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  "name": "ICNIRP 2010 general public magnetic field reference level at 50/60 Hz",
  "summary": "200 µT (2000 mG) for the public and 1000 µT occupational — five orders of magnitude above typical household background.",
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      "minHz": 50,
      "maxHz": 60,
      "label": "50/60 Hz"
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      "quantity": "magnetic-flux-density",
      "unit": "µT",
      "value": 200,
      "basis": "guideline",
      "note": "200 µT = 2000 mG. The earlier ICNIRP 1998 public reference level of 100 µT is still the value used in EU Recommendation 1999/519/EC.",
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      "id": "icnirp-2010",
      "title": "Guidelines for Limiting Exposure to Time-Varying Electric and Magnetic Fields (1 Hz to 100 kHz)",
      "publisher": "International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection",
      "url": "https://www.icnirp.org/en/publications/article/lf-guidelines-2010.html",
      "year": 2010,
      "kind": "guideline",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    }
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