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Section 4: Safety Guidelines and Warranty Information
4A: Safety 118
12. Who regulates exposure to radiation from microwave ovens,
television sets and computer monitors?
The Food and Drug Administration is responsible for protecting
the public from harmful radiation emissions from these
consumer products.
13. Does the FCC routinely monitor radiofrequency radiation from
antennas?
The FCC does not have the resources or the personnel to
routinely monitor the emissions for all the thousands of
transmitters that are subject to FCC jurisdiction. However, the
FCC does have measurement instrumentation for evaluating RF
levels in areas that may be accessible to the public or to
workers. If there is evidence for potential non-compliance with
FCC exposure guidelines for a FCC-regulated facility, staff from
the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology or the FCC
Enforcement Bureau can conduct and investigation, and, if
appropriate, perform actual measurements. Circumstances that
could give rise to a concern about an facility's conformance
with FCC regulations can be found in A Local Government
Official's Guide to Transmitting Antenna RF Emission Safety:
Rules, Procedures, and Practical Guidance. This Guide can be
accessed at:
http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety. Potential exposure
problems should be brought to the FCC's attention by
contacting the FCC RF Safety Program at: 202-418-2464 or by
e-mail: rfsafety@fcc.gov.
14. Does the FCC maintain a database that includes information on
the location and technical parameters of all the transmitting
towers it regulates?
Each of the FCC Bureaus maintains its own licensing database
system for the service(s) it regulates (e.g., television, cellular
service, satellite earth stations). The FCC issues two types of
licenses: site specific and market based. In the case of site
specific licensed facilities, technical operating information is
collected from the licensee as part of the licensing process.
However, in the case of market based licensing (e.g., PCS,
cellular), the licensee is granted the authority to operate a radio
communications system in a geographic area using as many
facilities as are required, and the licensee is not required to
provide the FCC with specific location and operating
parameters of these facilities.