Glossary

Glossary:

• Carcinogen- Any substance, radionuclide, or radiation that is an agent directly involved in causing cancer.
• DOI- Department of the Interior
• EEG- Electroencephalography
• EHS- Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity
• EMC- Electromagnetic Compatibility
• EMF- Electromagnetic Field
• FCC- Federal Communications Commission
• GSM- Global System for Mobile Communications
• IARC- International Agency for Research on Cancer (A WHO Agency)
• ICNIRP- International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection
• It`s Foundation- Information Technologies In Society (A Swiss Non-profit Research Foundation)
• Mg (Milligaus) - A measurement scale used to measure the strength of EMF.
• MWR – Microwave radiation
• NCI- National Cancer Institute
• NIEHS- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (USA)
• NRC- National Research Council of the National Academies (USA)
• NTP- National Toxicology Program (USA)
• RF- Radiofrequency
• SAR- Specific Absorption Rate: Radiofrequency exposure limits for mobile phone users are given in terms of SAR – the rate of radiofrequency energy absorption per unit mass of the body. 
• WHO- World Health Organization
• WLAN- Wireless Local Area Network