TC95 Minutes Dec 2005

IICCEESS

International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety

Approved Minutes

TC-95 Parent Committee Meeting

Doubletree Hotel Airport San Antonio, TX Sunday, 11 December, 2005 0900 – 1200 h

1. Call to Order – Petersen The meeting was called to order by Chairman Petersen at 0900 h. Each of the attendees introduced him/herself and the attendance sheets were circulated. [See Attachment 1 for list of attendees].

2. Approval of Agenda – Petersen Since Bill Ash was unable to attend the meeting and give the IEEE myProject™ presentation, and since several attendees had to leave the meeting early, Chairman Petersen replaced item 5 of the agenda with item 12 (Reports from the Subcommittees). Following a motion by Varanelli that was seconded by D’Andrea, the modified agenda was approved. [See Attachment 2 for modified agenda].

3. Approval of June 26, 2005 Minutes – Petersen Chairman Petersen asked for a motion to approve the Minutes of the June 2005 ICES meeting. Art Varanelli moved and Bob Curtis seconded the motion. The minutes were approved unanimously.

4. Executive Secretary’s Report – Adair Following the ICES meetings in Dublin, 2005, two teleconferences were held for members of the ExCom. These were arranged through Raytheon teleconference facilities. Topics of concern included a) details of the reorganization of ICES; b) new members of ICES; c) C95.1 appeal to the SASB; d) matters related to the C95.6 short course; e) progress in standards-setting; f) potential meetings outside the US; and g) attempts to interact with ICNIRP members. Of greatest importance was the SASB approval of two new TC-95 standards, C95.1 2005 and C95.7 2005 plus 2 reaffirmations. Also the TC-34 amendment to 1528 was approved with PARs approved for 3 others. This was a banner year for ICES. Approved ICES TC95 Minutes –11 December 2005 Meeting

5. Reports from the Subcommittees – Petersen a) SC-1 – Howard Bassen, Chair In absence of the SC-1 Chairman, Petersen presented the report [See Attachment 3.] This subcommittee has been working diligently on a Draft Recommended Practice on measurements and computations over the frequency range of 0 to 100 kHz. The draft has been updated, incorporates IEEE 1460-1996, and will be designated as C95.3.1. A number of meetings and teleconferences have been held and drafts of several sections have been completed. This material will be submitted to Ron Petersen in mid-January 2006 and a meeting of the committee will be held in the Washington DC area near the end of January. There are some new issues to discuss, such as the definition of the appropriate ‘metrics’ for assessing compliance with C95.6-2002. Joe Bowman (NIOSH) has raised a number of issues regarding the appropriate metrics that may have to be resolved by SC-3. The current PAR expires at the end of 2008 and the committee is working hard to complete the document in good time. Pat Reilly serves as liaison to this committee and has been very helpful.

b) SC-2 – Ric Tell, Chair The new IEEE Recommended Practice on RF Safety Programs, drafted by members of TC-95 SC-2, was approved by the IEEE SASB on 22 September, 2005. It should be published by IEEE on or before March, 2006. This subcommittee met Thursday, 8 December with 17 members present. The current total membership listed for SC-2, including observers, is 96 individuals. The Chair intends to cleanse the membership by eliminating inactive members. The current objective of this SC is to generate a short course with respect to the recommended practice or develop a written document in place of a short course. The latter may be the best approach. A written document (guidance), examples, etc. would have to go through the usual IEEE process. Petersen thinks the document should be a guide and a draft should be started and labeled C95.7.1. It would be desirable if it was modeled after the short course given at Wilmington, Delaware (with Don Zipse running the show) and Petersen, Varanelli, Osepchuk, Adair, etc. as presenters. Ric Tell believes that two short courses should be implemented, one addressing C95.1 and the other C95.7. Ric intends to work along with members of SC-4 as well as his own SC on this project. As a surprise, an IEEE Standards Medallion was awarded to Ric Tell in recognition of his foresight in visualizing the need for IEEE Std C95.7-2005 and his perseverance in ushering this project through from inception to approval. [See Attachment 4].

c) SC-3 – Ian Brooker, Secretary ICES SC-3 met on Friday with Adair and Bodemann serving as Co-Chairs, since Phil Chadwick and Thanh Dovan were unable to attend the meetings. Jim Daly had retired and stepped down as SC-3 secretary before the Dublin meeting and Ian Brooker accepted the temporary position of Secretary. SC-3 currently has 80 members and 9 were lost during the past year. Ian will continue to cleanse the working groups of this SC. Future revisions of C95.6 underwent considerable discussion at this meeting and thoughtful presentations by Bill Approved ICES TC95 Minutes –11 December 2005 Meeting

Bailey, Ralf Bodemann, and Sheila Johnston were most helpful. The possibility of an RF safety program for C95.6 was discussed at length by all present.

d) SC-4 – John D’Andrea (and C-K Chou) SC-4 met on December 10, 2005 during which time progress during the past 6 months was reviewed. Specifically, • The new C95.1-2005 “Standard for Safety Levels with Respect to Human Exposure to Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields, 3 kHz to 300 GHz” has been approved by the IEEE Standards Association Standards Board on October 3, 2005. It is scheduled for publication on or before April 3, 2006. • An appeal of the new standard was filed by an SC-4 member based in part on the claim that the IEEE Code of Ethics may have been violated in that certain studies that have not been confirmed should have been included in the normative part of the standard along with precautionary language relating to the existence of such studies. The appeal may be heard in part at the March 2006 SASB meeting. SASB Appeals Panels address only procedural issues. Code of Ethics issues will have to be appealed to the IEEE. • New SC-4 leadership positions are filled. Drs. Marvin Ziskin of Temple University and Art Thansandote of Health Canada have agreed to serve as co-chairs of SC4. Dr. Joe Morrissey of Motorola will chair the Literature Surveillance Working Group. • For the next revision, the Literature Surveillance WG will filter out standard unrelated papers, which will not be passed on to the Literature Review WG. Details of selection criteria will be decided by the WG. • Dr. John Osepchuk moved that an article summarizing the new standard be written by SC-4 members and submitted for publication in the IEEE Spectrum. This was approved in the meeting. A task group was formed and timelines have been set. • The final count of SC-4 members is 126. The updated membership list and unfinished action items related to the next revision will be passed on to the new Co-Chairs. • A task group was formed to improve the SC-4 website. Following this presentation, IEEE Standards Medallions were awarded to both C-K Chou and John D’Andrea in recognition of their tireless and dedicated leadership while co-chairing ICES Subcommittee 4 during the exciting, and oftentimes frustrating, development of IEEE Std C95.1-2005. [See Attachment 5.]

