Sex Offspring Ratio and Radiofrequency Radiation Exposure

Abstract

Radiofrequency (RF) radiation is a silent and invisible hazard for both high-access window cleaners and telecommunications riggers that can heat body tissue, resulting in injury. In this study, a total of 68 high-access window cleaners were interviewed to establish their sex offspring ratio. Results indicated that there was no significant variance to that of the general Australian population. The high-access window cleaning industry has a lower awareness of this hazard than the telecommunications industry. This study compares and contrasts its outcomes against a similar study within the telecommunications industry (n = 68), which also identified no significant variance. As mobile telecommunication networks expand, the risk for high-access window cleaners will increase. Therefore, the study recommended that high-access window cleaning companies should revise their safety systems to ensure this hazard is addressed. A further recommendation was that this study should be repeated in the future to determine if expanding telecommunications networks and increased potential exposure has affected sex offspring ratios.