Archive

---

Med. Pr. 2003;54(2)

POLISH GUIDELINES CONCEPTION 2001 FOR MAXIMUM ADMISSIBLE INTENSITIES IN HIGH FREQUENCY EMF VERSUS EU RECOMMENDATIONS (p. 181-187)

KONCEPCJA POLSKICH PRZEPISÓW O NDN 2001 W POLACH ELEKTROMAGNETYCZNYCH WIELKICH CZĘSTOTLIWOśCI A REKOMENDACJE UNII EUROPEJSKIEJ (

Halina Aniołczyk Z Zakładu Zagrożeń Fizycznych Instytutu Medycyny Pracy im. prof. J. Nofera w Łodzi

Abstract

In 1999, a draft of amendments to maximum admissible intensities (MAI) of electromagnetic fields (O Hzś300 GHz) was prepared by Professor H. Korniewicz of the Central Institute for Labour Protection, Warsaw, in cooperation with the Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Łódź (radio-and microwaves) and the Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Warsaw (pulse radiation) .Before 2000, the development of the national MAI guidelines for the frequency range of 0.1 MHzś300 GHz was based on the knowledge of biological and health effects of EMF exposure available on the turn of the 1960s. A current basis for establishing the MAI international standards is a well-documented thermal effect measured by the value of a specific absorption rate (SAR), whereas the effects of resonant absorption imposes the nature of the functional dependency on EMF frequency. The Russian standards, already thoroughly analyzed,still take so-called non-thermal effects and the conception of energetic load for a work-shift with its progressive averaging (see hazardous zone in Polish guidelines) as a basis for setting maximum admissible intensities. The World Health Organization recommends a harmonization of the EMF protection guidelines,existing in different countries,with the guidelines of the International Commission for Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), and its position is supported by the European Union.

Key words

exposure limits, radiowave, microwave, safety zones