If someone wanted to study the effects of electromagnetic fields/radiation in the US, this would be

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Those restrictions began in the 1950s, when the Federal Communications Commission created the National Radio Quiet Zone, a 13,000-square-mile swath of sparsely populated countryside that straddles the borders of West Virginia, Virginia, and Maryland. Use of the airwaves inside the zone is strictly regulated to ensure that the high-tech telescopes at Green Bank and nearby Sugar Grove can operate with minimal disturbance.

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Holstine is quick to acknowledge the ironic aspects of working at the facility: Scientists who use some of the world's most advanced instruments can't use a microwave oven to heat their lunch. And then there was the time astronomers were baffled by a mysterious distortion of their data. They had a laugh when they discovered that the errant energy waves were coming from battery-operated fans sold in the facility's gift shop.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... astronomy/

So uh... who likes doing science?
 
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