International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection: Two announcements

2016 · Unclear · Insufficient evidence

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ICNIRP announced progress and delays in developing new HF guidelines covering 100 kHz–300 GHz to replace the HF portion of the 1998 ICNIRP guidelines, noting additional issues requiring further development. ICNIRP also announced an international workshop (Tok…

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Publicationmanual · 2016

Study typepolicy

Reported directionUnclear

Evidence ratingInsufficient

Abstract

International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection: Two announcements Oct 2016 Update HF Guidelines ICNIRP has been working on its new high-frequency (HF) guidelines, which will cover the 100 kHz - 300 GHz range of the non-ionizing radiation (NIR) spectrum. This will replace the HF portion of the 1998 ICNIRP guidelines. A draft of the new HF guidelines was presented at ICNIRP's 8th International NIR Workshop in Cape Town, South Africa, in May 2016. This provided an opportunity to share the direction of the ICNIRP thinking, and to obtain preliminary comments from the Workshop participants. At that time ICNIRP was planning to have a public consultation document ready by the end of 2016. However, as some of the issues that were raised regarding the HF guidelines are requiring considerable additional thought and development, this time frame is no longer feasible. ICNIRP will provide updates on the progress in due course. icnirp.org Upcoming Workshop An International Workshop on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection will take place on 2nd December 2016 in Tokyo, Japan. ICNIRP technically co-sponsors the workshop which is financially sponsored by National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT). The main topics of the workshop are the revision of the ICNIRP HF guidelines and NIR protection related to 5G system. The workshop is opened for scientific experts of NIR. Please contact nict-nir-ws@stage.ac, if you consider attending the workshop. Further information regarding the program will be posted shortly. icnirp.org

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Study typepolicy

Effect directionunclear

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Sample sizeNot supplied

ExposureRF

Evidence strengthInsufficientConfidence: 78% · Peer reviewed: no

Main findings

Outcomes measured

Update/revision of ICNIRP high-frequency (HF) non-ionizing radiation exposure guidelines (100 kHz–300 GHz)
Announcement of an international workshop on non-ionizing radiation protection with topics including HF guideline revision and NIR protection related to 5G systems

Limitations

Announcement/news item rather than an empirical study
No health outcomes or exposure measurements reported
No methods, data, or results presented

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