Status Report on Activities of the American National Standards C95 Committee on Radio Frequency Radiation Hazards

In 1959, the Department of the Navy initiated action to establish a national standards committee on radiation hazards. These efforts resulted in the establishment of what is now the Americas National Standards C95 Committee on Radio Frequency Radiation Hazards. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and Department of the Navy - Naval Electronic Systems Command - are currently co-secretariats of the committee. This paper briefly traces the history and role of ANSI, summarizes past and present standardization efforts of the C95 committee and outlines some of the problem areas which have been encountered with the present ANSI C95 standards.