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  • What are EMFs
    • Terminology – an introduction
    • Electric fields
    • Magnetic fields
    • Units for measuring EMFs
    • Measuring and calculating EMFs
      • “EMF Commercial”
    • Adding fields together
    • Radiofrequencies
    • Screening EMFs
  • Sources
    • Overhead power lines
      • Fields from specific power lines
        • 400 kV
        • 400 kV – specific cases
        • 275 kV
        • 132 kV
        • 66 kV
        • 33 kV
        • 11 kV
        • 400 V/230 V
        • Replacing a 132 kV line with a 400 kV line
      • Summaries of fields from all power lines
      • Factors affecting the field from a power line
        • Voltage
        • Current
        • Clearance
        • Height above ground
        • Conductor bundle
        • Phasing
        • Balance between circuits
        • Balance within circuit
        • Ground resistivity
        • Two parallel lines
      • Calculating and measuring fields from power lines
        • Geometries of power lines
        • Raw data
        • On-line calculator
      • Fields from power lines – more detail on the physics
        • Field lines from a power line
        • The direction of the field from a power line
        • Power law variations in the field from a power line
      • Statistics of power line fields
    • Underground power cables
      • Different types of underground cable
      • Fields from cables in tunnels
      • Gas Insulated Lines (GIL)
      • Underground cables with multiple conductors
      • Effect of height on fields from underground cables
      • Screening fields from underground cables
    • Low-voltage distribution
      • UK distribution wiring
      • USA distribution wiring
    • House wiring
    • Substations
      • National Grid substations
        • Static Var Compensators
      • Sealing-end compounds
      • Distribution substations
      • Final distribution substations
        • Indoor substations
    • Transport
      • EMFs from electric trains (UK)
      • EMFs from cars
    • Appliances
    • Electricity meters
      • Smart meters
      • Traditional meters
    • Occupational exposures
      • Live-line work
      • Static Var Compensators
      • Occupational exposures on pylons
    • Field levels and exposures
      • Personal exposure
      • Other factors that vary with magnetic fields
      • Fields greater than 0.2 or 0.4 µT
    • Screening EMFs
      • Screening fields from underground cables
      • EMF Reduction Devices
  • Known effects
    • Induced currents and fields
    • Microshocks
      • Control of microshocks in the UK
      • Microshocks from bicycles
      • Bees and microshocks
    • EMFs and medical devices
      • Standards relating to pacemakers and other AIMDs
    • Effects of EMFs on equipment
  • Research
    • Types of research
    • Epidemiology
    • Animal and laboratory experiments
    • Mechanisms
    • Specific studies
      • UKCCS
      • CCRG
      • French Geocap study
      • CEGB cohort
      • Imperial College study
  • Current evidence on health
    • Childhood leukaemia
      • Survival from childhood leukaemia
      • Childhood leukaemia and Downs
      • Childhood leukaemia and night-time exposure
      • The “contact current” hypothesis
    • Other health effects
    • Scientific review bodies
      • WHO
      • IARC
    • Electric fields and ions
    • Comparing EMFs to other issues
  • Exposure limits for people
    • Limits in the UK
    • Limits in the EU
    • Limits in the USA
    • Limits in the rest of the world
    • Limits from specific organisations
      • ICNIRP 1998
      • ICNIRP 2010
      • NRPB 1993
      • NRPB 2004
      • EU 2004
      • EU 2013
  • Policy
    • UK policy
      • Power lines and property – UK
    • Compliance with exposure limits
    • European EMF policy
    • Precaution
    • SAGE
      • SAGE First Interim Assessment
        • Government response to SAGE First Interim Assessment
      • SAGE Second Interim Assessment
        • Government response to SAGE Second Interim Assessment
        • SAGE Second Interim Assessment – the full list of recommendations
  • Finding out more
    • EMF measurement and commercial services
    • Links
    • Literature
    • Contact us
  • Static fields
    • Static fields – the expert view
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Links

Links across the internet to everything to do with EMFs.  See also

literature     |       contacts      |       finding out about other issues

Citizen groups, campaign groups, activists, consultancies etc

   UK: national organisations

  • Bio Electromagnetic Research Initiative: http://www.bemri.org/
  • Coghill Research Laboratories: http://www.cogreslab.co.uk/
  • Parents Against Leukaemia: http://www.pal-uk.org/ (website appears to be no longer available, please let us know if there is an alternative and we will add it)
  • Powerwatch: http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/
  • Radiation Research Trust: http://radiationresearch.org/
  • Revolt: http://www.revolt.co.uk/

   UK: groups with a specific geographical focus

Power line groups in Scotland

  • Braco Pylons Campaign: website no longer works – let us know if there is a new website and we will add it
  • Cairngorms against Pylons: website no longer works – let us know if there is a new website and we will add it
  • Highlands before Pylons: website no longer works – let us know if there is a new website and we will add it
  • Pylon Pressure: website no longer works – let us know if there is a new website and we will add it

