Our EMF Radiation Assessment and Mitigation Services

EMFstrategy is a service dedicated to assess the built environment for electromagnetic fields, in support of the health of the individual and those office workers at particular risk from EMFs. We measure and mitigate EMF risk for the holistic health benefit of individuals and go beyond the minimum health & safety compliance directive (highlighted in the paragraph below), based on the ALARA principle (as low as reasonably achievable) to support EMF-free living in key lifestyle environments such as the home, workplace, school, leisure. The process empowers you to be the architect of your own health & wellness!

New legislation came into force on 1 July 2016 to protect workers from the effects of electromagnetic fields (EMF) in the workplace. In essence the Control of Electromagnetic Fields at Work (CEMFAW) Regulations 2016 are the transposition into UK law of EU Directive 2013/35/EU –  the effect is to introduce, for the first time, mandatory limits on workers’ exposure to EMFs while they are engaged in their professional duties. These regulations do not cover the general public. The safety thresholds are based on long established limits for occupational situations issued by ICNIRP (International Committee on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection). However, the updated guidelines – which take into account 5G’s arrival – have “essentially not changed” since the last batch of recommendations ICNIRP made to WHO in 1998 according to an essay by Professor John William Frank, an experienced epidemiologist and chair of public health research and policy at the University of Edinburgh’s Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics. His essay published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health – “Electromagnetic fields, 5G and health: what about the precautionary principle?” – concludes that industry and health agencies should “err on the side of caution” and therefore calls for a moratorium on further 5G rollout. ICNIRP hosted a mini-symposium ahead of BioEM2022 on 19 June 2022. The formal presentations focussed on two issues. The first related to compliance with and implementation of the ICNIRP 2020 Radiofrequency Guidelines (an update of ICNIRP 1998.) This is an issue that ICNIRP has received many questions about, and although ‘compliance’ itself is not within the remit of ICNIRP, they have put together presentations to help those working through such issues. Of concern is the difficulty to show compliance with 2 different limits (2020) Vs. only one (1998) so not very practical. And the fact that the 5G realistic assessment techniques are not yet included (ITU emf standards 62322 have not yet been updated) to be published later in 2022 according to a panelist. Another disappointment in the revision of guidelines is the obvious research skew toward telephony sector products Vs. broadcasting, radio etc. where data gaps have widened and the previous short easy references have been removed and limits dropped, leaving people exposed. For example, contact currents that give rise to shocks and burns at high power sites. Thus, as “experts did not believe they had solutions” and in the interest of scientific objectivity we choose to err on the side of caution and urge you to view the presentations in conjunction with the journal on Environmental Health “Self-referencing authorships behind the ICNIRP 2020 radiation protection guidelines” by Else K. Nordhagen and Einar Flydal, until a definitive.