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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Issues in the Implementation of Directive 2013/35/EU Regarding the Protection of Workers against Electromagnetic Fields.

Gian Marco Contessa, Simona D'Agostino, Rosaria Falsaperla, Carlo Grandi, Alessandro Polichetti

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Gian Marco ContessaFusion and Technology for Nuclear Safety and Security Department, National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), 00044 Frascati, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6535-0034
Simona D'AgostinoDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, Italian Workers' Compensation Authority (INAIL), 00078 Monte Porzio Catone, Italy.
Rosaria FalsaperlaDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, Italian Workers' Compensation Authority (INAIL), 00078 Monte Porzio Catone, Italy.
Carlo GrandiDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, Italian Workers' Compensation Authority (INAIL), 00078 Monte Porzio Catone, Italy.
Alessandro PolichettiNational Center for Radiation Protection and Computational Physics, Italian National Institute of Health (ISS), 00161 Rome, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In 2016 the Directive 2013/35/EU regarding the protection of health and safety of workers exposed to electromagnetic fields was transposed in Italy. Since then, the authors of this paper have been faced with several issues related to the implementation of the provisions of the Directive, which pose some interpretative and operative concerns. A primary critical feature of the Directive is that, in some circumstances, conditions of "overexposure", i.e., of exceeding the exposure limits, are allowed. In the case of transient effects, the "flexibility" concerning the compliance with exposure limits is based on the approach introduced by ICNIRP in its guidelines on static magnetic fields and on time-varying electric and magnetic fields. On the contrary, the possibility of exceeding the exposure limits for health effects, formally recognized in the article of the Directive dealing with derogations, is not included in the ICNIRP guidelines. This paper analyzes the main concerns in interpreting and managing some provisions of the Directive with particular reference to the issue of how the employer can manage the situations of overexposure.

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Electromagnetic FieldsOccupational ExposureHumansItalyelectric and magnetic fieldshealth effectsmagnetic resonance imagingoccupational exposure

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PMID34682417
PMCPMC8535402

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