e) SC-5 – Drew Koban and Robert Needy, Co-Chairs. SC-5 did not meet because the Co-Chairs were not available. Petersen announced that criticism of C95.4 has again been received by an individual who Approved ICES TC95 Minutes –11 December 2005 Meeting

also provided the same criticism during balloting. He ahs been invited to join SC-5 and participate in the next revision.

6. Chairman’s Report – Petersen The IEEE SASB requires an Annual Report from the Chairman of ICES and the report this year is huge! [See Attachment 6 for summary.] It is divided into two major sections where there are differences in scope; these sections are TC-95 and TC- 34. The scope of TC-34 is the development of product performance standards for specific products that emit electromagnetic energy, such as hand held phones. The scope of TC-95 is the development of standards for the safe use of electromagnetic energy in the range of 0 Hz to 300 GHz relative to the potential hazards of exposure of humans, volatile materials, and explosive devices to such energy. The ICES AdCom is the overseer of standards developed by the TCs. Another function of the AdCom is fundraising and this program will be initiated in January 2006. The semi- annual ICES meetings, including the parent committee and several subcommittees, were held last June in Dublin Ireland. Next June we will try to meet in Cancun, Mexico prior to the annual BEMS meetings. Four short courses based on the C95.6 standard (safety levels, electric and magnetic fields – 0 to 3 kHz) were held so far. The first was held in conjunction with the Canadian Electrical Association meeting in March 2004, the others were held in Washington DC in June 2004, San Antonio in December 2004, and Dublin Ireland in June 2005. A total of more than 100 people attended these short courses and they were very well received. As of this fall, all TC- 95 standards have been approved or reaffirmed. Under TC-34, only 2 standards have been approved, but PARs for 3 new standards have also been approved. Under TC- 95, a PAR for a new project (PC95.3.1 – measurements and computations of exposure, 0 to 100 kHz) was approved in December 2003. Chairman Petersen concluded his report with several critical issues: a) ICES made an unsuccessful attempt to have the C95.3 standard approved for use as a dual logo IEEE/IEC standard. A major pushback by some EU participating countries was related to a misunderstanding of the MOU between the IEEE and the IEC. Of seven such standards, only one was accepted; this activity is not working too well. b) ICES (SCC-39) and it’s Administrative Committee (AdCom) are concerned with management, oversight, fundraising, etc. The organization of the AdCom membership is of top priority and will manage the fundraising effort. c) Shortly after the SASB approved the new C95.1 - 2005 standard, an appeal was filed by a member of TC-95 SC-4. This appeal is similar to other appeals filed by the same individual and leans on the IEEE Code of Ethics. The SASB deals only with procedural issues will not deal with Code of Ethics issues. The appeal is expected to be heard by the SASB Appeals Panel during the March meetings. Petersen is confident that we are on solid ground regarding process. d) The IEEE filed the amicus curiae brief urging the Supreme Court to hear one of the cellphone lawsuits. The Supreme Court refused and sent the brief back for resolution in State Court. The IEEE is taking a strong stand on in support of the Approved ICES TC95 Minutes –11 December 2005 Meeting

open process and science-based underpinning of IEEE standards, as is the FCC. The situation seems very positive. D’Andrea posed a question about environmental standards that may potentially be part of the ICES structure. He wonders if C95.1 can be used as such standards wherein there can be separate kinds of effects. Murphy questioned whether ELF and RF can exist in the same standard, i.e., a single standard to cover the frequency range of 0 to 300 GHz. We now have two separate standards, C95.1 and C95.6, which should be combined. Working groups from SC-3 and SC-4 should be able to collaborate to bridge the gap and make a smooth transition. C.-K. Chou reported that he would send the new C95.1 standard to ICNIRP in hopes that they would try to harmonize with us. One potential problem is that ICNIRP seems to be overly sensitive to association with any group that could even be perceived to be associated with industry. Petersen announced that Howard Bassen was also awarded the Standards Medallion in recognition of his perseverance and leadership skills while chairing SCC-34/SC-2 during the development and approval of its first standard, IEEE Std. 1528-2003. [See Attachment 7.] Ric Tell noted that with respect to TC-95/SC-4, ANSI was being reinstated as a reviewer of our standards. Petersen said that the IEEE SA is an ANSI accredited standards body and new IEEE standards are recognized as American National Standards. Finally, Petersen reported that new P&Ps have been drafted but have not yet been submitted to the SASB Audit Committee.

7. Vice Chairman’s Report on EU Activities - Bodemann Directive 2004/40/EC was initiated on April 29, 2004 and the directive involves EU EMF workers only. [See Attachment 8.] The ICNIRP limits for occupational exposure were adopted into the directive including the basic restrictions and reference values. The employer now has to assess the EMF exposure at workplaces. If action values are exceeded, there must be proof that limit values are met or else take measures to reduce exposure. Worker information training is required. Health surveillance occurs when limit values are exceeded. Obligations to member states include progress reports to the Commission until April 29, 2009 and transposition to national law until April 29, 2008. The EC standardization mandate M/351 was transferred to CENELEC from May 17, 2004. The purpose of the mandate is to provide standards to enable employers to perform EMF exposure assessment. The work program includes whether or not a detailed risk assessment is required, the methodology of a detailed risk assessment should be known, and measurement and calculation methods are necessary to support the above. Regular progress reports to the Commission are required. Employers should seek advice from ICNIRP, WHO, and other EU services. Coordination with other international standardization bodies (IEC, ICES) would be useful. Approved ICES TC95 Minutes –11 December 2005 Meeting

