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Separate tiers for occupational/controlled and general population/uncontrolled exposure.", "frequencyRange": { "minHz": 300000, "maxHz": 100000000000 } }, "sources": [ { "id": "fcc-1310", "title": "47 CFR § 1.1310 — Radiofrequency radiation exposure limits", "publisher": "U.S. Government Publishing Office (eCFR)", "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/section-1.1310", "kind": "regulation", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" }, { "id": "fcc-rf-safety", "title": "Radio Frequency Safety", "publisher": "Federal Communications Commission", "url": "https://www.fcc.gov/general/radio-frequency-safety-0", "kind": "government", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" }, { "id": "fcc-oet65", "title": "OET Bulletin 65: Evaluating Compliance with FCC Guidelines for Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields", "publisher": "Federal Communications Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology", "url": "https://www.fcc.gov/general/oet-bulletins-line", "year": 1997, "kind": "government", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" } ], "links": { "self": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards/fcc-mpe", "html": "https://emfbase.com/standards/fcc-mpe", "markdown": "https://emfbase.com/standards/fcc-mpe.md", "collection": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards" } }, { "id": "standards:icnirp-2020", "collection": "standards", "slug": "icnirp-2020", "name": "ICNIRP 2020 RF guidelines (100 kHz–300 GHz)", "summary": "International guidelines that most countries outside the U.S. adopt into law, covering 5G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, mobile phones and base stations.", "status": "verified", "lastVerified": "2026-08-12", "data": { "aliases": [ "ICNIRP RF 2020" ], "organization": "International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection", "edition": "2020", "jurisdiction": [ "EU", "AU", "JP", "CA", "international" ], "kind": "guideline", "scope": "Basic restrictions expressed as SAR and absorbed power density, with reference levels in field strength and power density for practical compliance checks. Replaces the 100 kHz–300 GHz part of ICNIRP 1998.", "frequencyRange": { "minHz": 100000, "maxHz": 300000000000 } }, "sources": [ { "id": "icnirp-2020", "title": "Guidelines for Limiting Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields (100 kHz to 300 GHz)", "publisher": "International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection", "url": "https://www.icnirp.org/en/publications/article/rf-guidelines-2020.html", "year": 2020, "kind": "guideline", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" } ], "links": { "self": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards/icnirp-2020", "html": "https://emfbase.com/standards/icnirp-2020", "markdown": "https://emfbase.com/standards/icnirp-2020.md", "collection": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards" } }, { "id": "standards:icnirp-2010", "collection": "standards", "slug": "icnirp-2010", "name": "ICNIRP 2010 low-frequency guidelines (1 Hz–100 kHz)", "summary": "International guidelines for power-frequency electric and magnetic fields, the tier that covers household wiring, transformers and transmission lines.", "status": "verified", "lastVerified": "2026-08-12", "data": { "organization": "International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection", "edition": "2010", "jurisdiction": [ "EU", "AU", "CA", "international" ], "kind": "guideline", "scope": "Protects against nerve stimulation from induced electric fields; expressed for practical use as reference levels in µT and kV/m at 50/60 Hz.", "frequencyRange": { "minHz": 1, "maxHz": 100000 } }, "sources": [ { "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" } ], "links": { "self": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards/icnirp-2010", "html": "https://emfbase.com/standards/icnirp-2010", "markdown": "https://emfbase.com/standards/icnirp-2010.md", "collection": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards" } }, { "id": "standards:eu-1999-519", "collection": "standards", "slug": "eu-council-recommendation-1999-519-ec", "name": "EU Council Recommendation 1999/519/EC", "summary": "The public-exposure reference framework across the European Union, based on ICNIRP 1998, transposed into national law with varying strictness.", "status": "verified", "lastVerified": "2026-08-12", "data": { "organization": "Council of the