Muriel
I doubt the FDA or EPA would have any authority over radio waves since it is quite obviously in the FCC's jurisdiction. I do not remember if these documents address your query directly, but they address what is considered acceptable radiation and safe distances when installing transmitters. The documents are OET Bulletin 65 and Supplements A, B and C... The documents show calculations for determining field strengths, addresses what barriers need to be in place and what labeling/warnings need to be present. The Bulletin addresses absorption into human tissue over time. The FCC considers it more hazardous to be exposed to RF energy over a long period of time then to be exposed to a strong field over a short period of time. OET Bulletin 65 and Supplements are available at the FCC website (Office of Engineering and Technology). Michael Peters -----Original Message----- From: Muriel Bittencourt de Liz [mailto:mur...@eel.ufsc.br] Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 5:13 PM To: Lista de EMC da IEEE Subject: Environmental question Hello Group, We already know the standards related to human exposure to electromagnetic fields (e.g. ANSI/IEEE). However some people have asked us if there is any standard/recommendations limiting the exposure of forests, lakes/rivers, animals, etc to RF fields. Do you know any FDA and EPA (or another agency) that regulate this subject of RF fields incidence? Example: Imagine a radio-base station (mobile comm) or antenna (TV or radio) put in the middle of a forest, where there is not human habitation, but we have animals, trees and waters. Is there any standard/recommendation related to this case (only for non-ionizing radiation, ie, EM radiation). Thanks in advance and Regards, Muriel ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list" ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
