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Attachment C
<br />es d or :nc.;pc;d within an eiec.:ol agnetic wave by _ ;, ula::,.. th
<br />..uenc, he
<br />`:,w'ay•'S basi- prOL`e'-i:S. This prcC:Ss is called LOCL'12:i0a. At..a given ��_,._�. L basic.
<br />conr4_-'.IQ'uz wave is+ altered so that its f :.c.tie:icy or. a =plir de is citange:i ircrcp`cr cc to an
<br />Irnncsed Siznal. T.^.: i=posed sI_nal is the iz cr .atioc, Si:c 2S a radio, 1 v�, Oi ,,odor
<br />j'+. h--ever Ci : o:: agretiC er-erry is generated at a voiz , II t s to radiate 01.1war L all
<br />di..-c Io^_S. according to tr. inverse-soa' .r pri iple. Ti: ter= radiation si iy =:a thei--4ir=1
<br />disV-5a1 of a subs=ce from a source -point. A c; zr.^_on light bulb e= is radiation of
<br />el--.__ r_._-cd.o er.er y within :." visible pa.-: or b: s��^. Unfortunately, with the advent
<br />of r..- ate___L' � radiation has a:57 aC:_..—. a .O. = Si::SL-: connotation, ;_n
<br />L._ wGru
<br />is used _. .:f:r:n:• to ato '•processes.P: 'ps bc^_3 ' • nuclear radiator. is
<br />_ . _. _.. _ I:zic cr nuclear :.�..
<br />L.y*.siciC a':d t .: ,r-.^,' effects for 's of nuclear radiation ;r.av be z1: apparent only
<br />,r,,...._. .:errs of s��.._
<br />Over an extended �-rr.:, soL:.: n :: ^ben of the public .have bC;O> very concerned about all ior•"�..s
<br />of invisible radiation. 1^-Sp=:ive oI the scL:T"..: or intensity. Although radiated radio waves
<br />genera' re by radio broadcast towers, L.':vi, sio .s and cellular phone ant:nza S a-': solnet =es
<br />referred to as : odic uency radiation (cr tZ. R), it is iapor.ant to re=ewbe: that we ar
<br />cors-a tly exposed to nitmerous for-.: of radiate -id el -_Gaza; e:ic energy generated by both
<br />,._.,,r i and r'zn-=ade sources. �. d of these, '511C have b^en. expos:-'. to st n i is t, I~'c: o ayes,
<br />radio wav:z and eirdtridZI waves from the eanh itself and from space for =Hilo= of Y:_' s.
<br />Ionizing and :`ton-io g Relation
<br />Radiation can be broadly broker, into zwo grnt.7- 5: icri",'Q and non -ionizing. Ionizing. =tans
<br />that hint s enou2.b. -.:_17; t:.e rdia I o:to alter tilt. Str
<br />1C:ur: of IIar:er L'JGu its
<br />absc on by k--ioc%a or elec=ically charged pardcies (ions). Non -ionizing s edans that there
<br />Wis not :no'._ enerzy in he radiascn to create ions. Instead, the cncr, is usually absor e ; as
<br />b:=.. RPR is a idle.:of non-lo-,:'i-t c radiation.
<br />.tee^ -,,,se. - •. `�•• r,..=e—ei .-..,.,:.._i- ♦-�.-gie V n re
<br />a S� C : r... ... ...... _ _.y h' Cie r:. �_.:,.._S and a.. _.1�, n-: cYs and ga�::a rays are
<br />g:y-. c " ;T - ti N ry nhigh-energy,
<br />e."...:':c:.::c'.: .?� types of lOP _ "'� radiation. as a. ,:.-, y ty;.�S of high -velocity
<br />sub-atc=i: p4 sees teal result l~= nuclear processes. When Ions radiation interacts with
<br />sz .:_:,: es, it csa cause s: ve:: dattaa- The ch:=icai bonds of molecules struck by high
<br />erne: 37 pa -.:dies can be broken. causing pars of the =oievaies to be split off, often as r,.acidve
<br />c:.a zed par.i:Ies (ions). These ions can pre=ote additional c :deal and physical reactors.
<br />7ithe--ate -g-m •cu. -are DNA —or other g_.' tic--Inatrz , oeibiiar-n :Ttabo
<br />interferer-4with and the Ct1I's abiliry to r_prddur : itself can be des :oy d or r1,,,e4 to
<br />_al f •nn-:Y - (rah- latter SOr r.:e S leading to Carr(Barre-, references.)
<br />of lower .
<br />�. :�„..e..ncy levels and energies, such RF and : Ms ass cia*red
<br />aY_5
<br />with radio s-, sz .s, do not cause ionization and corsec.i:ally are r:'err to as "non-i0^:rSng •
<br />radiation. If absorber at all, this t;-'c of enerj is abscrt as heat. Unless geneash at
<br />e^^ciy high power densities and at just the right resonance ft-auendies so as to prod':.:: large
<br />ar:o• nth of heat resulting in acrual bur nil, the ;r_. �e y and milting energy levels of non-
<br />ic .:'.n g radiation are al.ost always roc low to all. : biological materials. Non -ionizing
<br />radiation is not lc:own to datnag: DNA as can io,i,;-g radiation aid generally has not bon
<br />how: t^.:s: L:_, � Sibic c._:.**_-s trot can a...:=.lat_ over time (Yost, s.-: references).
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