Eleanor Reed Adair (November 11, 1926 – April 20, 2013)[1] was an American physiologist who studied the effects of electromagnetic radiation on humans.
She is best known for performing the first human studies demonstrating the safety of microwave radiation.
Pierce Laboratory in New Haven, Connecticut to learn how humans and animals react to heat.
This work led her to focus on the controversial area of microwaves and their effect on human health.
[1] Experimenting first on squirrel monkeys and then on human volunteers, she concluded that microwave radiation from microwave ovens, cells phones, and power lines is harmless to humans and animals.