It is time once again for a new situation report bulletin, and, as usual, I shall start by sharing the latest about the EU Directive being prepared on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (electromagnetic fields). As far as I know, the Directive has moved forward within EU institutions, but it has not yet reached its final form.
Several interesting conferences or other events have been organised in the past six months. Two examples worth mentioning are the 34th Annual Meeting of the Bioelectromagnetics Society (BEMS), held in Brisbane, Australia, in June, and the 7th International Workshop on Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields in Malta in October. Both of these conferences included interesting presentations.
The workshop titled “EMF Health Risk Research: Lessons Learned and Recommendations for the Future”, held in Monte Verità, Switzerland, in October, focused on finding novel hypotheses for research (especially regarding interaction mechanisms) and also on reviewing current understanding of the possible mechanisms. Some of the material presented is available on the workshop’s website.
I again found some fascinating new scientific articles for this bulletin. Starting with two articles on childhood leukaemia, the bulletin first reports on a study on potential associations between paternal occupational exposure and the child developing leukaemia, followed by an article on a study conducted in the Czech Republic examining the association between exposure to magnetic fields and childhood leukaemia. The third article includes evaluations of published exposure limits. As usual, I finish the bulletin with an article on occupational exposure and the effects related to it. This time, it’s an Indian study on chromosomal alterations in electrical workers exposed to electromagnetic fields.
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