North Wales

  • No pylons Anglesey: https://www.facebook.com/angleseynopylons/

 Somerset and Avon (relating to proposals for new lines to help connect Hinkley Point)

  • Nailsea Against Pylons: http://www.nailsea-against-pylons.co.uk/index.html
  • No Moor Pylons: website no longer works 2015 – please let us know if there is an alternative and we will add it
  • No Pylons Loxton: website no longer works Jan 2012 – please let us know if there is an alternative and we will add it
  • Pylon More Pressure: website no longer works 2015 – please let us know if there is an alternative and we will add it
  • Pylon The Pressure: website no longer works March 2011 – please let us know if there is an alternative and we will add it
  • Save Our valley: website no longer works November 2013 – please let us know if there is an alternative and we will add it
  • Somerset Alliance Against Pylons: website no longer works November 2013 – please let us know if there is an alternative and we will add it
  • Yatton Against Pylons: website no longer works October 2014 – please let us know if there is an alternative and we will add it

Suffolk (relating to proposals for new lines to help connect Sizewell)

  • Dedham Vale Society: www.dedhamvalesociety.org.uk/CampPylons (website no longer available)
  • Groton Pylon Alliance: http://www.groton-pylon-alliance.co.uk/ (website appears to be no longer available, please let us know if there is an alternative and we will add it)
  • Stour Valley Underground: http://www.stourvalleyunderground.org.uk/ (website appears to be no longer available, please let us know if there is an alternative and we will add it)

Mid-Wales (relating to proposals for new lines to connect wind farms)

  • Abermule: website no longer works 2015 – please let us know if there is an alternative and we will add it
  • Montford Against Pylons: http://www.montfordagainstpylons.co.uk/(website appears to be no longer available, please let us know if there is an alternative and we will add it)
  • Montgomeryshire Against Pylons: website no longer works 2015 – please let us know if there is an alternative and we will add it
  • People against Pylons: website no longer works 2015 – please let us know if there is an alternative and we will add it
  • Rea Valley: website no longer works – let us know if there is a new website and we will add it
  • Trannon Residents Against Power Plans: website no longer available 2019

Other local groups in UK

  • Trentham Environmental Action Campaign: http://www.revolt.co.uk/trentham/

   Power line groups in Ireland

  • North East Pylon Pressure: http://www.nepp.ie/wordpress/
  • Safe Electricity in Armagh and Tyrone: website no longer works – please let us know if there is an alternative

   Other countries

  • Bridlewood Bibliography (Canada): http://www.wave-guide.org/archives/bridlewood/biblio.html
  • EMFFacts (Australia): http://www.emfacts.com/
  • EMF Interface Consulting (USA): http://www.emfinterface.com/
  • The EMR Network: http://www.emrnetwork.org/
  • Power Line Health Facts (USA): http://www.powerlinefacts.com/index.htm (website appears to be no longer available, please let us know if there is an alternative and we will add it)

Electricity industry websites

   Canada

  • Canadian Electricity Association: http://emf.electricity.ca/home.html
  • BC Hydro: https://www.bchydro.com/emf
  • Hydro Quebec: http://www.hydroquebec.com/fields/index.html 

   France

  • RTE: http://www.clefdeschamps.info/

   Ireland

  • Eirgrid: http://www.eirgridgroup.com/site-files/library/EirGrid/EMF-You-Booklet_2014.pdf

   USA

  • Edison Electric Institute: http://www.eei.org/
  • Southern California Edison: https://www.sce.com/wps/portal/home/safety/family/environmental-health/…

   Australia

  • Energy Networks Association of Australia: www.ena.asn.au

   New Zealand

  • Transpower New Zealand: https://www.transpower.co.nz/about-us/safety/your-safety/electric-and-magnetic-fields

   UK

  • UK Energy Networks Association: http://www.energynetworks.org
  • Energy Networks Association EMF pages: http://energynetworks.org/electricity/she/emfs.html
  • National Grid: http://www.nationalgrid.com

   EMF booklets, brochures, etc produced by electricity companies

  • Eirgrid (Republic of Ireland): http://www.eirgridgroup.com/site-files/library/EirGrid/EMF-You-Booklet_2014.pdf
  • Energy Networks Association (UK): EMF The facts
  • Hydro Quebec (Canada): http://www.hydroquebec.com/fields/pdf/pop_23_01.pdf

Research groups involved in EMFs

  • Belgian Bioelectromagnetics Research Group: http://www.bbemg.be/
  • Birmingham University Institute of Occupational Health: http://www.bham.ac.uk/IOH/
  • Bristol University Human Radiation Effects Group: http://www.electric-fields.com/HREG_front.htm
  • Childhood Cancer Research Group: http://www.ccrg.ox.ac.uk/
  • Electric Power Research Institute (USA): http://www.epri.com/
  • National Cancer Institute (USA): http://www.nci.nih.gov/
  • United Kingdom Co-ordinating Committee on Cancer Research: No longer exists

