The Influence of Electromagnetic Pollution on Living Organisms: Historical Trends and Forecasting Changes

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Type</td><td align="center">Frequency</td><td align="left">Source</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Static<sup>*</sup></td><td align="center">—</td><td align="left">Natural, video screens, magnetic resonance imaging, and other diagnostic/scientific equipment, electrolysis, and welding devices</td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">ELF</td><td align="center">Below 300 Hz</td><td align="left">Power transmission lines, home wiring, car electric engines, electric trains and trams, and welding devices</td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">IM</td><td align="center">300 Hz ÷ 100 kHz</td><td align="left">Video screens, antitheft devices used in cars, homes, and shops, card readers, metal detectors, magnetic resonance imaging, and welding devices</td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">RF</td><td align="center">100 kHz ÷ 300 GHz</td><td align="left">Radio, television, smartphones, tablets, microwave ovens, radar and radio transmitters, and magnetic resonance imaging</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><sup>*</sup>Static electromagnetic fields do not exist and should be understood as either static electric or magnetic fields.<br/></td></tr></table>

Sources of electromagnetic fields and radiation influencing living organisms [<a href="/journals/bmri/2015/234098/#B1">1</a>].

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Table 1: The Influence of Electromagnetic Pollution on Living Organisms: Historical Trends and Forecasting Changes 