Radiofrequency Radiation Standards

Proceedings of a NATO ARW on Developing a New Standardization Agreement (STANAG) for Radiofrequency Radiation held in Pomezia (Rome), Italy, May 17-21, 1993

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has sponsored research and personnel safety standards development for exposure to Radiofrequency Radiation (RFR) for over twenty years. The Aerospace Medical Panel of the Advisory Group For Aerospace Research and Development (AGARD) sponsored Lecture Series No. 78 Radiation Hazards,! in 1975, in the Netherlands, Germany, and Norway, on the subject of Radiation Hazards to provide a review and critical analysis of the available information and concepts. In the same year, Research Study Group 2 on Protection of Personnel Against Non-Ionizing Electromagnetic Radiation (Panel VIIl of AC/243 Defence Research Group, NATO) proposed a revision to Standardization Agreement (STANAG) 2345. The intent of the proposal was to revise the ST ANAG to incorporate frequency-dependent-RFR safety guidelines. These changes are documented in the NATO STANAG 2345 (MED), Control and Recording of Personnel Exposure to Radiofrequency Radiation,2 promulgated in 1979. Research Study Group 2 (RSG2) of NATO Defense Research Group Panel VIII (AC1243) was organized, in 1981, to study and contribute technical information concerning the protection of military personnel from the effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation. A workshop at the Royal Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine, Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, U. K. was held to develop and/or compile sufficient knowledge on the long-term effects of pulsed RFR to maintain safe procedures and to minimize unnecessary operational constraints.

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Session A: Standards and Guidelines: Present and Proposed.- The Standardization Agreement (STANAG) on the Protection of NATO Personnel against Radiofrequency Radiation.- International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection Progress towards Radiofrequency Field Standards.- European Communities Progress towards Electromagnetic Fields Exposure Standards in the Workplace.- ANSI/IEEE Exposure Standards for Radiofrequency Fields.- Radiofrequency Radiation Safety Guidelines in the Federal Republic of Germany.- Session B: Considerations for NATO Standardization Agreement.- New Technologies for Dosimetry: Slow Luminescence.- Biological Effects of High-Peak-Power Microwave Energy.- Some Recent Applications of FDTD for EM Dosimetry: ELF to Microwave Frequencies.- Microwave Exposure Limits for the Eye: Applying Infrared Laser Threshold Data.- New IEEE Standards on Measurement of Potentially Hazardous Radiofrequency/Microwave Electromagnetic Fields.- Risk Assessment of Human Exposure to Low Frequency Fields.- Session C: Military Operations and RFR Standards.- Navy Issues Surrounding Department of Defense Electromagnetic Radiation Safety Standards.- An Overview of the Proposed Industrial Hygiene Technical Standard for Non-Ionizing Radiation and Fields for the U.S. Department of Energy.- Radiofrequency Safety Practice in the UK Ministry of Defence.- Practical Control of Non-Ionizing Radiation Hazards.- DOD Implementation of New ANSI/IEEE Personnel Radiofrequency Standard.- Session D: Evaluation of the Epidemiologic Database.- Epidemiology and What It Can Tell Us.- Evaluation of Reproductive Epidemiologic Studies.- Epidemiology of Electromagnetic Fields and Cancer.- Session E: Evaluation of the Bioeffects Database I: Cellular.- The Dielectric Properties of Biological Materials.- Interaction of Calcium in Biological Systems with Electromagnetic Fields.- Effects of Weak High-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields on Biological Systems.- Effects of Radiofrequency Radation on Neurophysiological Stress Indicators.- Biological Effects Versus Health Effects: An Investigation of the Genotoxicity of Microwave Radiation.- Session F: Evaluation of the Bioeffects Database II: Systems Physiology.- Thermal Physiology of Radiofrequency Radiation Interactions in Animals and Humans.- Effects of Microwave Radiation Exposure on Behavioral Performance in Nonhuman Primates.- Effects of Radiofrequency Radiation Electromagnetic Field Exposure on Pineal/Melatonin.- Cardiovascular Responses to Radiofrequency Radiation.- Frequency and Orientation Effects on Sites of Energy Deposition.- Extrapolation of Animal Radiofrequency Radiation Bioeffects to Humans.- Session G: Evaluation of the Bioeffects Database III: Overview.- Bioeffects of Long-Term Exposures of Animals.- Evaluation of Electromagnetic Fields in Biology and Medicine.- Overview of the Radiofrequency Radiation Bioeffects Database.- Session H: Public Health Policy-Risk Communication.- How New RFR Standards Will Impact the Broadcast and Telecommunications Industries.- How the Popular Press and Media Influence Scientific Interpretations and Public Opinion.- Impact of Public Concerns about Low-Level Electromagnetic Fields on Interpretation of Electromagnetic Fields/Radiofrequency Database.- Communicating Risk of Electromagnetic Fields/Radiofrequency Radiation.- Attendance List.- Participants.