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Criticizes the small samples and short exposures underlying FCC standards and argues that modern modulated and pulsed signals require different assessment.
- Exposure limits & oversight:
concerned member of the public. The current FCC standards are based on a 1977 study involving eleven rats, a 198
- Research & federal duties:
4 study involving five rhesus monkeys. These studies exposed tiny samples of animals to short durations of
- Proposed biological mechanisms:
reless signals, which are quite complex with modulation and pulsations, waveform characteristics understood to make them more
I writing in response to HHS’s Request for Information on Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs), Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation, and Wireless Radiation Exposure.
I am concerned member of the public.
The current FCC standards are based on a 1977 study involving eleven rats, a 1982 study involving five rhesus monkeys, one squirrel monkey and one rat, and a 1984 study involving five rhesus monkeys. These studies exposed tiny samples of animals to short durations of RF radiation — as in, 40 to 60 minutes — and did not look at the impact of chronic exposure to RF radiation.
The RF radiation signals used in the experiments were not like current wireless signals, which are quite complex with modulation and pulsations, waveform characteristics understood to make them more bioactive.