BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF NONIONIZING RADIATION
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Saul W. Rosenthal · 1972
Rosenthal noted that U.S. and Soviet microwave safety standards differed by three orders of magnitude, indicating a serious lack of knowledge about biological effects.
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Rosenthal noted that U.S. and Soviet microwave safety standards differed by three orders of magnitude, indicating a serious lack of knowledge about biological effects. He also noted the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, which gave the Labor Department responsibility for occupational standards covering nonionizing radiation. Rosenthal stated that no coordinated research program existed to establish a scientific basis for determining potential hazards of nonionizing radiation.
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Saul W. Rosenthal (1972). BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF NONIONIZING RADIATION.
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@article{biological_effects_of_nonionizing_radiation_g4088,
author = {Saul W. Rosenthal},
title = {BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF NONIONIZING RADIATION},
year = {1972},
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He pointed out that U.S. and Soviet microwave safety standards differed by three orders of magnitude, indicating a serious lack of knowledge.
The Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968 and the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 established regulatory programs for electronic product radiation and occupational exposure.
Rosenthal stated that, to his knowledge, no coordinated research program existed to establish a scientific basis for determining potential hazards of nonionizing radiation.
The papers came from a program on biological effects of nonionizing radiation presented at the March 1971 IEEE International Convention in New York.
He stressed that attention must be given to both biological and physical measurements and research techniques so that experiments become meaningful.