Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Electric and magnetic fields research and public information dissemination program,

[Federal Register: June 25, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 122)]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Electric and Magnetic Fields Research and Public Information Dissemination Program (EMFRAPID Program)

Agency: Environmental Toxicology Program, Office of Special Programs, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health.

Notice: Release of NIEHS Report on Electric and Magnetic Fields.

Background

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the Department of Energy (DOE) coordinated implementation of the Electric and Magnetic Fields Research and Public Information Dissemination Program (EMFRAPID Program). This six-year program was mandated in the 1992 Energy Policy Act (PL 102-486, section 2118) and is designed to determine the potential effects on human disease from exposure to 60 Hz electric and magnetic fields (EMF). These fields are invisible lines of force that surround any wire or device that uses electricity. Additional details about the EMFRAPID Program are found in Federal Register, December 16, 1997 (Volume 62, No. 241, pp. 65814- 65815).

Under this program, the NIEHS conducted a two-year review and analysis of the existing scientific data on EMF and prepared a report for the U.S. Congress that contains its conclusions from the health assessment. This assessment included an evaluation of the evidence by scientists both within and outside the field of EMF research as well as an opportunity for public comment through sponsorship of public meetings and solicitation written comments. The NIEHS report was released on June 15, 1999 and is available free-of-charge to the public and other interested parties.

The report is available in both PDF and HTML formats at the EMFRAPID Program world wide website, www.niehs.nih.gov/emfrapid/ home.htm. Copies of the report can also be obtained by sending a request by fax: 919-541-0144 or mail: EMF-RAPID Program, NIEHS/NIH, P.O. Box 12233 MD EC-16, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; or by calling 919-541-7534.

Dated: June 18, 1999. Samuel H. Wilson, Deputy Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.

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