European Union", "edition": "1999", "jurisdiction": [ "EU" ], "kind": "regulatory", "scope": "Covers 0 Hz to 300 GHz for the general public. Member states may and do legislate stricter values.", "frequencyRange": { "minHz": 0, "maxHz": 300000000000 } }, "sources": [ { "id": "eu-1999-519", "title": "Council Recommendation 1999/519/EC on the limitation of exposure of the general public to electromagnetic fields (0 Hz to 300 GHz)", "publisher": "Council of the European Union", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A31999H0519", "year": 1999, "kind": "regulation", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" } ], "links": { "self": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards/eu-council-recommendation-1999-519-ec", "html": "https://emfbase.com/standards/eu-council-recommendation-1999-519-ec", "markdown": "https://emfbase.com/standards/eu-council-recommendation-1999-519-ec.md", "collection": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards" } }, { "id": "standards:ieee-c95-1", "collection": "standards", "slug": "ieee-c95-1-2019", "name": "IEEE C95.1-2019", "summary": "Consensus engineering standard for 0 Hz–300 GHz human exposure, harmonised with ICNIRP 2020 in most bands and widely referenced in equipment compliance work.", "status": "verified", "lastVerified": "2026-08-12", "data": { "organization": "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers", "edition": "2019", "jurisdiction": [ "US", "international" ], "kind": "guideline", "scope": "Exposure reference levels and dosimetric restrictions for persons in unrestricted and restricted environments.", "frequencyRange": { "minHz": 0, "maxHz": 300000000000 } }, "sources": [ { "id": "ieee-c95-1", "title": "IEEE C95.1-2019 — Safety Levels with Respect to Human Exposure to Electric, Magnetic, and Electromagnetic Fields, 0 Hz to 300 GHz", "publisher": "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers", "url": "https://standards.ieee.org/ieee/C95.1/4940/", "year": 2019, "kind": "standard", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" } ], "links": { "self": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards/ieee-c95-1-2019", "html": "https://emfbase.com/standards/ieee-c95-1-2019", "markdown": "https://emfbase.com/standards/ieee-c95-1-2019.md", "collection": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards" } }, { "id": "standards:ch-onir", "collection": "standards", "slug": "swiss-onir-nisv", "name": "Swiss ONIR / NISV installation limit values", "summary": "Switzerland's precaution-based installation limits for fixed transmitters and power lines, roughly a factor of 10 below ICNIRP in field strength terms.", "status": "verified", "lastVerified": "2026-08-12", "data": { "aliases": [ "NISV", "ORNI", "Swiss installation limit value" ], "organization": "Swiss Confederation", "edition": "2000, as amended", "jurisdiction": [ "CH" ], "kind": "regulatory", "scope": "Applies to places of sensitive use (bedrooms, schools, workplaces, playgrounds) near fixed installations, in addition to ICNIRP-level immission limits.", "frequencyRange": { "minHz": 0, "maxHz": 300000000000 } }, "sources": [ { "id": "ch-onir", "title": "Ordinance relating to Protection from Non-Ionising Radiation (ONIR / NISV, SR 814.710)", "publisher": "Swiss Confederation", "url": "https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/2000/38/en", "year": 2000, "kind": "regulation", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" } ], "links": { "self": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards/swiss-onir-nisv", "html": "https://emfbase.com/standards/swiss-onir-nisv", "markdown": "https://emfbase.com/standards/swiss-onir-nisv.md", "collection": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards" } }, { "id": "standards:who-elf-evidence", "collection": "standards", "slug": "who-elf-evidence-framework", "name": "WHO ELF evidence framework", "summary": "The World Health Organization's assessment of the extremely-low-frequency evidence base, which sets no exposure limit but records the daily-average magnetic field level above which epidemiology reports an association with childhood leukaemia.", "status": "verified", "lastVerified": "2026-08-12", "data": { "aliases": [ "WHO EHC 238", "WHO ELF assessment" ], "organization": "World Health Organization", "edition": "2007 assessment, factsheet current", "jurisdiction": [ "international" ], "kind": "guideline", "scope": "Reviews the ELF evidence base and endorses ICNIRP reference levels for acute effects. It defines no limit of its