[Antennas] RF exposure regulations

[Chris BONDE]

Mmm  ugh.  No more testing on animals, but OK to do stuff to humans then 
find out later on.

I would think that there is evidence that RF is bad for humans.  But 
when?  The variable might be frequency (micro wave ovens, cell phones,  ) 
then power (100k ), distance ( varies 1/r**2), duration of exposure and tissue.

There is evidence that the electrical transmission lines of high power 
(voltage) caused the people living there under to become irratable and the 
cows grazing there difficult to handle.  But the cell phone manufactures 
claim there is no evidence that the use of the cell phone with the antenna 
right next to the users brain causes any damage. (However, the most 
prolific users are now using remote antennas and a headset with mike.)

If a rain gutter type loop antenna causes various electrical devices within 
the house to function queerly, I wonder if the operator would after awhile.

There is no conclusive evidence as no one a done a concertive study 
thereon.  (Cannot test on animals.)

Chris opr Ve7HCB




At 06:09 AM 2002-03-19 -0500, you wrote:
>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.
>
>
>
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