A draft CENELEC standard pr EN 14410 is underway. The title is: “Determination of workers exposure to electromagnetic fields and assessment of risk”. The Scope is: “To assess EMF workplace exposure to show compliance with directive 2004/40/EC.” A white list of EMF emitters should be provided. When the workplace contains only products listed in Table 1, compliance is assumed. Otherwise, use the workplace standard, if there is one; prove that action values are met by measurement or calculation; and prove that exposure limits are met i.e., measures for exposure reduction. A flowchart assessment procedure is available in Attachment 8 to these minutes, together with Table 1 (white list) and Table 2 (a non- exhaustive list of equipment that needs further assessment). In addition, 5 informative annexes are included, some of which are confusing. The current status: the draft is under balloting by national standardization committees until December 16, 2005. Balloting results and comments will be discussed at a working group meeting in January. In the meantime, an EC working party was founded in mid 2005. The scope is to create a non-binding guideline to advice employers on the proper implementation of the EU directive 2004/40/EC. Representatives of industry are involved with this effort. The first meeting of the EC working party was held on September 1 and several topics were discussed: reference the provisions of the directive; make it possible to identify hazards, assess exposures and risks, and define specific measures for safeguarding the safety and health of workers; enable the employer to give specific information to workers, adopt safety measures, and define suitable methods. These will help the employer to implement the Directive 2004/40/EC. Ric Tell suggested that Sakari Lang look into this. The EC Working Party may provide complications. Ralf said that ICES could send the IEEE std. C95.7-2005 to them for their information. Bob Curtis strongly agreed. Ian Brooker suggested that we send them everything related to health surveillance so that they can interact with us. Ralf said that he will try to see if this will work out. Ian said that this effort is highly conservative and there is no need to worry about it. About 98% of workplaces don’t have a problem.

8. Treasurers Report – Art Varanelli Art stated that the current balance is $54,990.16. He has no idea where this money came from. He has no recent balance sheet from IEEE but figures that the current balance should be about $25,000 to $30,000. Bill Ash will be asked to look into this matter.

9. Membership Chairman’s Report – Tom McManus Tom was unable to attend this meeting but he submitted the names of those who have been elected to ICES during the past year [see Attachment 9]. These include: Max Amman Ian Brooker Approved ICES TC95 Minutes –11 December 2005 Meeting

Leon duToit Jeff Holley Nam Kim David Nelson Quan Hoong Ng Paolo Ravazzani Dum Sik Yoo ICES is growing steadily. Members from countries outside the US will be ~40%. There are a number of inactive members, including members who have retired and can no longer be reached. Therefore some cleansing will be undertaken. Tom McManus has resigned as Membership Chairman of ICES. Sheila Johnston has been asked to accept the Membership Chairmanship.

10. International Liaison Chairman’s Report – Michael Murphy a) Recent Meetings [see Attachment 10]: Molecular and cellular mechanisms of biological effects of EMF, UNESCO/WHO seminar, 2 – 5 March, 2005, Yerevan Armenia Electro Med 2005, Fourth International Symposium on Nonthermal Medical/Biological Treatments using EMF and Ionized Gases, 15 – 18 May, Portland OR. Will meet with BEMS next year. WHO Workshop on Base Stations and Wireless Networks: Exposure and Health, 15-16 June 2005, Geneva, Switzerland. Dublin meetings: BioEM 2005 and ICES Meetings, 19 - 26 June, 2005 Coherence and Electromagnetic Fields in Biological Systems, 1 – 4 July 2005, Prague, Czech Republic. Applying Precautionary Measures to EMF Public Health Policy, 11 – 13 July 2005, Ottawa, Canada (scientific uncertainty) Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium – PIERS 2005, 22-26 August 2005, Hangzhou, China (RF safety issues. December 7 meeting at Motorola on cell phones.) Bioeffects of EMF: WHO 4th International EMF Seminar in China, 12-16 September 2005, Kuenming, China ICNIRP Dosimetry Workshop, 19-21 September 2005, Nuremberg, Germany 28th URSI General Assembly: Commission K, 23-29 October 2005, New Delhi, India Application of Proteomics and Transcriptonics in EMF Research, 30 October-1 November 2005, Helsinki, Finland (dePomerai’s draft is in press) BEMS School at Erice on in vitro studies, 3-8 October 2005 Australasian Radiation Protection Society Conference. WHO Workshop – RF Fields: Health Effects and Policy Options for Protection, 14-18 November 2005, Melbourne Approved ICES TC95 Minutes –11 December 2005 Meeting

WHO Workshop on Dosimetry of RF Fields, 5 – 7 December 2005, Moscow, Russia b) Upcoming EMF Meetings: 24th Meeting of the Society for physical Regulation in Biology and Medicine (SPERBUM), 11-13 January 2006, Cancun, Mexico BEMS Winter Workshop and Board Meeting,– Phoenix, AZ 3 – 4 February 2006. Exploring the boundaries of EMF Intervention Techniques, i.e., Tasers. Emerging EMF-technologies, Potential Sensitive Groups and Health, 20- 21 April 2006, Graz, Austria International Conference on Electromagnetic Fields, Health and Environment, 27-29 April 2006, Madeira Island, Portugal BEMS Annual Meeting, 11-15 June 2006, Cancun, Mexico International Conference of the IEEE EMBS, August 31-September 3, 2006, New York City, USA Bioelectrochemistry Gordon Research Conference, 3-8 September 2006, Aussois, France 4th International Workshop on Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields, 16-20 October 2006, Crete, Greece c) Liaison Activities: ICNIRP meeting in San Antonio, April 2005 – Michael Murphy WHO Annual International Advisory Committee, Geneva, 13-14 June 2005, Ralf Bodemann Joint Reception for ICES and BEMS, Dublin, June 2005, Ralf Bodemann BioEM2005, Status of IEEE C95.1 Safety Standard Revision, C.K. Chou BioEM2005, The International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety (ICES): Safety Standards for Electromagnetic Energy, M. R. Murphy Union of Radio Science International (URSI), IEEE ICES Safety Standards for Exposure to Electromagnetic Energy, New Delhi, India, 27 October 2005, Michael Murphy d) Invited Presentations: 1. Progress in RF SCIENCE – Sheila Johnston, Ph.D Sheila reported on 26 RF conferences she attended from 1 July through15 December [see Attachment 11]. Research projects in the EU, UK, USA, Japan, and Australia are currently funded by a total of ~100 Million euros. During the period of 3 – 5 October 2005, a series of meetings were held in Trondheim and concerned Statistics in RF Research. Five papers are listed on the Internet. These were written by Brazalle (Statistics in the preparation phase), Schüz (Statistics in the planning phase of experimental and epidemiological studies), Wiart (COST 281 mission: Statistics and exposure assessment in bio-electromagnetism), Scherb (Statistical analysis, interpretations, and conclusions), and Petrowicz Approved ICES TC95 Minutes –11 December 2005 Meeting