Other organisations involved in EMFs

  • The Bioelectromagnetics Society: http://www.bioelectromagnetics.org/index.php
  • Children with Cancer (formerly Children with Leukaemia): http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/
  • European Bioelectromagnetics Association: http://www.ebea.org/
  • Information Ventures: http://infoventures.com/
  • Microwave News: http://www.microwavenews.com/

Reviews of EMF science

   In the UK

  • Institution of Engineering and Technology: https://www.theiet.org/impact-society/factfiles/mobiles-pylons-health/
  • Public Health England: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/electromagnetic-fields

   Internationally

  • IARC (international): http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol80/index.php
  • World Health Organisation EMF Project: http://www.who.int/peh-emf/en/
  • European Commission committee SCENIHR: http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_risk/committees/04_scenihr/04_scenihr_en.htm

   In other specific countries

  • ARPANSA (Australia): http://www.arpansa.gov.au
  • COMAR (USA): http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/embs/comar/
  • California Public Utilities Commission: http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/Environment/emf/emfopen.htm
  • National Academy of Sciences (USA): http://www.nap.edu/books/0309054478/html/index.html
  • Netherlands Health Council: http://www.gr.nl/
  • NIEHS (USA): http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/emf/index.cfm

   Official UK bodies

  • COMARE (Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment): http://www.comare.org.uk
  • Department of Health: http://www.dh.gov.uk/
  • Health and Safety Executive (HSE): http://www.hse.gov.uk/
  • HSE Statement on EMFs: http://www.hse.gov.uk/radiation/nonionising/index.htm
  • National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) now HPA: http://www.hpa.org.uk/radiation/
  • Parliament: http://www.parliament.uk/
  • SAGE (Stakeholder Advisory Group on ELF EMFs): http://www.sagedialogue.org.uk/

   Official pronouncements on EMFs from other countries

  • California Public Utilities Commission: http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/environment/emf/emf.htm

EMF exposure standards

  • Recommendation for public exposure: http://ec.europa.eu/health/electromagnetic_fields/docs/emf_rec519_en.pdf
  • EU Directive for occupational exposure: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:179:0001:0021:EN:PDF
  • ICNIRP: http://www.icnirp.org/
  • National Radiological Protection Board: http://www.hpa.org.uk/web/HPAweb&HPAwebStandard/HPAweb_C/1195733817602
  • ICES, formerly IEEE SCC28: https://www.ices-emfsafety.org/

See also:

  • Report from the EU on implementation of the Recommendation: http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_determinants/environment/EMF/implement_rep_en.pdf
  • WHO compilation of worldwide exposure limits: http://www.who.int/docstore/peh-emf/EMFStandards/who-0102/Worldmap5.htm

Measuring and screening EMFs

   EMF instruments

We do not recommend any particular manufacturer or supplier but we list some useful links here.

   Screening EMFs

Various firms offer screening services. We do not endorse any particular firm, but if you are interested, you could contact:

Field Management Services
EMC Consultants
Vitatech

Cancer and health: General information on cancer and health

  • American Childhood Cancer Organization: http://www.acco.org/
  • Cancer Facts from the National Cancer Institute: http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/
  • Cancer Research UK: http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/aboutcancer/?version=1
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov/
  • Children’s Cancer Web Site: http://www.cancerindex.org/ccw/
  • Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research (formerly Leukaemia Research Fund): https://leukaemialymphomaresearch.org.uk/
  • MacMillan Cancer Support: http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Cancerinformation/Cancerinformation.aspx
  • Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance: www.mesothelioma.com
  • Mesothelioma Help Now: http://www.mesotheliomahelpnow.com/
  • Mesothelioma.net: http://www.mesothelioma.net
  • Mesothelioma Prognosis Network: https://www.mesotheliomaprognosis.com/
  • Mesothelioma Specialists: http://www.mesotheliomaspecialists.org/
  • Mesothelioma Symptoms: http://www.mesotheliomasymptoms.com/
  • The Mesothelioma Group: http://www.mesotheliomagroup.com/prognosis/

Note: there are quite a few organisations relating to mesothelioma. We include links to all organisations brought to our attention that do not appear to be overtly legally-based, but we are unable to vouch for the nature of these or any other organisations we link to.

Bibliographies of scientific literature

  • Medline (database of papers, not specific to EMF): http://www4.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
  • EMF-Portal (a German University’s compendium of EMF papers): http://www.emf-portal.org

See also the collection of scientific abstracts on this site

EMFs at other frequencies

This EMFs.Info site does not cover radiofrequencies but we include some links here to help you find organisations which do.  See also a summary of the differences between power-frequency and radiofrequency EMFs.

