Evaluation of exposure to electromagnetic radiofrequency radiation in the indoor workplace accessible to the public by the use of frequency-selective exposimeters.
Gryz K, Karpowicz J, Leszko W, Zradziński P. · 2014
View Original AbstractOffice workers face EMF levels up to 20 times higher in buildings with indoor cell antennas compared to standard offices.
Plain English Summary
Polish researchers measured radiofrequency radiation in 45 office buildings from cell towers, WiFi, and broadcast transmitters. They found exposure levels were generally low, with highest readings near indoor cell antennas (1.8 V/m) and radio transmitters (3.8 V/m), but all remained below international safety limits.
Why This Matters
This comprehensive workplace exposure study provides valuable real-world data on the EMF environment most of us work in daily. What's particularly significant is the dramatic difference in exposure levels between buildings with indoor cell antennas versus those relying on outdoor towers - indoor antennas created exposures up to 20 times higher than outdoor sources. The reality is that while these measurements stayed below current safety limits, those limits are based primarily on heating effects and don't account for the growing body of research showing biological effects at much lower levels. What this means for you is that your office EMF exposure depends heavily on building infrastructure, with indoor cell equipment creating the highest exposures in what should be relatively controlled environments.
Exposure Details
- Power Density
- 0.05 µW/m²
- Source/Device
- 88-2500 MHz
Study Details
The aim of the study was to identify and assess electromagnetic radiofrequency radiation (EMRR) exposure in a workplace located in a publicly accessible environment, and represented by offices (where exposure is caused by various transmitters of local fixed indoor and outdoor wireless communication systems).
The investigations were performed in 45 buildings (in urban and rural areas in various regions of Po...
The main sources of exposure to EMRR are mobile phone base transceiver stations (BTS) and radio-tele...
Investigations confirmed the practical applicability of the exposimetric measurements technique for evaluating parameters of worker's exposure in both frequency- and time-domain. The presented results show EMRR exposure of workers or general public in locations comparable to offices to be well below international limits.
Show BibTeX
@article{k_2014_evaluation_of_exposure_to_1007,
author = {Gryz K and Karpowicz J and Leszko W and Zradziński P.},
title = {Evaluation of exposure to electromagnetic radiofrequency radiation in the indoor workplace accessible to the public by the use of frequency-selective exposimeters.},
year = {2014},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25519944/},
}