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Resources: general information on EMF

Type of information	Sources
General EMF information	The New Zealand Ministry of Health has information and advice on several EMF sources, either on their Environmental Health or Household items and electronics pages. The WHO EMF Project has a wide variety of information, including a general introductory section about EMF sources, exposure levels, health effects, and exposure Standards. The Swiss Federal Office of Public Health publishes a range of information sheets in English, covering topics such as induction hobs, mobile phones, hybrid cars and electric heaters. Medline Plus, a service of the US National Library of Medicine, provides links to a wide range of EMF health information.
General reviews of EMF health research (ELF and RF fields)	The European Commission's Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) published an updated opinion on EMF and Health in 2015. The full report and a one page Fact Sheet are available for download. There is also a summary in less technical language. The Health Council of the Netherlands has published a series of reports and opinions on various aspects of EMF and health. (Note that the english version of some of these reports is at the back.) Their 2008 Annual Update contains (page 81) an overview of the process used to assess research. The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) has an Independent Expert Group which publishes an annual update covering a variety of EMF topics. The most recent report was published in May 2016, and also looks at how the scientific evidence has changed in the past 13 years. The Swiss Federal Office for the Environment convenes a multi-disciplinary group to screen new research and prepare three-monthly reports summarising the findings of key publications.
Specific data about particular studies	The EMF-Portal hosted by the Research Center for Bioelectromagnetic Interaction (femu) of the University Hospital department of the Aachen University contains a comprehensive, searchable listing of ELF and RF research studies, with links to the published study abstracts. Some studies have the key data (eg exposure conditions) extracted by femu into a more detailed summary. PubMed, operated by the US National Institutes of Health, contains searchable abstracts from medical and biological journals. The Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) publishes a monthly literature survey, usually with a fuller commentary on one or two of the papers featured.

Last updated: 26 April 2018