Radiofrequency Radiation

Radiofrequency (RF) radiation is defined as the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum ranging from 10 kilohertz (10,000 cycles per second) to 300 gigahertz (300 billion cycles per second). AM and FM radio, broadcast television, cellular phones and WiFi are all examples of technologies that utilize RF radiation. Cellular networks in the United States typically operate in the 800 megahertz (800 million cycles per second) or 1,900 megahertz range, whereas WiFi most commonly operates at 2.45 gigahertz. As the articles collected below discuss, health and environmental concerns are raised both by the power level or intensity of RF radiation emissions, as well as by the characteristics of the signal itself (e.g., its frequency, modulations, and pulses).

The basis for SNAFU's actions

• Health and Environmental Effects of Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation by Mark Longwood
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• How Exposure to Base-Station Radiation can Adversely Affect Humans by G.J. Hyland
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• Physics and Biology of Mobile Telephony by G.J. Hyland
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• Benevento Resolution (pdf)
  Scientists from around the world speak to the accumulating evidence suggesting adverse health effects from exposures to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and call for following the Precautionary Principle with regard to wireless technologies.
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• International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF)
  The union representing fire fighters in the U.S. and Canada opposes the use of fire stations as base stations for antennas and towers and for the conduction of cell phone transmissions until such installations are proven not to be hazardous to the health of their members.
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General information on Radiofrequency (RF) radiation, and what people around the world are doing to resist its proliferation

• Microwave News
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• Council on Wireless Technology Impacts, USA
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• EMR Policy Institute, USA
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• EMR Network, USA
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• Protect Schools, USA
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• CARE, USA
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• SWEEP, Canada
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• Mast Sanity, UK
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• Powerwatch, UK
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• Irish Doctors Environmental Association, Ireland
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• EMFacts Consultancy, Australia
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• ABRADECEL, Brazil
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• NextUp, France
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• Bügerinitiative Mobilfunk, Germany
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• FEB, Sweden
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• Swiss Research Foundation on Mobile Communication, Switzerland
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