own: the 0.3–0.4 µT figure it records is an epidemiological association, not a threshold of harm and not enforceable anywhere.", "frequencyRange": { "minHz": 0, "maxHz": 300 } }, "sources": [ { "id": "who-elf", "title": "Electromagnetic fields and public health: exposure to extremely low frequency fields", "publisher": "World Health Organization", "url": "https://www.who.int/teams/environment-climate-change-and-health/radiation-and-health/non-ionizing/exposure", "year": 2007, "kind": "government", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" }, { "id": "who-ehc-238", "title": "Extremely Low Frequency Fields — Environmental Health Criteria Monograph No. 238", "publisher": "World Health Organization", "url": "https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241572385", "year": 2007, "kind": "peer-reviewed", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" }, { "id": "iarc-monograph-80", "title": "IARC Monographs Volume 80: Non-Ionizing Radiation, Part 1: Static and Extremely Low-Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields", "publisher": "International Agency for Research on Cancer", "url": "https://publications.iarc.who.int/98", "year": 2002, "kind": "peer-reviewed", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" } ], "links": { "self": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards/who-elf-evidence-framework", "html": "https://emfbase.com/standards/who-elf-evidence-framework", "markdown": "https://emfbase.com/standards/who-elf-evidence-framework.md", "collection": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards" } }, { "id": "standards:sbm-2024", "collection": "standards", "slug": "building-biology-sbm-2024", "name": "Building Biology SBM-2024 evaluation guidelines", "summary": "Precautionary assessment bands used by building biologists to grade bedroom measurements from 'no anomaly' to 'extreme anomaly'; not exposure limits and not law.", "status": "verified", "lastVerified": "2026-08-12", "data": { "aliases": [ "SBM-2015", "building biology guideline values" ], "organization": "Institut für Baubiologie + Nachhaltigkeit (IBN)", "edition": "2024", "jurisdiction": [ "DE", "international" ], "kind": "precautionary", "scope": "Sleeping areas. Values are graded bands (no / weak / strong / extreme anomaly) intended to guide remediation, orders of magnitude below regulatory limits.", "frequencyRange": { "minHz": 0, "maxHz": 300000000000 } }, "sources": [ { "id": "sbm-2024", "title": "Building Biology Evaluation Guidelines for Sleeping Areas (SBM-2024)", "publisher": "Institut für Baubiologie + Nachhaltigkeit (IBN)", "url": "https://buildingbiology.com/site/downloads/SBM-2024_EVALUATION_GUIDELINES_EN.pdf", "year": 2024, "kind": "ngo", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" } ], "links": { "self": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards/building-biology-sbm-2024", "html": "https://emfbase.com/standards/building-biology-sbm-2024", "markdown": "https://emfbase.com/standards/building-biology-sbm-2024.md", "collection": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards" } }, { "id": "standards:europaem-2016", "collection": "standards", "slug": "europaem-emf-guideline-2016", "name": "EUROPAEM EMF Guideline 2016", "summary": "Precautionary medical-association guidance proposing day, night and sensitive-population target values per transmission technology.", "status": "verified", "lastVerified": "2026-08-12", "data": { "organization": "European Academy for Environmental Medicine", "edition": "2016", "jurisdiction": [ "international" ], "kind": "precautionary", "scope": "Clinical guidance for patients reporting EMF-related symptoms; target values differentiate pulsed from non-pulsed sources.", "frequencyRange": { "minHz": 0, "maxHz": 300000000000 } }, "sources": [ { "id": "europaem-2016", "title": "EUROPAEM EMF Guideline 2016 for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of EMF-related health problems", "publisher": "European Academy for Environmental Medicine", "url": "https://europaem.eu/en/library/blog-en/97-europaem-emf-guideline-2016", "year": 2016, "kind": "ngo", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" }, { "id": "sbm-2024", "title": "Building Biology Evaluation Guidelines for Sleeping Areas (SBM-2024)", "publisher": "Institut für Baubiologie + Nachhaltigkeit (IBN)", "url": "https://buildingbiology.com/site/downloads/SBM-2024_EVALUATION_GUIDELINES_EN.pdf", "year": 