What is the International EMF Project?
EMF risk perception, communication and management
International seminars have been held in Vienna (October 1997) and Ottawa (September 1998) to discuss risk perception and management of EMF fields. The seminars were followed by working group meetings to compile a report on this topic. The proceedings of the Vienna seminar were published by ICNIRP (1998a), and of the Ottawa meeting by WHO in 1999 (WHO, 1999). These reviews have prompted the preparation of a user-friendly Handbook (See Publications). This publication:
- Provide governmental and non-governmental authorities, as well as individuals with a reliable source of information about this topic.
- Foster a better understanding of EMF issues, how to better communications, and how fruitful resolution of disagreements can be achieved.
- Provide an easily readable overview of the characteristics and underlying assumptions of peoples’ perceptions of EMF risk, differences between scientific, governmental and popular views, and why these occur.
- Provide practical information for agencies and organizations to examine their current approaches to EMF and to design better and more effective information and risk management programmes.