What standard is in place to protect consumers from the known effects of radiofrequency EME?
To ensure the Australian public is protected from the thermal effects of radiofrequency EME (and in light of the increasing use of mobile technologies), the former Australian Communications Authority (ACA) made a mandatory standard setting human exposure limits—the Radiocommunications (Electromagnetic Radiation – Human Exposure) Standard 2003 (and its amendments). The former ACA first made a mandatory EMR human exposure standard in February 1999. A revised standard in December 2001 extended the scope to all radiocommunications transmitters supplied with integral antennas and operating on a frequency between 3 kHz and 300 GHz. The exposure limits of AS/NZS 2772.1(Int):1998 Radiofrequency fields part 1: maximum exposure levels 3 kHz to 300 GHz, published by Standards Australia, were made mandatory by the 1999 and 2001 standards. When AS/NZS 2772.1(Int):1998 expired as a current Standards Australia standard in April 1999, the former ACA asked ARPANSA to develop a replacement standard. ARP