2024, "kind": "ngo", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" } ], "links": { "self": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards/europaem-emf-guideline-2016", "html": "https://emfbase.com/standards/europaem-emf-guideline-2016", "markdown": "https://emfbase.com/standards/europaem-emf-guideline-2016.md", "collection": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards" } }, { "id": "standards:bioinitiative-2012", "collection": "standards", "slug": "bioinitiative-2012", "name": "BioInitiative Report 2012 precautionary levels", "summary": "Advocacy-group review proposing precautionary RF and ELF targets far below regulatory limits; widely cited in campaigns and widely disputed by health authorities.", "status": "verified", "lastVerified": "2026-08-12", "data": { "organization": "BioInitiative Working Group", "edition": "2012", "jurisdiction": [ "international" ], "kind": "precautionary", "scope": "Not a standards body and not adopted by any regulator. Listed here because it is frequently quoted as though it were a limit.", "frequencyRange": { "minHz": 0, "maxHz": 300000000000 } }, "sources": [ { "id": "bioinitiative-2012", "title": "BioInitiative Report 2012 (updated) — conclusions and recommended precautionary levels", "publisher": "BioInitiative Working Group", "url": "https://bioinitiative.org/conclusions/", "year": 2012, "kind": "ngo", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" }, { "id": "sbm-2024", "title": "Building Biology Evaluation Guidelines for Sleeping Areas (SBM-2024)", "publisher": "Institut für Baubiologie + Nachhaltigkeit (IBN)", "url": "https://buildingbiology.com/site/downloads/SBM-2024_EVALUATION_GUIDELINES_EN.pdf", "year": 2024, "kind": "ngo", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" } ], "links": { "self": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards/bioinitiative-2012", "html": "https://emfbase.com/standards/bioinitiative-2012", "markdown": "https://emfbase.com/standards/bioinitiative-2012.md", "collection": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards" } }, { "id": "standards:hc-safety-code-6", "collection": "standards", "slug": "safety-code-6", "name": "Health Canada Safety Code 6 (2015)", "summary": "Canada's RF exposure code from 3 kHz to 300 GHz, issued by Health Canada as a guideline and made effectively mandatory for wireless equipment through ISED's certification requirements.", "status": "verified", "lastVerified": "2026-08-12", "data": { "aliases": [ "Safety Code 6", "SC6", "Canada RF exposure limits" ], "organization": "Health Canada", "edition": "2015 revision", "jurisdiction": [ "CA" ], "kind": "guideline", "scope": "Health Canada publishes Safety Code 6 as a guideline: it applies directly to federally regulated sites and may be adopted by provinces and industry. Its practical force comes from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, which adopts it as the scientific basis for equipment certification and RF compliance of phones, base stations and broadcast antennas. Values are structured as basic restrictions (SAR, internal field) and reference levels (field strength, power density), with separate uncontrolled and controlled environment tiers.", "frequencyRange": { "minHz": 3000, "maxHz": 300000000000 } }, "sources": [ { "id": "hc-safety-code-6", "title": "Limits of Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Energy in the Frequency Range from 3 kHz to 300 GHz (Safety Code 6)", "publisher": "Health Canada", "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/publications/health-risks-safety/limits-human-exposure-radiofrequency-electromagnetic-energy-range-3-300.html", "year": 2015, "kind": "guideline", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" }, { "id": "hc-safety-code-6-pdf", "title": "Safety Code 6 (2015), H129-48/2015E-PDF — official PDF edition", "publisher": "Government of Canada Publications", "url": "https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/sc-hc/H129-48-2015-eng.pdf", "year": 2015, "kind": "guideline", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" } ], "links": { "self": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards/safety-code-6", "html": "https://emfbase.com/standards/safety-code-6", "markdown": "https://emfbase.com/standards/safety-code-6.md", "collection": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards" } }, { "id": "standards:ofcom-emf-condition", "collection": "standards", "slug": "ofcom-emf-licence-condition", "name": "UK Ofcom EMF licence condition", "summary": "The mechanism that makes the ICNIRP general-public exposure limits legally enforceable in the United Kingdom, applied as