Have any independent bodies reviewed the research on static electric and magnetic fields and possible human health effects?
Yes. There have recently been a number of such reviews of the epidemiological and laboratory literature. None of these reviews have concluded that static magnetic or electrical fields of the intensity encountered in residential and occupational settings are human health hazards. A 1993 review by the United Kingdom (British) National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) [58] concluded that for static electric fields “there is no biological evidence from which basic restrictions on human exposure to static electric fields can be derived… ” and that “for most people, the annoying perception of surface electric charge… will not occur during exposure to static electric fields of less than about 25 kV/m”. For static magnetic fields the NRPB [58] concluded that: “there is no direct experimental evidence of any acute, adverse effect on human health due to short-term exposure to static magnetic fields up to about 2 T [2000 mT]… Effects on behavior or cardiac function from exposure to much
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