(Nonconformities in current publications and future perspectives). An Epidemiology COST 281 Task Force was held in London on 20 January 2001 and hosted by Sheila Johnston. This was a preliminary meeting chaired by Gunnhild Oftedal from Trondheim. A meeting was held in Stuttgart on 21 – 23 November 2005 and was sponsored by FGF/COST 281. The topic was “Subtle Thermal Effects of RF fields in vitro and in vivo.” Several unusual findings were reported including the following: local temperature increases up to 42 °C (44 °C for fat and skin) are tolerated by humans; special mechanisms, such as blood flow, protect the brain from excess heating; a local SAR up to 100 W/kg and higher can be compensated by perfusion, with cardiac performance being a limiting factor; and thermal sensors in beetles and snakes are much more sensitive than human thermosensors. Jan Gimsa reported that non-spherical cells from polar regions show anisotropic properties such that local RF energy absorption increases by one order of magnitude. Ken Foster reported that biophysical theory suggests that RF energy would be thermalized and dissipated immediately in the surrounding fluid. RF exposure in organic synthesis is a combination of thermal effects arising from heating rate, super heating or “hot spots”, and selective absorption of radiation by polar substances. Such phenomena are not usually accessible by classical heating (de la Hoz, et al, 2005). Several conclusions were drawn from this meeting including the following: the Pennes bio-heat equation (1948) predicted heat dissipation in the body from exposure to RF fields; nonthermal effects are still a controversial (unproven) topic (Foster, de la Hoz 2005); dosimetrically and theoretically, micro or macromolecular hot spots have been shown to be unlikely; and modeling of small temperature changes in the head, body, and individual organs are required to improve the evaluation of RF exposure on human health. A meeting of ARPANSA and the WHO was held in Melbourne on 17-18 November 2005. Several reports were provided including the following: Telstra is mapping RF calculations that have been confirmed by measurements with a 3dB scientific uncertainty; Attempts to simplify measurements and calculations of SAR; Sleep studies are mostly negative except for a small EEG effect of heat; Cognitive studies in children are ongoing and ICES member Quan Hoong Ng is participating in this project; No big RF research health worries are on the horizon; WHO has provided a pilot study (http://www.who.int/peh-emf/project/en/) concerning RF information for children; Michael Repacholi will retire in June 2006 and E. van Deventer will be the acting head in Geneva; and finally, Standards and precautionary frameworks will be out in December. 2. WHO Workshop on Dosimetry of Radiofrequency Fields – Patrick Mason, PhD This meeting was held in Moscow, Russia on 5 – 7 December, 2005. [See Attachment 12.] The venue for the meeting was the State Research Center, Institute of Biophysics, Moscow. The Purpose of the meeting was to provide an overview of the fundamentals of radio frequency dosimetry for Approved ICES TC95 Minutes –11 December 2005 Meeting

researchers and standards developers. In addition, it was to facilitate discussion on the need for high quality dosimetry in radio frequency studies and the usefulness of the SAR concept. Twelve invited participants, including Patrick Mason and C-K. Chou, were present. In addition, 40 – 50 Russian scientists from many institutes, universities, centres, etc. participated. On Monday, 5 December, 6 presentations were given: Scope and purpose of the workshop (Repacholi); Basic electromagnetic theory as related to RF dosimetry (Chou/Swicord); Macroscopic electrical properties of tissue (Payman); Factors affecting absorption of RF fields (Chou); Mechanisms of absorption of RF fields in tissues (Mason); and The Russian approach to RF dosimetry (Rubtsova/Merculov). A panel discussion followed on the question “Is SAR a good dose concept?” It was clear that SAR, not power density should be used for dosimetry. On Tuesday, 6 December, 5 presentations were given: Numerical dosimetry and experimental setups (Leveque); Demonstration of SEMCAD software (Futter); Methods for assessing base stations and mobile phones for compliance with international mobile phone standards (Romann); and the Russian-French animal study dosimetry (Leveque). The presentations were followed by a laboratory demonstration led by Drs. Leveque, Veyret, and Romann. The Russian- French animal study employs rats held in restrainers so that the temperature in the head could be measured. The facilities are illustrated in photographs to be found in Attachment 9. Racks of cages were shown, together with calcium blocks as food for the rats. A picture of part of a laboratory was also included. The RF antenna (2450 MHz) was suspended from a rod near the ceiling. Ferrite anechoic foam lined the walls and looked like waffle material. There were also concrete walls that were flat. One researcher, Dr. Svoboda, and two students were knowledgeable and endorse SAR over power density. On Wednesday, 7 December, 4 presentations were given: Dosimetry concepts in RF standards (Repacholi); Concepts and methodology of RF standards for mobile phones (Grigoriev); Compliance with standards (Chou); and Distance learning course on dosimetry (Veyret). It is hoped that the French study will be more professional than the Russian study.

