Electromagnetic Pollution Assessment in Different Environments with Measurements and Modellings at Very Low Frequency

Fulya Çallialp Kunter,Şaban Selim Şeker

doi:10.19113/sdufbed.10441

Abstract

A major factor of anxiety and speculation come from electromagnetic fields which represent one of the most common and fastest increasing environmental issues. The purpose of this work is to examine existing electric and magnetic fields’ levels in a typical house and an office at very low frequency, and comparing the measurement results with the prior studies and also with the ICNIRP standard limits. This study also comprises the three phase conductors’ electromagnetic fields analysis at a point. As a result, it is observed that the measured values are approaching to the calculated ones.

Highlights

In modern times, with the further development of modernization and industrialization, people begin to use universally the household appliances and office equipment such as TVs, faxes, PCs, printers, etc. which all cause an environmental pollution
Milham [2] studied the mortality in workers who were exposed to electromagnetic field (EMF) associated with alternating current flowing in wires and powerlines
Measured magnetic field in air and inside the model wall with the calculated values are shown in Figure and in Figure at distance 0.1 m and 0.4 m with 0.4 m of cable separation

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Introduction

With the further development of modernization and industrialization, people begin to use universally the household appliances and office equipment such as TVs, faxes, PCs, printers, etc. which all cause an environmental pollution. This results in worrying concern regarding the safety of human beings and dependability of equipment in the electro-magnetically exposed environment. Studies on human body exposure to ELF and health risks were published in 1979 [1]. Cancer in childhood who was exposed to 60 Hz magnetic field and biological effects of EMFs were published [3 - 5]. Latest study has been published in 2017 indicating that free radical damage explains the increased cancer risks associated with residential exposure to power lines, occupational exposure to extremely low frequency (ELF) and radio frequency (RF) transmitters [13]. The EMF Project is currently reviewing research results and conducting risk assessments of exposure to static and ELF electric and magnetic fields. In 2001, they announced that ELF magnetic fields were classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans [14]

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