Low Frequency Magnetic Fields and Safety

M. Šmelkoa, P. Lipovskýa, K. Draganováa, J. Novot ňáka, M. Oravecb, M. Šolcc, R. Andogaa, R. Rozenberga aTechnical University of Košice, Faculty of Aeronautics, Rampová 7, 041 21 Košice, Slovak Republic bTechnical University of Košice, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Letná 9, 042 00 Košice, Slovak Republic cTechnical University of Košice, Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling, Letná 9, 042 00 Košice, Slovak Republic

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Magnetic fields in the environment can have the natural or technical origin. Their impact on the human organism was confirmed by the multiple scientific studies. The standards for living of people in the places with the increased intensity of magnetic fields can have the influence on the psychical performance of them, or the chemical reactions running in the organism. There are studies referring the impact of the low frequency magnetic field on the human organism and processes in it. While exploring the magnetic field radiation of some artificial sources, we found that the main part of the magnetic field induced into the organism is the field generated by the movements of the organism in a non-homogeneous magnetic field. Most of the standard studies do not take this field into account. The measurements of the low frequency magnetic fields induced to human body by the movement in the Earth magnetic field are presented in the article, as well as the measurements of artificial sources of magnetic field. The measured values are confronted with the valid health and safety standards and the article points to the dissonance between the standards and the induced magnetic fields.

DOI:10.12693/APhysPolA.137.693 topics: work safety, magnetic field, low frequency