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Electromagnetic Field Toxicology ReporterEvaluation and Assessment of Extremely Low Frequency EMF BioeffectsAn online quarterly review of biological and health effects Copyright © 1994-2008, Information Ventures, Inc. |
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Electromagnetic Field Toxicology ReporterEvaluation and Assessment of Extremely Low Frequency EMF BioeffectsAn online quarterly review of biological and health effects Copyright © 1994-2008, Information Ventures, Inc. |
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Electromagnetic Field Toxicology Reporter is an online quarterly review containing authoritative and informative updates concerning biological and health effects of power-frequency electromagnetic fields. Each issue reviews specific topics and significant findings published in the world's scientific literature in the previous quarter. This publication updates a literature survey conducted under the Electric and Magnetic Fields Research and Public Information Dissemination (EMF RAPID) Program, a research project sponsored by the United States federal government that ended in 1998.
As the 5-year EMF RAPID Program wound to its conclusion, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) assembled a Working Group of scientists to review the research literature and assess the possible carcinogenicity of fields produced by power transmission and use, termed extremely low frequency (ELF) EMF. The 500+ page report produced by this group, " Assessment of Health Effects from Exposure to Power-Line Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields," was published in 1998. At the time of publication it was one of the most comprehensive and thorough reviews of the topic to date. Although the EMF RAPID Program has ended, the report is still available on an Internet web site maintained by NIEHS.
With the end of the EMF RAPID Program, research funding for ELF EMF decreased substantially in the United States, but elsewhere around the world research studies continued to be conducted and published. Many U.S. studies funded under the EMF RAPID program were completed too late for inclusion in the body of research reviewed by the Working Group, and many more studies were completed subsequently using other sources of funding. As a result, the comprehensive Working Group Report has become increasingly dated. In addition, other critical issues, such as ELF EMF effects on plants and animals in the environment of transmission lines, were not included in the mandate of the Working Group Report. Electromagnetic Field Toxicology Reporter hopes to address these deficiencies through timely reporting on research developments in ELF EMF bioeffects,
Electromagnetic Field Toxicology Reporter quarterly updates provide a critical narrative description of ELF EMF research collected during the previous quarter, organized under topical headings. These quarterly updates are now available to the public through subscription on this website.
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