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Mr. Tell has 38 years of experience working on issues related to radiofrequency (RF) hazards. During the first 20 years of his professional career within the Federal government, he worked first for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and then for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency where he served as Chief of the Electromagnetics Branch. In that capacity, he supported the agency’s program to develop a public exposure standard for RF fields and did extensive work related to RF instrumentation evaluation, computer modeling of antennas and national field studies to measure environmental levels of RF fields. During his tenure at the EPA, his program provided technical support to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as the FCC adopted new rules for human exposure to RF fields. For the past 18 years, Mr. Tell has pursued his own scientific consulting practice related to electromagnetic field exposure assessment. Much of his work has been in helping clients to evaluate compliance with applicable standards and to establish RF safety programs within their companies. His work has included contract support to the FCC, NIOSH, the FAA, Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S. Border Patrol, the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA), and other Federal and public agencies related to analyzing and evaluating electromagnetic fields. In recent years, his business activities have expanded to include the development of specialized software (RoofView® and TowerCalc® RF Modeling Software) for analyzing RF fields at wireless telecommunications antenna sites, design and production of RF safety signs (RF Alerting Signs) and the development and production of electromagnetic energy awareness and training videos (Motorola EME Awareness for Antenna Site Safety Video) for the industry.

Richard earned the B.S. degree in physics and mathematics in 1966 from Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas and the M.S. degree in radiation sciences in 1967 from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He is a past elected member of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) and serves as Chairman of Subcommittee 2 of the IEEE Standards Coordinating Committee TC-95 on RF. He also is Chair of the Risk Evaluation Working Group of Subcommittee 4 within TC-95 which has recently revised the IEEE standard for RF exposure and is an elected member of the IEEE Committee on Man and Radiation (COMAR). He has authored numerous reports, publications and book chapters related to evaluating electromagnetic fields from a hazards perspective and is a frequent participant in national and international workshops related to electromagnetic field hazards and safety standards development.

Mr. Tell was born January 25, 1944 in Roscoe, Texas. He is married to Valeria Ann Tell and has three children. Ric has been a licensed amateur radio operator since 1959 and holds the call sign K5UJU as an Extra Class licensee.