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Electromagnetic fields
- What are electromagnetic fields?
- Static and low-frequency fields
- What are static and low-frequency electric and magnetic fields?
- Direct and alternating voltage
- Application/occurrence
- Power supply & traffic systems
- Transformer station
- Household appliances & electrical installations
- Induction hob
- Display screens
- Anti-theft devices
- Other applications
- Everyday field strain
- Effects of static and low-frequency fields
- Protection
- Reports & Evaluations
- Radiation protection relating to the expansion of the national grid
- High-frequency fields
- Radiation protection in mobile communication
Optical radiation
Ionising radiation
- What is ionising radiation?
- Radioactivity in the environment
- Applications in medicine
- Applications in daily life and in technology
- Effects
- What are the effects of radiation?
- Acute radiation damage
- Effects of selected radioactive materials
- Consequences of a radiation accident
- Cancer and leukaemia
- Genetic radiation effects
- Individual radiosensitivity
- Epidemiology of radiation-induced diseases
- Ionising radiation: positive effects?
- Risk estimation and assessment
- Radiation protection
- Nuclear accident management
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Household appliances & electrical installations
Low-frequency electric and magnetic fields are generated by household appliances and electrical installations in the home. In Germany the safety of equipment is regulated by product standards that are based on the product safety law. If these standards assess possible health effects of electric and magnetic fields, the assessment is based on the limits recommended by the Council of the European Union .
State of 2017.05.17