ELECTROMAGNETIC EXPOSURE
October 1st, 2003
BY MARK ROWEEMPLOYERS are to be given guidelines on the maximum levels of exposure to electro-magnetic waves that should be faced by staff who work with power lines, mobile phone and radar antennae under a long-debated European Union proposal that has now received agreement in principle by the EU Council of Ministers. Companies will also be required to carry out risk assessments of the dangers to their staff from radio, television and mobile phone masts.The stipulations, which should enable employers to pre-empt union concerns about exposure limits, are set out ...
Full access to this article can be arranged with permission from the client that first ordered it. Please contact us to request access. Entries are uploaded to our archive at least one year after being published by a client – free access is restricted to International News Services journalists for background research only. The article date indicates when copy was filed to a client, not when posted to this archive. Upon client requests, International News Services will remove such articles from the archive or not upload them in the first place. They are included to demonstrate the breadth of topics undertaken by the agency and also to help promote clients’ coverage.