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The United States Department of Defense (DoD) is adopting the provisions of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) C95.1–1991, “IEEE Standard for Safety Levels with Respect to Human Exposure to Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields, 3 kHz to 300 GHz,”1 as its new Radio Frequency Radiation (RFR) protection standard under DoD Instruction 6055.11. The IEEE standard was approved by the IEEE in 1991 and by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in 1992, and is a revision of the ANSI C95.1–19822 standard. It is a significant improvement over previous standards. The Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI)3 was drafted by the Tri-service Electromagnetic Radiation Panel (TERP), which includes representatives from each of the service’s Surgeon’s General offices, RF bioeffects research functions, and the RF consultation functions. Presently, the Air Force chairs the TERP.
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IEEE C95.1–1991, “IEEE Standard for Safety Levels with Respect to Human Exposure to Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields, 3 kHz to 300 GHz,” April 27, 1992.
ANSI C95.1–1982, “American National Standard Safety Levels with Respect to Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields, 300 kHz to 100 GHz,” July 30, 1982.
DoDI 6055.11, “Protection of DoD Personnel from Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) at Radio Fequency (RF) from 3 Kilohertz (kHz) to 300 Gigahertz (GHz),” (Draft).
AFOSH Std 161–9, “Occupational Health, Exposure to Radiofrequency Radiation,” 12 February 1987.
ACGIH, “Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances and Physical Agents in the Work Environment and Biological Exposure Indices with Intended Changes for 1984–1985,” 1984.
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Erwin, D.N., Brewer, J.E. (1995). DoD Implementation of New ANSI/IEEE Personnel RF Standard. In: Klauenberg, B.J., Grandolfo, M., Erwin, D.N. (eds) Radiofrequency Radiation Standards. NATO ASI Series, vol 274. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0945-9_16
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