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EMF in the News.
Danger of EMFs Still Uncertain
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Copyright © 1994-2008, Information Ventures, Inc.
Biological Effects of Nonionizing Electromagnetic
Radiation [BENER] Digest Update, Volume 4, Number 2, 1994
Although scientists, governments, and the public have tried for years to determine whether the
electromagnetic fields (EMFs) produced by wiring and appliances can cause cancer and other health
problems, they have not yet agreed on any answers. The Department of Energy and the National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences are coordinating a national EMF research effort as part of the 1992 National
Energy Policy Act which called for $65 million in spending on EMF research and public information
dissemination over five years. Common household appliances emit strong EMFs, but scientists are less
concerned about these short, limited exposures than the long-term exposure from power lines or work place
sources. Although some studies have found evidence of links between cancer and EMFs from such sources,
these studies have been criticized for relying on estimates rather than actual measurements of past EMF
exposures. Current studies are correcting for this problem. Dennis O'Connor, EMF project leader for the
Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, does not expect a push to regulate
low-level EMFs. He does anticipate possible regulation of higher radio frequencies because of their known
health effects, and because technology in that field is expanding rapidly in conjunction with the development
of the "information highway."
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 29 July 1994
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