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Research on power-frequency fields : completed under the Energy Policy Act of 1992 / Committee to review the Research Activities Completed Under the Energy Policy Act of 1992, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Review the Research Activities Completed Under the Energy Policy Act of 1992.
- Series:
- Compass series (Washington, D.C.)
- The compass series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Electromagnetic fields--Health aspects--Research--United States.
- Electromagnetic fields.
- Electric lines--Health aspects--Research--United States.
- Electric lines.
- Electric power distribution--Health aspects--Research--United States.
- Electric power distribution.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (111 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Since the 1970s, concerns about health hazards associated with electric and magnetic fields from power lines and from workplace, school, and household use of electricity have led to many studies and continued controversy about whether adverse health effects occur. In the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-486), Congress authorized a focused national research program to study the possible health effects of exposure to low-intensity, 60-hertz electric and magnetic fields. In response to this legislation and at the request of the Department of Energy (DOE), the National Research Council established a committee under the Board on Radiation Effects Research (BRER) in the Commission on Life Sciences (CLS) to aid in its review of the power-frequency magnetic field research activities completed under the Electric and Magnetic Fields Research and Public Information Dissemination (EMF-RAPID) program that was authorized by the Energy Policy Act. The Research Council's Committee to Review the Research Activities Completed Under the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPACT) was asked to review the EMF-RAPID program implemented by DOE and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), and research strategies suggested by other federal and nonfederal groups.
- Contents:
- Research on Power-Frequency Fields
- Copyright
- PREFACE
- REVIEWER ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- CONTENTS
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE
- CONCLUSIONS
- Program limitations
- EMF-RAPID engineering research program
- EMF-RAPID scientific research program (biology)
- Quality control at program initiation
- Categories of results at program completion
- Value of studies for evaluation of possible power-frequency magnetic field health effects
- Important findings
- In vitro studies
- Is cancer a possible MF health effect?
- Funding mechanism
- EMF-RAPID communication program
- RECOMMENDATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS
- THE ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 1992
- ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS RESEARCH AND PUBLIC INFORMATION DISSEMINATION PROGRAM
- BACKGROUND
- EMF-RAPID PROGRAM RESEARCH STRATEGY
- EMF-RAPID FUNDING
- BIOLOGIC RESEARCH
- ENGINEERING PROJECTS
- PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND RISK ASSESSMENT
- SUMMARY OF EPACT COMMITTEE INTERIM REPORT
- STATUS OF RESEARCH RELATED TO BIOLOGIC EFFECTS OF POWER-FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELD EXPOSURE
- In vivo studies
- REVIEW OF RESEARCH STRATEGY ADOPTED BY EMF-RAPID PROGRAM
- DESCRIPTION OF WORK INITIATED UNDER EMF-RAPID PROGRAM
- REVIEW OF COMPLETED PROJECT
- CONCLUSIONS OF THE INTERIM REPORT
- RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE INTERIM REPORT
- Risk assessment
- Focused research
- Research management
- Field mitigation
- Program extension
- Program completion
- Information dissemination
- EPACT COMMITTEE REVIEW OF COMPLETED PROJECTS
- DOE ENGINEERING PROJECTS
- Summary
- NIEHS BIOLOGY PROJECTS
- Biology Tables
- Biology Summary
- Discussion
- INFORMATION-DISSEMINATION PROJECTS
- Information-Dissemination Booklets
- EMF InfoLine
- EMF-RAPID Web Site
- Miscellaneous
- EMF SCIENCE-REVIEW SYMPOSIA
- EMF-RAPID WORKING-GROUP REPORT.
- DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- APPENDIX A: BIOLOGIC RESEARCH PROJECT FUNDING
- APPENDIX B: SUMMARY OF EMF RAPID ENGINEERING RESEARCH EXPENDITURES BY DOE
- APPENDIX C: SUMMARY OF EMF RAPID NON-RESEARCH EXPENDITURES BY NIEHS
- Reference List
- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786610210220
- 9780309172981
- 0309172985
- 9781280210228
- 1280210222
- 9780309571074
- 0309571073
- 9780585102733
- 0585102732
- OCLC:
- 43475840
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