a condition on spectrum licences since 2021.", "status": "verified", "lastVerified": "2026-08-12", "data": { "aliases": [ "UK EMF limits", "Ofcom EMF rules", "UK ICNIRP limits" ], "organization": "Ofcom", "edition": "in force since 2021", "jurisdiction": [ "UK" ], "kind": "regulatory", "scope": "Most Ofcom spectrum licences carry a condition requiring compliance with the ICNIRP general-public limits, for licensees authorised to transmit above 10 W EIRP (6.1 W ERP). The condition covers exposure of members of the public; it does not cover exposure of the licensee or of workers, which fall under separate occupational rules. The UK sets no numeric limit of its own — the numbers are ICNIRP's, and Ofcom supplies the enforcement route.", "frequencyRange": { "minHz": 100000, "maxHz": 300000000000 } }, "sources": [ { "id": "ofcom-emf-policy", "title": "Ofcom's rules on EMF exposure (EMF licence condition)", "publisher": "Ofcom", "url": "https://www.ofcom.org.uk/spectrum/electromagnetic-fields/policy", "year": 2021, "kind": "regulation", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" }, { "id": "ofcom-emf-guidance", "title": "Guidance on EMF compliance and enforcement", "publisher": "Ofcom", "url": "https://www.ofcom.org.uk/spectrum/electromagnetic-fields/compliance-and-enforcement-guidance", "year": 2021, "kind": "government", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" }, { "id": "icnirp-2020", "title": "Guidelines for Limiting Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields (100 kHz to 300 GHz)", "publisher": "International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection", "url": "https://www.icnirp.org/en/publications/article/rf-guidelines-2020.html", "year": 2020, "kind": "guideline", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" } ], "links": { "self": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards/ofcom-emf-licence-condition", "html": "https://emfbase.com/standards/ofcom-emf-licence-condition", "markdown": "https://emfbase.com/standards/ofcom-emf-licence-condition.md", "collection": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards" } }, { "id": "standards:arpansa-rps-s1", "collection": "standards", "slug": "arpansa-rps-s1", "name": "ARPANSA RPS S-1 (2021)", "summary": "Australia's RF standard for 100 kHz–300 GHz, aligned with ICNIRP 2020 and enforced through licence conditions and the ACMA device standard.", "status": "verified", "lastVerified": "2026-08-12", "data": { "aliases": [ "RPS S-1", "ARPANSA RF standard", "Australia EME standard" ], "organization": "Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency", "edition": "RPS S-1 (Rev. 1), February 2021", "jurisdiction": [ "AU" ], "kind": "regulatory", "scope": "RPS S-1 replaced RPS 3 (2002) and adopts the ICNIRP 2020 limits. It is in force as a licence condition for ARPANSA licence holders, and the ACMA's Radiocommunications (Electromagnetic Radiation — Human Exposure) Standard requires radiocommunications devices supplied in Australia to keep users within the ARPANSA basic restrictions, which is what makes the limits binding for phones and transmitters.", "frequencyRange": { "minHz": 100000, "maxHz": 300000000000 } }, "sources": [ { "id": "arpansa-rps-s1", "title": "Standard for Limiting Exposure to Radiofrequency Fields — 100 kHz to 300 GHz, RPS S-1 (Rev. 1)", "publisher": "Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency", "url": "https://www.arpansa.gov.au/regulation-and-licensing/regulatory-publications/radiation-protection-series/codes-and-standards/rpss-1", "year": 2021, "kind": "standard", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" }, { "id": "acma-eme-standard", "title": "Radiocommunications (Electromagnetic Radiation — Human Exposure) Standard 2014", "publisher": "Australian Communications and Media Authority (Federal Register of Legislation)", "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2014L00960/asmade/2014-07-07/text/original/epub/OEBPS/document_1/document_1.html", "year": 2014, "kind": "regulation", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" }, { "id": "icnirp-2020", "title": "Guidelines for Limiting Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields (100 kHz to 300 GHz)", "publisher": "International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection", "url": "https://www.icnirp.org/en/publications/article/rf-guidelines-2020.html", "year": 