Exposure to electromagnetic fields (0Hz-10Mhz)

Extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields can influence the human body. In 1992 the Health Council therefore issued an advisory report containing proposals designed to limit exposure to fields of this type. The limits of exposure proposed in that report related only to the 50 Hz fields associated with the electricity supply and were based on short-term effects. According to the report, there was insufficient scientific evidence of the existence of long-term effects, and in particular the induction of certain forms of cancer. Due to continuing public discussions and advances in scientific understanding, a revision of the 1992 advisory report is now desirable.