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TV. Ems' LTH AND S .= ISSLTS <br />Attachment C <br />Some members rs of t.:_ public 'nave generated de:sat_ rem -ding the issue. <br />e:-e..'•'.• emetic e.ne: y used i� -'elec n,-+-,.T...c <br />by_ Vl,ia_ .___ - L C_ w• ; C.. ..3LIOIIs systems <br />' •`VCI'a_S tjY C" energy <br />by •.test: sy57-.r5 <br />cause ilL=sses. <br />of health etfccs causzed <br />The public's CP.,:.cer <br />affect ii•• cells and <br />The: — are three wireless -cr..ztrre-t aLs tt.at ga e:aL and t• el c�7io=gle... <br />.`• �'; <br />c::l site g_nrz.r.,:c, hand-:^-ld portable co ►"'"atiOrs devices, and electrical e^uiprzem <br />L <br />bL'ilc:bass at cell sites and sr. bi ^ f se-T w U e� <br />G�tii^m = d i•,:..�ng satic.s. The following s...•.ro.1n���j_-a�� the <br />�.t - electromagnetic <br />energy togetherwith the applicable etc-'dards a14: will review <br />of ...-rvila�...___ .. •a. Lo�_.n.... safety 5.-.. ,_V+,.C.' <br />research .:Sits on the C::CCS 0: eleczro=gnetic Gam• rp: used by wL":i:SS ccr_munizaczs <br />systems on, biological tissues. <br />Eie -oraag etic Ener7v <br />Wireless ►.''.u.i..t:ni=itior5 " sys ems 4.r 5=dt info=atlo: be:we.= sites by means of <br />� ezc.d <br />electezag e.ICene -�Whenever ele..4VLnLLneri.energy moves lanIone LY.ntito another. r, <br />w hethcr by the movement of electrical current along a wire or in a lighting bolt, or via <br />el-e oma_ e:ic waves propagated 'trough e^pty space, the movement is accompanied by the <br />formation of e1e: zo a emetic cEMPs). We al` familiar with radiatr.d eiector.:a_zr- c <br />energy in a variety of for s, in:it'dins: radio and television waves, microwaves, visible and <br />ultraviolet light. X-rays, and a3==a rays. <br />All for-= of ::,,2 ,.:_i:-.2 e?e_c rroriagn:'1c -me-try travel at the so=d of li?ht. Deoe di g on how <br />was g:. a-ted and t:aris ..It-.er, elecromagre•.ic Geer, ' will radiate outward from the sates•..: <br />fit <br />L-i enerry packet; that have to cb tweeter-s cos of waves, particles, or a cc biratlon of both. <br />Gnu generated, .. waves of energya� �vela t:-i_� �=mit-.,:r throes mace to th-; <br />receive:,(� ^'L:~ they are absorbe <br />Based on the a • a ter is:ics o; the wave and the material which absorbs it, the L"a: 5i:�iLTi`d <br />ener_j can affect the abscrbi g material in various ways. The absorbed energy can cmse a <br />resonating elec=ical effect in some conducting materials T as is the basis for receiving ant -=as <br />in radio and TV sys---ms. It on be re-e ir-emod as elec=ornametic energy, for example, in <br />fiuore `e ace as vsibie c �r"ayioi•' ii bt Aral In higbe: ei^,er i r ys ran TTtf dify c eve en <br />break chemical bends in complex zyo1e Ies, thus s changing the raturr. of the mol=tile. This is <br />he bass for sunburns eaus. d by ultraviolet light, and "radiation' bus caused by gamma ray <br />irradiation. Some fortis of eitonoma-_sn_tic enc.-76y, like X-rays, can pass completely through <br />some materials without big abscrxd. However, most commonly, el oma tic e=rgy is <br />simply absorbed by L at.: -a s an: convened into heat e:c.:gy, such as in the case of microwave <br />over. <br />In general, the potential for biological e::ea s is a function of both the fregtier v and ecergy <br />level cf the Ca iouiz- fo= of Cie..^moo .aeretic energy involved, in addition to the particular <br />c aof e affected (species, mass, affected tissue -types, etc.). Therefore, <br />sties t:. a:: or -.ter (species, <br />G on.mu'ni:.adons to add-ss the c;;::cc:.� abet:: hzr*,=.-i health G:l�...s anwireless c., <br />29 <br />