3. Triennial Review: STANAG 2345 – B. Jon Klauenberg, PhD NATO is interested in standards because NATO has expanded. This provides new challenges to standardization and new opportunities for collaborative research and information exchange. Harmonization and alignment of standards for safety is necessary to ensure inter-operability, interchange-ability, and commonality. Safety standards within NATO and worldwide should be based upon the same scientific data. The NATO standardization policy encourages nations to develop, agree and implement common concepts, doctrines, procedures, criteria, and designs to achieve and maintain the most effective levels of compatibility, inter-operability, interchange-ability, and commonality in the fields of operations, material, Approved ICES TC95 Minutes –11 December 2005 Meeting

and administration. Guiding principles of NATO standardization include voluntary effort, essential implementation of operational plans, achievement of maximum operational standardization, essential commonality of terminology, and information exchange to non NATO by consensus of all NATO nations. [See Attachment 13.] NATO began to provide support for non-ionizing research and standardization in 1970. In that year AC/243/Panel III formed RSG2, “Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Radiation,” which was the basis for the first Edition of the NATO STANAG. NATO held research study groups, AGARD lecture series, and advanced research workshops through 1985. Edition 1 of the STANAG 2345, “Control and Recording of Personnel Exposure to Radiofrequency Radiation,” was promulgated in 1979 after a 6-year effort. A second edition, prepared from 1981 to 1989 was never promulgated. In June 1992, a proposal for a NATO ARW was approved and in 1993 was held in Rome, Italy and entitled “Developing a New Standardization Agreement (STANAG) for Radiofrequency Radiation.” Drafting group meetings began in 1994 and the Edition 2 draft was circulated for ratification. After a 5 year effort, STANAG 2345 Edition 2 was promulgated in October 1997. Highlights of Edition 2 included a single tier, frequency dependence, 3 kHz – 300 GHz, a minimal safety standard, protective clothing provisions, contact current guidance, and was thoroughly reviewed by an International Group of Experts. Edition 3 of the STANAG was begun in 1998, ratified in 2001, and promulgated in February 2003 – a 4.5 year effort. Updated sections of Edition 3 included a revised overexposure proforma, actions to be taken in case of a suspected or actual overexposure, and a new section entitled “The Role of the Physician” was added. The revision was facilitated through the efforts of technical and medical expert members of the NATO RADHAZ Working Group and the Research and Technology Organization (RTO) AC/323/Human Factors and Medicine (HFM) 26/Task Group (TG) 002 “Health Effects of Non-Ionizing Radiation in the Military Setting.” STANAG 2345 impacts the military: It directly impacts system design and siting considerations and directly impacts coordination of multi-national operations. The GENMED WG purview maintains independence from design and operations, maintains credibility, avoids conflict of interest of perception of conflict, and is a personnel safety liaison to the engineering and design community. It is now essential that the STANAG be reaffirmed every year. In September 2005, a new edition was started. There is concern with operations and missions, especially aboard ship. There may also be a shift in the risk, perhaps to higher levels. It is also possible that the next STANAG will be for the military only. The goal is to complete the next edition in one year, perhaps by June of 2006.

11. Report on ICES Fundraising – Petersen No report.

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12. New Business – Petersen Ian Brooker announced a Call for Papers to be submitted to the EMC Society, which will met in Portland Oregon in 2006. Check the web for dates and other material related to the meeting. The IEEE C95.1 2005 standard would be of great interest to members of this society, as would the TC-34 technical committees dealing with product safety.

13. Future Meetings – Petersen Cancun will be chosen if the hotels damaged by Hurricane Wilma are restored. If not, the ExCom will have to find another venue for the ICES June meetings.

14. Adjournment – Petersen There being no further business, the Chairman called for a motion to adjourn. John D’Andrea moved and Don Umdenstock seconded the motion, which was approved unanimously at 11:55am

Approved ICES TC95 Minutes –11 December 2005 Meeting ATTACHMENT 1

List of Attendees

IEEE ICES TC-95 Meeting Doubletree Hotel San Antonio, TX 11 December 2005 0900 h – Noon

LAST FIRST AFFILIATION COUNTRY EMAIL STATUS NAME NAME 1. Adair Eleanor Independent US mailto:[email protected] M Consultant

2. Baron David AIHA US [email protected] M Representative

3. Blick Dennis Independent US [email protected] M Consultant

4. Bodemann Ralf Siemens AG DE [email protected] M

5. Brooker Ian Tyco Safety IE [email protected] M Products,

6. Cassata Jim Navy - Bureau of US [email protected] O Med & Surgery

7. Chou C.K. Motorola, Inc. US [email protected] M

8. Cohen Jules Jules Cohen P.E. US [email protected] M

9. Curtis Robert OSHA - USDOL US [email protected] M

10. D'Andrea John Naval Health US [email protected] M Research Ctr.

11. DeFrank John USACHPPM US [email protected] M

12. Douglas-Miller Ruth Kansas State US [email protected] O University

13. Johnston Sheila Independent UK [email protected] M Consultant

14. Klauenberg B. Jon USAF US [email protected] M

15. Lang Sakari Nokia Research Ctr. FI [email protected] M

16. Mason Patrick USAF/AFRL/HEDR US [email protected] M Approved ICES TC95 Minutes –11 December 2005 Meeting ATTACHMENT 1

LAST FIRST AFFILIATION COUNTRY EMAIL STATUS NAME NAME 17. Murphy Michael Directed Energy US [email protected] M Bioeffects

18. Osepchuk John Full Spectrum US [email protected] M Consulting

19. Packer Malcolm Harris RF US [email protected] O Communications

20. Petersen Ronald R C Petersen US [email protected] M Associates

21. Tell Richard Richard Tell Assoc. US [email protected] M Inc.

22. Testagrossa Paul Lucent US [email protected] O Technologies

23. Umdenstock Don Tyco Safety US [email protected] O Products

24. Varanelli Arthur Raytheon Company US [email protected] M

25. Ziriax John Naval Health US [email protected] O Research Center

ATTACHMENT 2

IICCEESS

International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety

Modified Agenda

TC95 Main Committee Meeting Doubletree Hotel San Antonio, TX December 11, 2005 9:00 AM – Noon

