COMMONLY USED ABBREVIATIONS
CHD Children's Health Defense
EHT Environmental Health Trust
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
FDA US Food and Drug Administration
HERTZ (Hz) Named after German physicist Heinrich Hertz (1857-1894). SI derived unit used to measure the frequency of vibrations and waves, such as sound waves and electromagnetic waves; one hertz is equal to one cycle per second
MEGAHERTZ (MHz) 10⁶
One million cycles per second
KILOHERTZ (KHz) 10³
One thousand cycles per second
THERAHERTZ (THz) 10¹²
One trillion cycles per second
IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer
ICNIRP International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection
NC4ST The National Call For Safe Technology
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NIH National Institutes of Health
NTIA The National Telecommunications and Information Administration
NTP National Toxicology Program