TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PURPOSE .............................................................. 1 INTRODUCTION.......................................................... 1 1 HEALTH AND ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF MICROWAVE RADIATION ............. 3 1.1 Scope....................................................... 4 1.2 Methodology ................................................. 4 1.2.1 Effects on Public and Workers.......................... 4 1.2.2 Effects on Ecosystems ................................ 5 1.3 Cause and Effect Relationships............................... 5 1.4 State of Knowledge........................................... 7 1.5 Research Plan and Alternatives............................... 8 1.6 Preliminary Assessment....................................... 9 1.6.1 Effects on Public Health and Safety............ . . . . 9 1.6.2 Effects on the Health and Safety of the Terrestrial Worker......................................... 10 1.6.3 Effects on the Health and Safety of Space Workers. ... 10 1.6.4 Effects on Ecosystems................................ 13 1.7 Conclusions and Recommendations............................. 13 1.7.1 Public and Occupational Personnel....................... 17 1.7.2 Ecosystems............................................ 17 1.8 Reference Documents ......................................... 18 Appendix 1A. Microwave Health and Ecological Effects Program Plan . . 21 2 OTHER EFFECTS ON HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT........................ 25 2.1 Scope....................................................... 26 2.2 Methodology................................................. 26 2.3 Cause and Effect Relationships............................... 27 2.4 State of Knowledge........................................... 30 2.5 Research Plan and Alternatives............................... 30 2.6 Preliminary Assessment....................................... 30 2.6.1 Effects on the Public.................................. 34 2.6.1.1 Incremental Effects of Conventional Processes.................................... 34 2.6.1.2 Unconventional Effects on Public Health and Safety........................................ 37 2.6.2 Effects on Terrestrial Workers ........................ 47 2.6.2.1 Incremental Effects of Conventional Processes.................................... 47 2.6.2.2 Unconventional Effects....................... 47 2.6.3 Effects on Space Workers.............................. 49 2.6.3.1 Weightlessness............................... 49 2.6.3.2 Life Support................................. 51 2.6.3.3 Radiation ................................... 52 2.6.4 Ecological Effects .................................... 54 2.7 Conclusions and Recommendations............................. 54 2.7.1 Effects on the Public.................................. 54 2.7.2 Effects on Terrestrial Workers ........................ 58 2.7.3 Effects on Space Workers.............................. 58
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