Étude des perturbations biologiques chez les techniciens O.R.T.F. dans certains champs électromagnétiques de haute fréquence
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M. DEROCHE · 1971
ORTF technicians with long-term exposure to high-frequency transmitter fields reported reversible functional disturbances but no progressive diseases.
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No progressive diseases linked to the exposure were found. Reversible functional disturbances including fatigue, headaches, insomnia, muscle cramps, and memory difficulties were identified. Clinical tests on 17 technicians in Rennes showed normal blood pressure, blood sugar, sedimentation rate, blood count, and EEG except minor unexplained variations on three traces. Field measurements at the Metz-Luttange transmitter showed levels from 0.001 to 2.22 mW/cm² in personnel areas.
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M. DEROCHE (1971). Étude des perturbations biologiques chez les techniciens O.R.T.F. dans certains champs électromagnétiques de haute fréquence.
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@article{_tude_des_perturbations_biologiques_chez_les_techniciens_o_r_t_f_dans_certains_c_g6602,
author = {M. DEROCHE},
title = {Étude des perturbations biologiques chez les techniciens O.R.T.F. dans certains champs électromagnétiques de haute fréquence},
year = {1971},
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The study surveyed ORTF technicians who had worked regularly for over two years in high-frequency and ultra-high-frequency transmitter fields.
No progressive diseases were linked to exposure, but reversible functional disturbances such as fatigue, headaches, insomnia, muscle cramps, and memory difficulties were reported and ceased after leaving the work environment.
At the Metz-Luttange transmitter, field levels in personnel areas ranged from 0.001 mW/cm² in staff housing to 2.22 mW/cm² in the emission room.
Seventeen technicians in the Rennes region underwent tests for blood pressure, blood sugar, sedimentation rate, blood count, and EEG, all of which were normal except minor EEG variations on three traces without suspicious interpretation.