Title :
Reassessing Exposure Safety Requirements for Cell Phones [Telecommunications Health and Safety]
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Abstract :
The GAO recommended that the FCC reassess and, if appropriate, change its current RF exposure safety rules. The GAO also mentioned that the FCC is working on a draft document that has the potential of addressing the GAO´s recommendations. Only time will tell what the FCC may possibly do, or whether or not it is going forward to change its current RF exposure safety rules. If the FCC does decide to change its current RF exposure safety rules, it would do well to note that since 1998, the scientific progress made in computational dosimetry has been exceptional.
Keywords :
biological effects of radiation; mobile handsets; safety; FCC; GAO recommendation; RF exposure safety rules; cell phones; computational dosimetry; exposure safety requirement; Cellular phones; Electromagnetic radiation; FCC; Human factors; IEEE standards; Radio frequency; Safety;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAP.2013.6474531