2. Risks for professionals
The known short-term biological or health consequences are :
the effects of electrical currents induced in the human body by low frequencies;
effects of contact currents ;
thermal effects in tissues caused by high frequencies.
Biological effects" are physiological, biochemical or behavioral changes induced in an organism, tissue or cell in response to external stimulation (e.g. sweating in hot weather).
A "pathological effect" is a biological effect that can endanger the normal functioning of an organism, by exceeding its physiological response capacities.
There is also a risk of malfunction for active implants, and potentially adverse effects for...
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The "physical agents" social directive specific to electromagnetic fields (2004/40/EC) of April 29, 2004 lays down the minimum requirements for the protection of workers, i.e. any person engaged in a professional activity who may be exposed to a source of electromagnetic fields, whether or not related to their own activity. It sets out the general principles of prevention, as well as the basic restrictions and reference levels...
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