Saturday, 10 August 2019

FCC Proposes No Change to Its RF Standards - Existing Rules Will Apply to 5G Phones and Infrastructure

FCC Proposes No Change to Its RF Standards - 
Existing Rules Will Apply to 5G Phones and Infrastructure
microwavenews.com, 8 August 2019, last updated 9 August 2019

After six years of study, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has decided not to revise its current safety limits for RF radiation. The rules, which were first adopted in 1996 and are the only ones governing cell phone exposures in the U.S., will continue to be based only on thermal effects.

“After a thorough review of the record and consultation with [the FDA and other health] agencies, we find it appropriate to maintain the existing radiofrequency limits, which are among the most stringent in the world for cell phones,” said Julius Knapp, the chief of the FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology.

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