Our General Report Policy
Most often, our contracted assignments pertain to helping solve electromagnetic interference issues. We also serve environmental engineering firms with testing, measuring, and assessing electromagnetic fields within specified frequencies and tolerances using designated testing standards. (See Electromagnetic Field Testing.) Then, engineers will use our assessments to report to the ultimate client. We do not determine safety levels. These determinations remain with various organizations such as the FCC, ICNIRP, IEEE, Building Biology Institute, the EU, the Chinese government, etc. The same practice applies to work we may provide for any global company, worker's union, medical association, etc. Much of the software we use has these safety or compliance standards programmed in and can be displayed in the reports as line levels or percentages.
We test electromagnetic fields to determine the source causation and solutions for electromagnetic interference to malfunctioning electronics and assess the electromagnetic compatibility between various technologies in situ. When we speak of testing an "electromagnetic environment," we are referring to measuring and evaluating electromagnetic fields or emissions, which may be causative agents for electromagnetic interference (EMI) or failing electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) affecting EUT (Equipment Under Test) or humans and animals. (This environment may also include the EUT’s emissions.)
Although we understand the physical mechanisms of how and why electromagnetic radiation affects human biology, we leave the health determinations derived from any measurements to our clients, employers, environmental engineering firms, medical doctors, research scientists, or anyone else we serve. We can inform or guide our clients on various safety exposure levels from national and international standards.
Elexana LLC is not an environmental testing company. Environmental testing companies test the quality of water, air, and soil for the health of living organisms sharing a particular environment or property. Again, we do not determine health or safety standards or the associated limit levels related to EMF exposure, provide health risk assessments, or prescribe EMF remediation to improve health. We aim to reduce exposure.
We test using ISO 17025 certified-calibrated instruments to a wide range of health and safety standards for occupational and general public safety.
Regarding occupational and general public exposure, our perspective on mitigation is to reduce EMF radiation levels using the ALARA Principle (As Low As Reasonably Achievable.)