The 1998 guidelines for human exposure is issued by ICNIRP which is recognized by the EU and WHO. Many countries around the world have adopted these limits. See the web site at http://www.icnirp.de/ <http://www.icnirp.de/> .
The guideline can be downloaded from http://www.icnirp.de/Documents/Emfgdl.PDF <http://www.icnirp.de/Documents/Emfgdl.PDF> In the US, the accepted guideline is published by the ACGIH (OSHA uses this one). The ACGIH limits are higher than the ICNIRP limits. http://www.acgih.org/ <http://www.acgih.org/> Italy has national and regional laws for exposure to fields from power systems. The regional limits are about 1/10 that of the national law. Germany also has a law. All of these guidelines and laws regulate exposure and not emissions. Therefore, the equipment per se is not regulated. It is up to the equipment owner to ensure that workers and/or the general public are not over exposed. Richard Woods ---------- From: Jose Miguel Rio [SMTP:j...@advancedshielding.com] Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 10:50 AM To: EMC List 2 Subject: Magnetic field standards Hi boys I hope that averybody have enjoyed their holidays. I have a little question for you. Do anybody know an international or local standard that regulates the level of magnetic field generated by transformers and power cables to protect electronic equipment or human beings? Thanks in advance Regards Jose Rio Advanced Shielding Technologies ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: jim_bac...@mail.monarch.com Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: jim_bac...@mail.monarch.com Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org
