The role of furniture in exposure to non-ionizing radiation in a residential apartment ()
1. INTRODUCTION
Rapid development of science and technology is associated with a necessary contaminant: non-ionizing radiation.
This article treats the following areas: the wave nature of non-ionizing radiation, its spread in the electromagnetic spectrum, the physical quantities and units by which non-ionizing radiation can be measured [1-6]. An attempt is made to supply the public with essential and sufficient knowledge of non-ionizing radiation present in their homes (including internal and external types of sources, models, their power as well as invisible sources). With the results of measurements of non-ionizing radiation within their dwelling places, they might judge to act and to suggest to people who deal with projecting and furnishing the houses, with frequent renovation of technology in order to reduce the non ionizing radiation and to avoid as much as possible the exposure to it [3,4,6,7].
2. MATERIALS AND METHODS
1) Materials that are used: field meters up to 300 MHz and up to 3 GHz, an inhabited apartment available in the city of Gjirokastër.
2) Experimental method is applied by direct measurement.
3. THE WAVE NATURE OF NON-IONIZING RADIATION
(for more see 8) [1-6].
4. SOME PHYSICAL QUANTITIES AND THEIR UNITS BY WHICH NON-IONIZING RADIATION IS VALUED
(for more see 8) [8,9].
5. SOURCES OF NON-IONIZING RADIATION IN A NORMAL HABITATION
A normal inhabited apartment is selected for this work (AP.3 figure 1).
6. MEASUREMENTS OF NON-IONIZING RADIATION [7,8,10]
The measurements are done in Apartment 3 of the Block behind the Sports Palace, “18 Shtatori” neighbourhood, Gjirokastër, Albania.
6.1. Measurements
1) The level of non-ionizing radiation of external sources of high frequencies is B = 0.059 μΤ.
2) The level of radiation of sources of internal environment is as in tables 1 and 2.
6.2. Comments about Measurements
Table 1, the measurements 12 and 13 show the differ-