Hello from San Diego:
Here are a number of good references on safe exposure levels to
radiated microwave energy. These were collected from the IEEE
website.
Enjoy!
Rich
REFERENCES:
ANSI-C95.1. (1982), (American National Standard Safety Levels with
Respect to Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields,
300 kHz to 100 GHz). IEEE Standards Dept., Piscataway, New Jersey
IEEE-C95.1. (1991), Safety Levels with Respect to Human Exposure
to Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields, 3 kHz to 300 GHz. IEEE
Standards Department, Piscataway, New Jersey.
IEEE-USA Entity Position Statement, (1990), Human exposure to
microwaves and other radiofrequency electromagnetic fields. IEEE
United States Activities, COMAR, Washington, DC.
IRPA. (1988), (Guidelines on Limits of Exposure to Radiofrequency
Electromagnetic Fields in the Frequency Range from 100 kHz to 300
GHz). Health Physics, 54(1):115-123.
NCRP. (1986), (Biological Effects and Exposure Criteria for
Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields). Report 86, (Bethesda, MD:
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements)
pp. 1-382.
Hagan, et al, (1976) in Biological Effects of Electromagnetic
Waves, C.C. Johnson and M.L. Shore, editors, Department of
Health, Education and Welfare, pp. 143-153.
Hendler, E. (1968), "Cutaneous Response to Microwave Irradiation"
in Thermal Problems in Aerospace Medicine, J.D. Hardy, editor.
Surrey, Unwins Ltd.
Heynick, L. and Polson, P. (1983), "Bioeffects of Radio Frequency
Radiation: A Review," USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks
AFB, TX.
Osepchuk, J.M. (1983), "The Microwave Stimulus," in Microwaves and
Thermoregulation, E.R. Adair, Editor, Academic Press, NY, pp. 33-56.
Rosenthal, et al (1976) in Biological Effects of Electromagnetic
Waves, C.C. Johnson and M.L. Shore, editors, Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare, pp.110-125.
Health and Welfare, Canada, "Proposed Revision of the Canadian
Recommendations on Radiofrequency Exposure Protection," by M. A.
Stuchly, Health Physics, Vol. 53, December 1987, pp. 649-665.
NRPB, U.K., "Guidance as to Restrictions on Exposures to Time-
Varying Electromagnetic Fields and the 1988 Recommendations of the
International Non-Ionizing Radiation Committee," NRPB-GS11,
National Radiological Protection Board, Chilton, Didcot,
Oxfordshire, U.K.
N. J. Roberts and S. M. Michaelson, "Epidemiological Studies of
Human Exposures to Radiofrequency Radiation: A Critical Review,"
in Int. Arch. Occup. Environ. Health, Vol. 56, 1985, pp. 169-178.
S. Szmigielski, M. Bielec, S. Lipski, and G. Sokolska,
"Immunologic and Cancer-Related Aspects of Exposure to Low-Level
Microwave and Radio-Frequency Fields," in Modern Bioelectricity,
A. A. Marino, editor, M. Dekker, Inc., New York, 1988.
C. Silverman, "Epidemiological Studies of Cancer and
Electromagnetic Fields," Chapter 17 in Biological Effects and
Medical Applications of Electromagnetic Energy, O. P. Gandhi,
editor, Prentice Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1990,
pp. 414-436
WHO, "Radiofrequency and Microwaves," in Environ. Health Crit.,
Vol. 16, 1981, Geneva, Switzerland.
