USING NEW TECHNOLOGICAL METHODS IN DEFINING SAFE RANGES FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATIONS IN BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Azza, G. Ibrahim; Ibrahim, E. Helal; Magda, I. Ebeid

doi:10.21608/jes.2021.181765

USING NEW TECHNOLOGICAL METHODS IN DEFINING SAFE RANGES FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATIONS IN BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Document Type : Review Article

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¹ Post Grade, Institute of Environment Studies and Research, Ain Shams University

² Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University

³ Institute of Environment Studies and Research, Ain Shams University

10.21608/jes.2021.181765

Abstract

The dangers of electromagnetic radiation occur when humans works in the operation, following and maintenance of the transforms which causes their exposure to the electromagnetic field for long periods of time, and also when transformers are placed in the residential buildings its fields affects the health of all those living in this building. This paper aims to study the environmental and health dangers caused by the electromagnetic fields produced by the medium voltage transformers found in or near the residential and services buildings.
Because of all the fears from the electromagnetic fields many researches and studies were performed, the world health organization started an international project to evaluate the environmental and health effects caused by the electromagnetic field with its different frequencies, many authorities and organizations supported this project, The international Commission on Occupation Health (ICOH), The World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB), The International Organization for Medical Physics (IMOP) The International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA), The International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety (ICES), and this project is referred to as the International Electromagnetic fields Project ( International EMF Project )
Despite all environmental and health dangers, and in spite of all the fears from these dangers, the Egyptian law of electricity no. issued on 2015 did not define any safe limits for the medium voltage transformers but only defined in statement 55 the safe limits for all types of cable lines, also almost all the electromagnetic fields studies concentrated on the study of effects of high voltage power lines and the mobile phone networks, but studies of the environmental and health dangers of the electromagnetic fields produced by medium voltage transformers are very rare.

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