Muriel - I hope this link helps... http://newton.ex.ac.uk/aip/physnews.383.html#2
Regards, Mark Gill EMC/Safety/NEBS Desgin Nortel Networks > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 7:38 AM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: RE: Is it Safe? > > > Safe from what? The majority opinion is that exposure to EM fields is > considered to be safe if the exposure is less than specified in standards. > These standards are based upon short term observable effects to cells. The > very minority opinion is that much much lower levels of fields can cause > certain types of cancer. If they are right, then we should all turn off > most > of the electrical circuits in the world. > > I have no doubt that the fields from that power line fall below the limits > of the exposure standards. And I would not worry about cancer. Your > chances > of being killed by lightning are much higher. > > Richard Woods > > ---------- > From: Muriel Bittencourt de Liz [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 6:38 PM > To: Lista de EMC da IEEE > Subject: Is it Safe? > > > Hello Group, > > I'd like to know if is it safe for somebody to have his office 7 > meters > away from a high voltage line (132KV, 50Hz)?? The working time of > the > person is 8 hours a day. > > Thanks in advance > > Muriel > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > [email protected] > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > Michael Garretson: [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > [email protected] > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > Michael Garretson: [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > >
