Technical and Regulatory Aspects related to the effects of Electromagnetic Non-Ionizing Emissions

The III Meeting of Permanent Consultative Committee II: “Radiocommunications” held from July 19-22, 2004, resolved to establish a Rapporteur Group to address the issue of electromagnetic non-ionizing emissions, approved by Resolution PCC.II/RES. 17 (III-04) “Establishment of a Rapporteur Group on the Technical and Regulatory Aspects related to the effects of Electromagnetic Non-Ionizing Emissions”.

The aim of having a Rapporteur Group for addressing this issue is that of contributing to the interest and development of a regulation on this subject, so that the Administrations of the Americas can have scientific information to develop its own regulations and to communicate the adequate information to the population regarding the potential effects of non-ionizing emissions and in particular, of proliferation of antennas.

Within this scope, during the IV Meeting of Permanent Consultative Committee II: Radiocommunications (Buenos Aires, from December 6-9, 2004), the Rapporteur submitted an Executive Summary (PCC.II-RADIO/doc. 543/04) including the information gathered about the progress and available regulations in the following countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, United States of America, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela and Uruguay, and also information from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) related to this issue.

Lastly and along this line of work, the Rapporteur Group will continue analyzing the information of the countries not yet included, and the information from other organizations in charge of studying this issue, such as the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), the MMF (Mobile Manufacturers Forum), the IEEE and the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) will be incorporated into the document.

Héctor Carril
Coordinator of the Rapporteur Group