1. Call to Order: Petersen 2. Approval of Agenda: Petersen 3. Approval of June 26, 2005 Minutes: Petersen 4. Executive Secretary’s Report: Adair 5. Report from the Subcommittees Petersen 5. IEEE Standards Activities Report: Ash Presentation – IEEE myProjectTM 6. Chairman’s Report: Petersen 7. Vice Chairman’s Report Bodemann Update on European Workers; Directive 8. Treasurer’s Report: Varanelli 9. Membership Chairman’s Report: McManus 10. International Liaison Chairman’s Report: Murphy a) Dr. B. Jon Klauenberg, AFRL/HEDR "Update on NATO Triennial Review of STANAG 2345 on RF Personnel Exposure Safety Standards and Impact of the European Union Directive on Worker Safety: Possible Degradation of Operations and Interoperability" b) Dr. Patrick Mason, AFRL/HEDR, and Dr. Dr. Roza Sypniewski, General Dynamics "Support for the WHO/French/Russian Immunology Study" c) Lt Col Noel Montgomery, AFRL/HEDR "Report from a Collaborating Center of the WHO EMF Project" d) Report on ICES and Fundraising: Adair/Osepchuk Petersen e) Reports from the Subcommittees: Petersen 12. New Business: Petersen 13. Plans for Future Meetings: Petersen 14. Adjournment: Petersen TCTC--95/SC95/SC--11 ReportReport ATTACHMENT 3

MeasurementsMeasurements andand computationalcomputational techniquestechniques

HowardHoward BassenBassen ChairChair December 2005 ProgressProgress onon C95.3C95.3--xx,

C95.3-x, Draft Recommended Practice for Measurements and Computation of Electric, Magnetic and Electromagnetic Fields With Respect to Human Exposure to Such Fields, 0 - 100 kHz.

z This standard will update IEEE Std 1460-1996 – “IEEE Guide for the Measurement of Quasi-Static Magnetic and Electric Fields” – which was developed by SC-1, published in 1996, and reaffirmed in 2002

z IEEE Std C95.3-x together with IEEE Std C95.3-2002 will provide measurement/computation techniques over the frequency range covered by the scope of ICES TC-95, i.e., 0 to 300 GHz ProgressProgress onon C95.3C95.3--xx, z TwoTwo telephonetelephone conferenceconference meetingsmeetings werewere heldheld inin Sept.Sept. andand Nov.Nov. 2005.2005. mostmost membersmembers participatedparticipated z DraftsDrafts ofof allall sectionssections areare completecomplete –– editingediting forfor continuitycontinuity andand stylestyle willwill bebe performedperformed inin JanuaryJanuary 20062006 andand distributeddistributed toto thethe subcommitteesubcommittee membersmembers forfor commentcomment andand updating.updating. z AA meetingmeeting inin WashingtonWashington DCDC willwill bebe heldheld inin JanuaryJanuary 2006,2006, DefinitionsDefinitions ofof PossiblePossible EMFEMF MetricsMetrics forfor C95.6C95.6 z JosephJoseph Bowman,Bowman, PhD,PhD, (NIOSH)(NIOSH) andand WolfgangWolfgang Kainz,Kainz, PhDPhD (FDA)(FDA) ofof SCSC--11 studiedstudied thethe needneed forfor moremore wellwell--defineddefined exposureexposure metricsmetrics forfor measuringmeasuring compliancecompliance withwith thethe MaximumMaximum PermissiblePermissible ExposuresExposures (MPE)(MPE).. DefinitionsDefinitions ofof PossiblePossible EMFEMF MetricsMetrics forfor C95.6C95.6 z AfterAfter somesome discussiondiscussion withwith membersmembers ofof SCSC--11 andand SCSC--3,3, membersmembers ofof SCSC--11 developeddeveloped detaileddetailed descriptionsdescriptions ofof threethree metricsmetrics thatthat couldcould bebe usedused toto measuremeasure EE andand HH fieldsfields atat aa singlesingle moment.moment. TheseThese metricsmetrics are:are:

¾ Peak vector magnitude

¾ Root mean square (RMS) vector magnitude (also known as the resultant)

¾ Maximum RMS component DefinitionsDefinitions ofof PossiblePossible EMFEMF MetricsMetrics forfor C95.6C95.6 z TheseThese metricsmetrics werewere evaluatedevaluated byby thethe entireentire subcommittee.subcommittee. TheyThey werewere sentsent toto Dr.Dr. PatPat ReillyReilly ofof SCSC--33 toto evaluateevaluate thethe relevancerelevance ofof thesethese metrics.metrics. RelevanceRelevance toto thethe basicbasic restrictionsrestrictions ofof IEEEIEEE StdStd C95.6C95.6-- 20022002 waswas considered,considered, andand rere--evaluationevaluation ofof thethe bestbest metricmetric isis underwayunderway inin SC1.SC1. IIEEEEEE SSttaannddaarrddss MMeeddaalllliioonn:: ATTACHMENT 4 RRiicc TTeellll

Richard A Tell has been awarded the Standards Medallion in recognition of his foresight in visualizing the need for IEEE Std C95.7-2005 and his perseverance in ushering this project through from inception to approval

IIEEEEEE SSttaannddaarrddss MMeeddaalllliioonnATTACHMENT:: 5 CC--KK CChhoouu aanndd JJoohhnn DD’’AAnnddrreeaa

C-K Chou has been awarded the Standards Medallion in recognition of his dedicated leadership while co- chairing ICES TC-95/SC-4 during the development of IEEE Std C95.1-2005

John D’Andrea has been awarded the Standards Medallion in recognition of his dedicated leadership while co-chairing ICES TC-95/SC-4 during the development of IEEE Std C95.1-2005

ATTACHMENT 6 ICESICES International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety

AnnualAnnual ReportReport (SCC-39)

11 December 2005

Ron Petersen HighlightsHighlights –– 20042004--20052005

Reorganization: SCC-28 is now TC-95, SCC-34 is now TC-34 – both are technical committees of a new SCC (39) designated the International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety (ICES) z TC-34 Scope: ¾ Development of product performance standards fforor specific products that emit EM energy z TC-95 Scope: ¾ Development of standastandardsrds for the safe use of electromagnetic energy in the range of 0 Hz to 300 GHz relative to the potential hazards of exposure of man, volatile materials, and explosive devices to such energy IEEE SASB Liaison with International Groups: ICNIRP, WHO, IEC, NATO…... ICES Management, (SCC-39) Oversight, Liaison with National Groups: AdCom Fundraising, etc. NCRP, ACGIH, US Fed. Agencies, Canada, China, Ireland…….

