[Antennas] RF exposure regulations

[Joe Falcone]

When the RF exposure regulations first came out I dug into the FCC reports and the reports that were behind the adoption of the regulations.  What they (the FCC and/or 
Government) did was to see what RF exposure would have on monkeys.  They could not get any reaction to any type of normal raditation that we might be exposed to, 
so they exposed this one poor monkey to a massive, and I mean massive, amount of RF.  Well, the monkey did react - but it was realatively mild, but he did adversely 
react.  Based on that, the FCC concluded that RF exposure could possibly harm humans and they adopted the regulations and simply pulled the requirements out of think 
air.  If anyone is really interested, you have to read the regulation adoption documents and then backtrack into the monkey experiment.  It doesn't take long, or at least it 
did not when they first came out with them. 

Based on my study of the Government testing documents, I concluded (and I am not a scientist), that I would have no problem exposing myself and my family to the RF 
that we use in ham radio.  It was my understanding from reading the Government documents that, except for this one poor monkey, there was no evidence that RF 
exposure ever harmed anyone, man or beast. If you are still interested, I suggest you read the stuff yourself and make your own conclusions.  Joe Falcone,N8TI.