The official BioEM2021 homepage has announced that this years meeting will take place in Ghent, Belgium from September 26 to October 1, 2021. Further information will be posted on this website soon.
The journal Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing has published an article by femu and co-authors entitled: "Computational models for contact current dosimetry at frequencies below 1 MHz”. The aim of this study was to develop an extendable and adaptable validated numerical body model for computational contact current dosimetry for frequencies of 0 Hz – 1 MHz. Contact currents were conducted through the numerical body model Duke by seven contact electrodes on longitudinal and transversal paths. The resulting induced electric field and current enable the evaluation of the body impedance and the heart current factors for each frequency and current path to assess individual accident scenarios.
The open access article can be found in the EMF-Portal, in PubMed and on the Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing homepage.
The 1st European EMF Forum Conference "7 years of experience with the EMF directive" hosted by the German Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA), which should take place in Dortmund, Germany, from 23 to 24 November 2020, has been postponed to the end of October/beginning of November 2021 due to the current pandemic situation. Exact dates will be announced on the BAuA homepage as soon as available.
Due to the continuous pandemic situation, the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) has decided to cancel the 9th International NIR (non-ionizing radiation) Workshop.
For further information, visit the ICNIRP homepage.
The upcoming annual joint meeting of the Bioelectromagnetics Society (BEMS) and the European BioElectromagnetics Association (EBEA), BioEM 2021 will not be held in Honolulu, Hawaii due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This has been announced by the organizing committee on the official homepage. The meeting will be held online instead starting on June 13, 2021. The deadline for submitting abstracts will still be February 12, 2021.
The website of the 2021 joint meeting of the Bioelectromagnetics Society (BEMS) and the European BioElectromagnetics Association (EBEA) in Honolulu, Hawaii, from June 13 to 18, 2021 is live now.
Visit the official BioEM2021 website for first information on the meeting.
The Journal PLOS ONE has published a systematic review conducted by femu entitled: "Biological and health-related effects of weak static magnetic fields (≤ 1 mT) in humans and vertebrates: A systematic review”. The aim of this review was to systematically analyze and evaluate possible effects of weak static magnetic fields on biological functioning and to provide an update on the current state of research. Eleven studies fulfilled the eligibility criteria and were included in this review. All included studies were animal studies as no human studies were among the eligible articles. Overall, the available evidence from the literature reviewed is not sufficient to draw a conclusion for biological and health-related effects of weak static magnetic fields. We encourage further and more systematic research in this area. Any new studies should particularly address effects on biological functioning in humans to evaluate whether static magnetic fields pose a risk to human health.
The article can be found via the EMF-Portal, via PubMed and on the PLOS ONE homepage.
The 9th International NIR (non-ionizing radiation) workshop organized by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) was originally scheduled to take place in Seoul, Korea, from May 6-8, 2020 (see EMF-Portal News from May 7, 2019). Due to the current Sars-CoV-2 virus epidemic it has been postponed to 14-15 January 2021.
Information about the new arrangements are announced on the ICNIRP homepage.
The German Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) is going to host the 1st European EMF Forum Conference "7 years of experience with the EMF directive" in Dortmund, Germany, from 23 to 24 November 2020. The aim is to exchange information on the practical application of the EMF Directive (2013/35/EU) in EU member states and discuss challenges in workshops or poster sessions. EMF-experts from ministries of labour and social affairs, governmental institutions like labour inspectorates or research institutions are invited to participate at the conference.
You can find more information on the BAuA homepage.
In light of recent events, the World Health Organization, the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), the European Commission and the German Federal Office for Radiation Protection (in German) reacted to circulating rumors about a connection between the new mobile phone generation 5G and COVID-19 and denied it.
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