Traceable measurements of field strength and SAR for the Physical Agents Directive - an update

Due to the pervasive use of broadcasting devices for mobile applications, ambient levels of radio frequency (RF) power, particularly in cities and work places, tend to increase in the EU. The project described here will enable directive EC 2004/40/EC “Physical Agents Directive” to be implemented across Europe by ensuring that the necessary artefact standards and measurement techniques exist to allow compliance with this directive to be tested. It will make the basic restriction for human exposure as specified by International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) accessible comprehensively, which at present is not the case. It also addresses two priority areas of research identified by the World Health Organisation (WHO): child exposure during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and techniques for micro-dosimetry of non-ionizing electromagnetic fields (EMF).