IEEE Committee Has Concerns With RF Changes Proposed by FCC
Adopt standards by the IEEE rather than the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), the IEEE International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety said in RF comments posted Monday in docket 19-226. The FCC proposed to adopt limits "similar to the…
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ICNIRP 2010 guidelines at frequencies between 3 kHz and 10 MHz,” the committee said. “Such a proposal lacks clear and compelling scientific justification,” it said: “Unlike the ICNIRP guidelines, the IEEE standard provides correspondence between external exposure limits and internal dose limits, such that compliance can be conducted accurately with a straightforward environmental measurement. The Commission’s proposed approach, lacking this correspondence, may likely impose restrictions that could unnecessarily burden operators in this spectrum.” The committee also recommended a “more conservative curve for localized exposure limits” above 6 GHz. The comments respond to a December NPRM (see 1912040036).