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How New RFR Standards will Impact the Broadcast and Telecommunications Industries

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Despite the controversial nature of whether radiofrequency radiation (RFR) poses the potential for adverse health effects in exposed individuals, there has been no lack of development of RFR exposure standards in recent years. During the last ten years, no less than an average of one new guideline or standard has been issued each year. Regulatory activities in the United States,1,2 Canada,3 the United Kingdom,4 Australia,5 Germany,6 China,7 and Czechoslovakia8 exemplify this prolific generation of new and, very commonly, more stringent and complex standards.

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  1. Richard Tell Associates, Inc., 8309 Garnet Canyon Lane, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89129-4897, USA

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    Martino Grandolfo

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Tell, R.A. (1995). How New RFR Standards will Impact the Broadcast and Telecommunications Industries. 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_34

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