Exposure TC-95 Product TC-34 Environmental TC-XX Standards Standards Standards?

SC-1 SC-2 SC-3 SC-4 SC-5 SC-1 SC-2 SC-3

SC-1: Measurements SC-1: Marine Radar SC-2: Warning Signs/Hazard Comm SC-2: Wireless Phones SC-3: Safety Levels; 0-3 kHz SC-3: RF-Protective Clothing SC-4: Safety Levels; 3 kHz - 300 GHz SC-5: EEDs HighlightsHighlights –– 20042004--20052005

TC-34 Develops standards/practices/guides that apply to products, e.g., emission limits

• time-invariant • specific to products • simple (product performance standards) TC-95 Develops standards/practices/guides that apply to people, e.g., exposure limits

• time-dependent • specific to exposure populations, e.g., occupational versus general public • complex HighlightsHighlights –– 20042004--20052005

InternationalInternational organizationsorganizations withwith similarsimilar scope:scope: TCTC--3434 ÖÖ IECIEC TC106TC106 • The scope of TC106 is narrower than that of TC-34 (TC106 is limited to standards for exposure assessment) TCTC--9595 ÖÖ InternationalInternational CommissionCommission onon NonNon-- IonizingIonizing RadiationRadiation ProtectionProtection (ICNIRP)(ICNIRP) • ICNIRP develops exposure guidelines across the NIR portion of the spectrum HighlightsHighlights –– 20042004--20052005

Meetings:Meetings:

TCTC--3434 andand TCTC--9595 • 2424––2626 JuneJune 2005,2005, DublinDublin Castle,Castle, IrelandIreland (Hosted(Hosted byby thethe DepartmentDepartment ofof Communications,Communications, NaturalNatural andand MarineMarine Resources)Resources)

• JuneJune 2006,2006, Cancun,Cancun, MexicoMexico HighlightsHighlights –– 20042004--20052005

Meetings:Meetings:

TCTC--9595 • 8–11 December 2005, San Antonio, TX TCTC--34,34, SCSC--22 • 7-10 November 2005, Ottawa (9-10 November in conjunction with IEC TC106 PT62209) • 6-7 April 2006 - Stockholm, Sweden • 9-10 June, 2006, Cancun, Mexico HighlightsHighlights –– 20042004--20052005

ShortcoursesShortcourses C95.6C95.6 (Safety(Safety levelslevels 00--33 kHz)kHz) • CEA – March 04 • Wash DC – June 04 • San Antonio – December 04

• Dublin – June 05 HighlightsHighlights –– 20042004--20052005

Standards:Standards: TC-95:

• C95.1-2005 (RF safety levels – 3 kHz to 300 GHz) • C95.2-1999 (RF Warning signs and symbols)* • C95.3-2002 (Measurements – 100 kHz to 300 GHz) • C95.4-2002 (Safe distances from antennas during blasting operations) • C95.6-2002 (Safety levels, E&M fields – 0 to 3 kHz) • C95.7-2005 (Elements of an RF safety program) • 1460-1996 (Measurement of quasi-static E&M fields)**

*Reaffirmed 2005 **Reaffirmed 2002 HighlightsHighlights –– 20042004--20052005

Standards:Standards: TCTC--34:34:

• 1528-2003 (Certification of mobile telephones) • 1528a-2005 (Amendment 1 to include CAD files of head model) HighlightsHighlights –– 20042004--20052005

PARsPARs TCTC--34:34:

• P1528b-(Amendment 2-Extends the scope to 6 GHz)*

• P1528.1-(General requirements for using the FDTD method for SAR calculations – certification of mobile telephones)* • P1528.2-(Specific requirements for FDTD modeling of vehicle mounted antenna configurations)*

*Approved September 2005 HighlightsHighlights –– 20042004--20052005

PARsPARs TCTC--95:95:

• PC95.3.1-(Measurement of E&M fields; 0-100 kHz)*

*New Project - Approved December 2003 HighlightsHighlights –– 20042004--20052005

Liaisons:Liaisons: FormalFormal TC-34: • Category “D” Liaison with IEC TC-106 PT62209 (Certification of body-worn wireless transceivers) InformalInformal TC-34 & 95:

• ARIB, CENELEC… • ICNIRP, NCRP, WHO EMF Project… HighlightsHighlights –– 20042004--20052005 Issues:Issues:

• Unsuccessful attempt to have C95.3 approved for use as a dual logo IEEE/IEC standard ¾ Major pushback by some EU participating countries related to misunderstanding of MOU between IEEE and IEC

• Organization of ICES AdCom membership ¾ Develop fundraising program

• C95.1-2005 Appeal

• Amicus Brief IIEEEEEE SSttaannddaarrddss MMeeddaalllliioonnATTACHMENT:: 7 HHoowwaarrdd BBaasssseenn

Howard I Bassen has been awarded the Standards Medallion in recognition of his perseverance and leadership skills while chairing SCC34/SC2 during the development and approval of its first standard,

IEEE Std 1528-2003 ATTACHMENT 8 IEEEIEEE

InternationalInternational CommitteeCommittee onon ElectromagneticElectromagnetic SafetySafety

EU activities following EMF workplace directive 2004/40/2004/40/ECEC RegardingRegarding thethe „„rumoursrumours““ issueissue