  • Department of Health: http://www.dh.gov.uk/
  • Mobile UK, formerly Mobile Operators Association: http://www.mobileuk.org/health-and-safety.html
  • Australian industry site: http://www.emfexplained.info
  • Mobile Manufacturers Forum: http://www.mmfai.org
  • Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20101011032547/http://www.iegmp.org.uk/
  • Radiocommunications Agency: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/ra/rahome.htm

We don’t attempt to list campaign groups concerned with radiofrequencies.

Latest news

  • New publication on cancer incidence from the UK electricity industry Cohort Study August 27, 2019
  • How has the reported risk for childhood leukaemia changed over time? February 11, 2019
  • Media stories about microshocks in children’s playground September 10, 2018
  • New studies on leukaemia and distance from power lines June 1, 2018
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  • What are EMFs
    • Terminology – an introduction
    • Electric fields
    • Magnetic fields
    • Units for measuring EMFs
    • Measuring and calculating EMFs
      • “EMF Commercial”
    • Adding fields together
    • Radiofrequencies
    • Screening EMFs
  • Sources
    • Overhead power lines
      • Fields from specific power lines
        • 400 kV
        • 400 kV – specific cases
        • 275 kV
        • 132 kV
        • 66 kV
        • 33 kV
        • 11 kV
        • 400 V/230 V
        • Replacing a 132 kV line with a 400 kV line
      • Summaries of fields from all power lines
      • Factors affecting the field from a power line
        • Voltage
        • Current
        • Clearance
        • Height above ground
        • Conductor bundle
        • Phasing
        • Balance between circuits
        • Balance within circuit
        • Ground resistivity
        • Two parallel lines
      • Calculating and measuring fields from power lines
        • Geometries of power lines
        • Raw data
        • On-line calculator
      • Fields from power lines – more detail on the physics
        • Field lines from a power line
        • The direction of the field from a power line
        • Power law variations in the field from a power line
      • Statistics of power line fields
    • Underground power cables
      • Different types of underground cable
      • Fields from cables in tunnels
      • Gas Insulated Lines (GIL)
      • Underground cables with multiple conductors
      • Effect of height on fields from underground cables
      • Screening fields from underground cables
    • Low-voltage distribution
      • UK distribution wiring
      • USA distribution wiring
    • House wiring
    • Substations
      • National Grid substations
        • Static Var Compensators
      • Sealing-end compounds
      • Distribution substations
      • Final distribution substations
        • Indoor substations
    • Transport
      • EMFs from electric trains (UK)
      • EMFs from cars
    • Appliances
    • Electricity meters
      • Smart meters
      • Traditional meters
    • Occupational exposures
      • Live-line work
      • Static Var Compensators
      • Occupational exposures on pylons
    • Field levels and exposures
      • Personal exposure
      • Other factors that vary with magnetic fields
      • Fields greater than 0.2 or 0.4 µT
    • Screening EMFs
      • Screening fields from underground cables
      • EMF Reduction Devices
  • Known effects
    • Induced currents and fields
    • Microshocks
      • Control of microshocks in the UK
      • Microshocks from bicycles
      • Bees and microshocks
    • EMFs and medical devices
      • Standards relating to pacemakers and other AIMDs
    • Effects of EMFs on equipment
  • Research
    • Types of research
    • Epidemiology
    • Animal and laboratory experiments
    • Mechanisms
    • Specific studies
      • UKCCS
      • CCRG
      • French Geocap study
      • CEGB cohort
      • Imperial College study
  • Current evidence on health
    • Childhood leukaemia
      • Survival from childhood leukaemia
      • Childhood leukaemia and Downs
      • Childhood leukaemia and night-time exposure
      • The “contact current” hypothesis
    • Other health effects
    • Scientific review bodies
      • WHO
      • IARC
    • Electric fields and ions
    • Comparing EMFs to other issues
  • Exposure limits for people
    • Limits in the UK
    • Limits in the EU
    • Limits in the USA
    • Limits in the rest of the world
    • Limits from specific organisations
      • ICNIRP 1998
      • ICNIRP 2010
      • NRPB 1993
      • NRPB 2004
      • EU 2004
      • EU 2013
  • Policy
    • UK policy
      • Power lines and property – UK
    • Compliance with exposure limits
    • European EMF policy
    • Precaution
    • SAGE
      • SAGE First Interim Assessment
        • Government response to SAGE First Interim Assessment
      • SAGE Second Interim Assessment
        • Government response to SAGE Second Interim Assessment
        • SAGE Second Interim Assessment – the full list of recommendations
  • Finding out more
    • EMF measurement and commercial services
    • Links
    • Literature
    • Contact us
  • Static fields
    • Static fields – the expert view