and electronic devices on the job. I have exposures to cell phones, cell phone towers, wifi and p
  • Research & federal duties: s technologies and public health protection: Regulatory gaps and proposed reforms. Frontiers in Public Health, 13, 1677583. https://doi.org/10.338

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I am a retired RN from California. I had exposures to cell phones, wifi, and electronic devices on the job. I have exposures to cell phones, cell phone towers, wifi and power lines in my personal life. I had exposure to smart meters, which, when implemented coincided with neurological symptoms. After opting out of the smart meter installation and going back to an analog electric meter, the neurological symptoms ceased.

Scarato, T. (2025). U.S. policy on wireless technologies and public health protection: Regulatory gaps and proposed reforms. Frontiers in Public Health, 13, 1677583. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1677583

Melnick, R. L., Moskowitz, J. M., & International Commission on the Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields (ICBE-EMF).

(2026). Exposure limits to radiofrequency EMF do not account for cancer risk or reproductive toxicity assessed from data in experimental animals. Environmental Health, 25(1), 42. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-026-01288-6

Lai, H., & Levitt, B. B. (2024). Cellular and molecular effects of non-ionizing electromagnetic fields. Reviews on Environmental Health, 39(3), 519–529. https://doi.org/10.1515/reveh-2023-0023

Panagopoulos, D. J., Karabarbounis, A., Yakymenko, I., & Chrousos, G. P. (2021). Human-made electromagnetic fields: Ion forced-oscillation and voltage-gated ion channel dysfunction, oxidative stress and DNA damage (Review). International Journal of Oncology, 59(5), 92. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2021.5272

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