TheThe followingfollowing slideslide waswas presentedpresented byby MikeMike RepacholiRepacholi atat thethe WHOWHO workshopworkshop onon „„GuidingGuiding publicpublic healthhealth policypolicy inin areasareas ofof scientificscientific uncertaintyuncertainty““ heldheld inin Ottawa/Ottawa/CanadaCanada onon JulyJuly 1111--13,13, 20052005 EUEU EMFEMF WorkersWorkers DirectiveDirective atat aa glanceglance (Dir.(Dir. 2004/40/EC2004/40/EC fromfrom AprilApril 29,29, 2004)2004) z Adoption of ICNIRP limits occ. exposure:

z Exposure limit values: basic restricitions (exc. 0 Hz)

z Action values: reference values z Employer has to assess EMF exposure at workplaces. z Action values exceeded: prove that limit values are met or take measures to reduce exposure.. z Worker information training z Health surveillance (when limit values exceeded) z Obligation to member states:

z Progress report to Commission until April 29, 2009

z Transposition to national law until April 29, 2008 ECEC standardizationstandardization mandatemandate M/351M/351 toto CENELECCENELEC fromfrom MayMay 17,17, 20042004 z Purpose: provide standards to enable employers to perform EMF exposure assessment z Work programme:

z The assessment as to whether a detailed risk assessment in required

z The methodology of a detailed risk assessment

z Measurement and calculation methods to support the above z Regular progress reports to Commission required z Seek advice by ICNIRP, WHO and other EU services z Co-ordination with other international standardization bodies(IEC, ICES(?)) DraftDraft CENELECCENELEC standardstandard prpr ENEN 1441014410 z Title: Determination of workers exposure to electromagnetic fields and assessment of risk. z Scope: assess EMF workplace exposure to show compliance with directive 2004/40/EC z Provide a white list of EMF emitters (table 1). When workplace contains only products listed in table 1, compliance is assumed. Else:

z Use workplace standard, if there is one

z Prove that action values are met (measurement, calculation)

z Prove that exposure limits are met (measures for exposure reduction) prpr ENEN 14410:14410: FlowchartFlowchart assessmentassessment procedureprocedure prpr ENEN 14410:14410: TableTable 11 ((whitewhite list)list) z CE marked equipment with EMF produproductct standard, lighting equipment, computer and ITE equipment incl. wireless communication, office equipment, mobile phones and cordless phones, non-wireless communication equipment and networks, electric handheld and transportable tools, portable heating tools, battery chargers, electric operated garden appliances, audio and video equipment, battery powered equipment not including RF transmitters, all non-electrical equipment, the low- voltage electrical network (<1000Vac) and components*, power transformers connected to LV networks (<1000V phase to phase)*, electrical motors and pumps*, instrumentation, measurement and control equipment, household applicances, battery driven transmitters, all medical equipment not using RF sources *with a rating of up to 200kVA, or up to 1000kVA if they are more than 0.6m away. pr EN 14410: Table 2 (non-exhausive list of equipment that needs further assessment)

z Industrial electrolysis, electrical weldiweldingng and melting, induction heating, dielectric heating, dielectric welding, industrial magnetizers/demagnetizers, microwave and RF lighting, RF plasma devices, diathermy, electric crack detector system, high power radar (> 100 mW RMS, > 20 W peak), power generation and distribution*, electrical motors and pumps*, electrically driven transport – trains and trams, MRI equipment, industrial microwave heating and drying, base stations (for mobile communication)

*with a rating above 200kVA, if they are closer than 0.6m and all rated above 1000kVA prpr ENEN 14410:14410: informativeinformative annexesannexes

z Annex A: CE-marked equipment list of products where product standards re assessment of EMF emissions exist z Annex B: Documenting the risk assessment Form that might be used for documentation of EMF risk assessment z Annex C: TTreatmentreatment for employees at particular risk Quotation of DG EMPL reply to CENELEC inquiry z Annex D: TTotalotal Exposure Quotient (TEQ) EQ: The proportion of the limit value exhausted by available allowed source TEQ: The result of the summation of the EQs from the equipment causing exposure at the workplace z Annex E: Zoning Determine zones where limits for general public and occupational exposure are met prpr ENEN 14410:14410: StatusStatus

z DraftDraft underunder ballotingballoting byby natnationalional standardizationstandardization committeescommittees untiluntil DecDec,, 1616

z BallotingBalloting resultsresults andand commentscomments willwill bebe discusseddiscussed onon WGWG meetingmeeting inin JanuaryJanuary ECEC workingworking party:party: nonnon--bindingbinding guidelineguideline forfor implementationimplementation ofof 2004/40/EC2004/40/EC z EC working party founded in mid 2005 z Scope: create a non-bniding guideline to advice employers on proper implementation of EU directive 2004/40/EC z Representatives of industry associations z 1st meeting on Sep, 1:

z Issue tender for PR agencies to provide draft

z Make reference to proprovisionsvisions of directive

z make it possible to identify hazards, assess exposures and risks and define specific measures for safeguarding the safety and health of workers exposed to risks arising from EMF

z enable the employer to give specific information to workers

z facilitate the task of the employer in implementing Directive 2004/40/EC

z enable the employer to adopt safety measures and define suitable methods ATTACHMENT 9

Members Added in 2005

Name Affiliation Country Max Amman Dublin Institute of Technology IE Ian Brooker Sensormatic IE Leon du Toit Directorate Rad Control, Dept of Health ZA Jeff Holley Florida Power and Light US Nam Kim Chungbuk National University KR David Nelson Michigan Technical University US Kwan-Hoong Ng University of Malaya, Dept of Radiation MY Paolo Ravazzani Italian Nat Res Council IT Dun Sik Yoo Elect & Telecom Res Inst KR

ICES

ATTACHMENT 10 International Liaison Report

San Antonio, TX 11 December 2005 Michael R. Murphy, PhD Air Force Research Laboratory

ICES - International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety Outline

• Recent International EMF Meetings

• Upcoming EMF Meetings

• Liaisons • ICNIRP, WHO, BEMS/EBEA, URSI

• Invited Presentations: – Sheila Johnson, Patrick Mason, B. Jon Klauenberg, Art Varanelli