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Document ID (ISN)56550
CIS number 91-1694
Year 1990
Convention or series no. EPA 600/6-90/005B
Author(s)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Title Evaluation of the potential carcinogenicity of electromagnetic fields
Bibliographic information Office of Research and Development Publications Office, CERI-FRN, USEPA, 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA, Oct. 1990. 1 vol. Illus. ca. 200 ref. Not officially published.
Abstract This draft document summarises and evaluates the available literature relating to the potential carcinogenicity of electromagnetic fields in the frequency range 3Hz to 30GHz. Although made available to the public as a discussion paper for hearings in Jan. 1991, the report is not a statement of the views of the US Environmental Protection Agency, and the Agency discourages quotation or citation of the document. Topics covered: human epidemiological studies relating in some way to carcinogenesis, chronic animal studies, and short-term and in-vitro studies related to the carcinogenic effects of non-ionising electromagnetic radiation. Extremely low frequency (3-3000Hz) and radiofrequency (0.003-30,000MHz) fields are emphasised. There are epidemiological studies that indicate an association between exposure to electromagnetic fields and certain types of cancer, but other epidemiological studies have failed to substantiate them, and laboratory studies to date are insufficient to establish a cause-and-effect relationship between exposure and cancer.
Descriptors (primary) electromagnetic radiation; electric fields; magnetic fields; electric power distribution; carcinogenic effects; non-ionizing radiation
Descriptors (secondary) literature survey; USA; report; in vitro experiments; epidemiologic study; animal experiments; human experiments; radiofrequency radiation
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvinceUSA
Subject(s) Radiation
Broad subject area(s) Physical hazards
Browse category(ies) Electricity
Electromagnetic fields
Non-ionizing radiation