National Toxicology Program

[Federal Register: May 7, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 88)]
[Notices]
[Page 25224-25225]

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

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

Notice: Working Group Meeting - -EMFRAPID Program

Background
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the Department of Energy (DOE) are coordinating the implementation of the Electric and Magnetic Fields (EMF) Research and Public Information Dissemination (RAPID) Program. The EMFRAPID Program was established by the 1992 Energy Policy Act (Section 2118 for Public Law 102-486) which was signed in October 1992. This five-year effort is designed to determine the potential effect from exposure to 60 Hz electric and magnetic fields on biological systems, especially those produced by the generation, transmission, and use of electric energy. The RAPID Program requires the NIEHS to report on the extent to which exposure to electric and magnetic fields adversely affects human health. Additional details of this program are found in Federal Register December 16, 1997, (Volume 62, No. 241, pp. 65814-65815).

Working Group Meeting on EMF Health Effects Research: Open to the Public
The next phase of the NIEHS report development process includes a Working Group meeting of scientists from multiple disciplines. The Working Group members are tasked with writing a comprehensive review of the literature on the potential for extremely low frequency EMF to affect human health. This document will draw conclusions on the strength and robustness of the data and its implications for human health effects and disease etiology. This meeting is scheduled for June 15 - 24, 1998, at the Northland Inn, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, and is open to the public.

Detailed information about the EMFRAPID Program is found on the world wide web at www.niehs.nih.gov/emfrapid/home.htm. For additional information about the Working Group meeting, send a request by fax to 919-541-0144 or by mail to EMFRAPID Program, LCBRA, NIEHS, NIH, PO Box 12233 MS EC-16, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, or call 919-541-7534.

Dated:



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Samuel H. Wilson, M.D.
Deputy Director
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

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