What is the International EMF Project?
Project objectives
Key objectives of the Project are to:
- provide a coordinated international response to concerns about possible health effects of exposure to EMF,
- assess the scientific literature and make a status report on health effects,
- identify gaps in knowledge needing further research to make better health risk assessments,
- encourage a focused research programme in conjunction with funding agencies,
- incorporate the research results into WHO's Environmental Health Criteria monographs where formal health risk assessments will be made on exposure to EMF,
- facilitate the development of internationally acceptable standards for EMF exposure,
- provide information on the management of EMF protection programmes for national and other authorities, including monographs on EMF risk perception, communication and management, and
- provide advice to national authorities, other institutions, the general public and workers, about any hazards resulting from EMF exposure and any needed mitigation measures.