{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-4512","number":"4512","name":"Samantha Vilppu","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-24T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-16T04:00Z","body":"I am submitting the attached document, “Frequencies as Levers: Observations from 30 Years at the Intersection of Building Systems and Human Physiology,” to offer a perspective developed through architectural engineering, decades of investigating electromagnetic environments, personal experience with electromagnetic sensitivity, and my work as an Autonomic Response Testing (ART) practitioner and health coach.\n\nMy central question is whether our current approach to electromagnetic exposure adequately captures its relationship to human physiological functioning, particularly in individuals already managing substantial environmental and biological burdens.\n\nThrough ART, I investigate how specific exposures correspond with changes in autonomic regulation and other physiological indicators, and how those responses change as an individual’s health improves. These observations raise questions about cumulative exposure, baseline autonomic function, individual susceptibility, and the limitations of brief, isolated exposure studies.\n\nThe attached submission also addresses the consequences of electromagnetic sensitivity for access to healthcare, transportation, commerce, and community life.\n\nUltimately, I believe the most useful research question extends beyond whether electromagnetic exposure produces acute toxicity. It is whether the electromagnetic environments we create support or interfere with people’s ability to regulate, recover, and function at their biological potential.\n\nI welcome investigation that connects environmental measurements, physiological responses, and real-world functional outcomes.","attachments":["https://downloads.regulations.gov/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-4512/attachment_1.pdf"],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-4512","tags":["health-experiences","policy-standards","research-evidence"],"source_hash":"049dd58da198de4d807dc15cb1d019cbb53dba24e5febd96dde8ec077330d838","slug":"health-experiences-comment-4512","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-4512","body_sha256":"5675a495e1e6187472a4597367dfb1f2c7376b64ceab21bca707f23ecb8f6d87","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"ehs","topics":[{"id":"ehs","evidence":" investigating electromagnetic environments, personal experience with electromagnetic sensitivity, and my work as an Autonomic Response Testing (ART) practitioner"},{"id":"mechanisms","evidence":"igate how specific exposures correspond with changes in autonomic regulation and other physiological indicators, and how those responses chan"},{"id":"research","evidence":"and function at their biological potential.\n\nI welcome investigation that connects environmental measurements, physiological response"},{"id":"access","evidence":"sequences of electromagnetic sensitivity for access to healthcare, transportation, commerce, and community life.\n\nUltimately, I believe the most useful research question extend"}],"summary":"The commenter draws on engineering, personal electromagnetic sensitivity and Autonomic Response Testing to propose research connecting cumulative exposure, autonomic regulation and real-world functioning, including barriers to everyday access.","reviewed_at":"2026-10-24T20:09:12Z","review_method":"Full comment-text review with exact source evidence; attachments not reviewed","review_source_sha256":"6137e0e49d47144ecb7bf62b0c1479c144ae7c3809cb1d5ff4f882e99bea0b47","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["ehs","mechanisms","research","access"],"primary_topic":"ehs","forum_title":"The commenter draws on engineering, personal electromagnetic sensitivity and Autonomic Response Testing t…"}