ID Number		1058
Study Type		Engineering & Physics
Model		RF emissions measurements from mobile phone base station and Wi-Fi in schools in Australia and analysis of compliance with regulatory limits.
Details		Exposure level survey from 60 different mobile phone base station towers in 5 Australian cities at distances from 50 - 500 meters away. The study is a follow-on of a study conducted in 1998-99 of 14 mobile phone base stations that found measured levels less than half of 1 percent of the public exposure limit. Signals included CDMA 800, GSM 900, GSM 1800, and 3G (UMTS) at 2 GHz. As in the initial study, exposure levels were well below ICNIRP guideline and ARPANSA RPS3 limmits, with the highest recorded level from a single base station 7.8 x 10e-3 (~0.2% of the general public MPE limit. AUTHORS' ABSTRACT: Karipidis et al. 2017 (IEEE #6635): The increasing use of Wi-Fi in schools and other places has given rise to public concern that the radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic fields from Wi-Fi have the potential to adversely affect children. The current study measured typical and peak RF levels from Wi-Fi and other sources in 23 schools in Australia. All of the RF measurements were much lower than the reference levels recommended by international guidelines for protection against established health effects. The typical and peak RF levels from Wi-Fi in locations occupied by children in the classroom were of the order of 10-4 and 10-2% of the exposure guidelines, respectively. Typical RF levels in the classroom were similar between Wi-Fi and radio but higher than other sources. In the schoolyard typical RF levels were higher for radio, TV and mobile phone base stations compared to Wi-Fi. The results of this study showed that the typical RF exposure of children from Wi-Fi at school is very low and comparable or lower to other sources in the environment.
Findings		Not Applicable to Bioeffects
Status		Completed With Publication
Principal Investigator		Australian Rad Protect Nuc Safety Agency, Australi - stuart.henderson@arpansa.gov.au
Funding Agency		ARPANSA, Australia
Country		AUSTRALIA
References		Henderson, SI et al. Bioelectromagnetics., (2006) 27:73-76 Karipidis, K et al. Radiat Prot Dosimetry., (2017) 175:432-439
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