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Electromagnetic fields
- What are electromagnetic fields?
- High-frequency fields
- What are high-frequency fields?
- Sources
- Effects
- Protection
- Limit values
- Occupational safety
- Radiation protection in mobile communication
- Static and low-frequency fields
- Radiation protection relating to the expansion of the national grid
- Radiation protection in electromobility
- The Competence Centre for Electromagnetic Fields
Optical radiation
- What is optical radiation?
- UV radiation
- Visible light
- Infrared radiation
- Application in medicine and wellness
- Application in daily life and technology
Ionising radiation
- What is ionising radiation?
- Radioactivity in the environment
- Applications in medicine
- Applications in daily life and in technology
- Radioactive radiation sources in Germany
- Register high-level radioactive radiation sources
- Type approval procedure
- Items claiming to provide beneficial effects of radiation
- Cabin luggage security checks
- Radioactive materials in watches
- Ionisation smoke detectors (ISM)
- Radiation effects
- What are the effects of radiation?
- Effects of selected radioactive materials
- Consequences of a radiation accident
- Cancer and leukaemia
- Hereditary radiation damage
- Individual radiosensitivity
- Epidemiology of radiation-induced diseases
- Ionising radiation: positive effects?
- Radiation protection
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- Radiation Protection Act
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- Frequently applied legal provisions
- Dose coefficients to calculate radiation exposure
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Occupational safety
Although the exposure to high frequency electromagnetic fields is relatively low for the general public, there are certain working environments where exposure is high, for example, applications in medicine, equipment for warming and connecting of materials in industry, as well as repair or maintenance of technical installations during operation.
The German Ordinance on Occupational Safety to electromagnetic fields (EMFV), the pertinent European Union (EU) Council Directive, the Employers' Liability Insurance Association Regulations, and other provisions are applied to protect employees against potential damage to their health.
State of 2023.11.15