Assessment of electromagnetic radiation in the urban environment

With the development and improvement of mobile communications, a very topical issue in urban areas is electromagnetic pollution (EMP) from telecommunication technologies. These are the so-called artificial sources of electromagnetic fields that affect the environment and living organisms. The paper presents an analysis and evaluation of results from measurements of electromagnetic radiation from base stations of mobile operators in a sparsely urbanized environment. The presented results were obtained using mobile measurement equipment Narda AMB-8057-03 in the frequency range 100 kHz to 7 GHz. This frequency range covers the frequencies of all mobile operators operating on the territory of Bulgaria and allows tracking the dynamics of electromagnetic emissions from the antennas, on weekdays and weekends. The observed dynamic changes were analyzed as a function of local time, distance from base stations, data traffic load, and the characteristics of the surrounding environment. The data obtained prove that the measured levels of electromagnetic fields are safe, according to current national legislation and European standards. The development of mobile communications requires continuous monitoring and control of electromagnetic pollution, through the construction of systems for monitoring electromagnetic emission.