The International EMF Project has been established to assess health and environmental effects of exposure to static and time varying electric and magnetic fields in the frequency range 0-300 GHz.
Radiation and health
We work to strengthen radiation protection of the public, patients and workers worldwide. We provide Member States with evidence-based guidance, tools and technical advice on public health issues related to ionizing and non-ionizing radiation.
Electromagnetic fields and public health
Legislation on exposure to electromagnetic fields
Backgrounders
Research on Radio Frequency fields
Read more →An Environmental Health Criteria Monograph
The World Health Organization is undertaking a health risk assessment of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields, to be published as a monograph in the Environmental Health Criteria Series. This publication will complement the monographs on static fields (2006) and extremely low frequency fields (2007), and will update the monograph on radiofrequency fields (1993).
Research agenda on electromagnetic fields
Because of the scientific questions and the public concern regarding the potential health effects from electromagnetic fields (EMF), several countries have funded research programmes and, in some cases, set up foundations to sponsor studies relating to this topic.
To avoid unnecessary duplication of effort and to make sure that all important questions are being studied, research coordination on a global level is important. To that end, the International EMF Project, in collaboration with major national and multinational research funding institutions, has been providing such an umbrella for worldwide coordination and exchange of information about planned and ongoing projects.
Many large research funding agencies use the WHO Research Agendas as a basis for their funding research. Since 1997 over $200million of funding for research has been conducted to complete these Agendas.