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'Analysis of the Exposure Levels and of the PAVE PAWS Raclai' System Potential Biologic Effects National Research Council Washington DC Panel on Radiation From the PAVE PAV.'S Radar System*Air Command. Washington. DC (4ll3l8) the Extent of Force Systems Adey . W. Brockway Ross: Gandhi - OMI P. G')AI7924 h.ns CUT.) i di? F inn l rept ⢠AUTHOR: C'eary. Stephen F.; Justesen. Don R.; McMillan. F2l42B4 Fid: l71. OR. 63H. 68F . 57V l979 ll Oo Contract: F49G20-78-C-0l l 8 Monitor: AFSC-TR-79-07 _See also AD-A072 333. _ Abstract: The Panel on the Extent of Radiation from the PAVE PAWS Radnr System w:i'j; charged to examine the extent of radiation and the exposure of the public to radiation fro^i the PAVE PAWS syr.tem. In carrying out this task. the Panel considered the characteristics of the PAVE PAWS radiation related to public exposure and cun>pare'i the possible exp^ to existing ambient rad i of requency radiation on Cape Cod in other locations in the United States. To oru . perspective for the assessment of possible exposurp "ffects the Panel has also. to the extent possible. reviewed and summarized the state of knowledge concerning t'v biologic effects of exposure to such r.idiat ion . The P.v J i did not address the c|Upv.tion of ttv? des i t'.'b i 1 i t y or ddequ i . of the anticipated exposure control procedures . nor d i d >i make a judgment concernifig the relative s-ifoty or hjzard of ^xpo^ure to PAVE PAWS emission. Descriptors: *R idar antennip. *P.ndiation haziirds. Microwaves. Field intensity. Lo.v intensity. Radar beams. Exposure! I'hys io logy ). Hivans. Central nervous system. Pacemakers. Antimissile cinfen^c systems. Radar stations. Mabsachu'-iet ts. Air Force f icllltioa Identifiers: PAVE PAWS project. Otis Afr Force Base. Radiation ef fects(Biology ) . Cape Cod. NTISDODXA. NTISDODAF AD-A072 332/OST NTIS Prices: PC A06/MF A0l
ANALYSIS OF THE EXPOSURE LEVELS AND POTENTIAL 'BIOLOGIC EFFECTS OF THE PAVE PAWS RADAR SYSTEM Panel on the Extent of Radiation from the PAVE PAWS Radar System Assembly of Life Sciences National Research Council National Academy of Sciences Washington, B.C. 1979 MAY? 1979 LIBRARY
NOTICE The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the Councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the Committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance. This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The work on which this report is based was performed pursuant to Contract No. F49620-78-C-0118 with the United States Air Force.
ASSEMBLY OF LIFE SCIENCES PANEL ON THE EXTENT OF RADIATION FROM THE PAVE PAWS RADAR SYSTEM MEMBERS Stephen F. Cleary, Chairman Department of Biophysics Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA W. Ross Adey Veterans' Administration Medical Center Loma Linda, CA Om P. Gandhi Department of Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT Don R. Justesen Neuro-Psychology and Behavioral Radiology Laboratories Veterans' Administration Medical Center Kansas City, MO Brockway McMillan Vice President, Military Systems Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. Whippany, NJ Shields Warren Cancer Research Institute New England Deaconess Hospital Boston, MA Clayton S. White President Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Oklahoma City, OK George M. Wilkening Head, Environmental Health and Safety Department Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. Murray Hill, NJ CONSULTANTS Arthur W. Guy Department of Rehabilitation Medicine University of Washington Seattle, WA David E. Janes Chief, Electromagnetic Radiation Analysis Branch Environmental Analysis Division Environmental Protection Agency Silver Spring, MD Oswald G. Villard, Jr. SRI International Menlo Park, CA EDITOR Norman Grossblatt Assembly of Life Sciences National Research Council Washington, D.C.
PREFACE The Panel on the Extent of Radiation from the PAVE PAWS Radar System was charged to examine the extent of radiation and the exposure of the public to radiation from the PAVE PAWS system. In carrying out this task, the Panel has considered the characteristics of the PAVE PAWS radiation as related to public exposure and compared the possible exposure to existing ambient radiofrequency radiation on Cape Cod and in other locations in the United States. To provide perspective for the assessment of possible exposure effects the Panel has also, to the extent possible, reviewed and summarized the state of knowledge concerning the biologic effects of exposure to such radiation. The Panel did not address the question of the desirability or ade- quacy of the anticipated exposure control procedures, nor did it make a judgment concerning the relative safety or hazard of exposure to PAVE PAWS emission. I wish to thank the members of the Panel for their commitment to the completion of this report and the Air Force personnel who co- operated in supplying necessary information. Stephen F. Cleary, Chairman Panel on the Extent of Radiation from the PAVE PAWS Radar System