2020, "kind": "guideline", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" } ], "links": { "self": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards/arpansa-rps-s1", "html": "https://emfbase.com/standards/arpansa-rps-s1", "markdown": "https://emfbase.com/standards/arpansa-rps-s1.md", "collection": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards" } }, { "id": "standards:india-dot-emf", "collection": "standards", "slug": "india-dot-emf-norms", "name": "India DoT base-station EMF norms (1/10th of ICNIRP)", "summary": "India enforces base-station exposure limits set at one tenth of the ICNIRP 1998 power-density reference levels, effective 1 September 2012 and applied as a telecom licence condition.", "status": "verified", "lastVerified": "2026-08-12", "data": { "aliases": [ "India EMF limits", "DoT EMF norms", "Tarang Sanchar limits", "1/10th ICNIRP" ], "organization": "Department of Telecommunications, Government of India", "edition": "effective 1 September 2012; limits restated 2013", "jurisdiction": [ "IN" ], "kind": "regulatory", "scope": "Applies to base-station (BTS) emissions, not to handsets, and is enforced through access-service licence conditions with self-certification, TERM Cell audits and penalties. India adopted the ICNIRP 1998 levels in 2008 and then reduced the base-station allowance to one tenth of them on the recommendation of an inter-ministerial committee. Handset SAR is regulated separately at 1.6 W/kg over 1 g.", "frequencyRange": { "minHz": 400000000, "maxHz": 300000000000 } }, "sources": [ { "id": "india-tarang-norms", "title": "EMF radiation norms (Tarang Sanchar portal)", "publisher": "Department of Telecommunications, Government of India", "url": "https://tarangsanchar.gov.in/EMFPortalHi/DoT/EMFRadiationNorms", "kind": "regulation", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" }, { "id": "india-dgt-emf", "title": "Public awareness — EMF exposure limits from mobile towers", "publisher": "Directorate General of Telecommunications, Government of India", "url": "https://dgtelecom.gov.in/public-awareness/", "year": 2013, "kind": "government", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" } ], "links": { "self": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards/india-dot-emf-norms", "html": "https://emfbase.com/standards/india-dot-emf-norms", "markdown": "https://emfbase.com/standards/india-dot-emf-norms.md", "collection": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards" } }, { "id": "standards:china-gb-8702", "collection": "standards", "slug": "china-gb-8702-2014", "name": "China GB 8702-2014 electromagnetic environment control limits", "summary": "China's mandatory national standard for public exposure from 1 Hz to 300 GHz, referencing ICNIRP 1998 and IEEE but setting values of its own that are stricter in the mobile bands.", "status": "verified", "lastVerified": "2026-08-12", "data": { "aliases": [ "GB 8702-2014", "China EMF limits", "电磁环境控制限值" ], "organization": "Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China", "edition": "GB 8702-2014, effective 1 January 2015", "jurisdiction": [ "CN" ], "kind": "regulatory", "scope": "Covers public exposure in the electromagnetic environment and the exemption scope for installations, and is used for environmental assessment and enforcement of transmitters and power infrastructure. It explicitly does not govern exposure of users to their own wireless terminals or household appliances, and is not a product-quality specification. Values from 0.1 MHz upward are RMS over any continuous 6-minute interval.", "frequencyRange": { "minHz": 1, "maxHz": 300000000000 } }, "sources": [ { "id": "china-gb-8702", "title": "GB 8702-2014 电磁环境控制限值 (Controlling limits for electromagnetic environment)", "publisher": "Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China", "url": "https://www.mee.gov.cn/ywgz/fgbz/bz/bzwb/hxxhj/dcfsbz/201410/t20141022_290449.htm", "year": 2014, "kind": "regulation", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" } ], "links": { "self": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards/china-gb-8702-2014", "html": "https://emfbase.com/standards/china-gb-8702-2014", "markdown": "https://emfbase.com/standards/china-gb-8702-2014.md", "collection": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards" } }, { "id": "standards:russia-sanpin-rf", "collection": "standards", "slug": "russia-sanpin-rf", "name": "Russia SanPiN public RF limits", "summary": "Russia's sanitary norms for public RF exposure, which cap power flux density at 10 µW/cm² from 300 MHz to 300 GHz — about a hundredth of the ICNIRP reference level.", "status": "verified", "lastVerified": "2026-08-12", "data": { "aliases": [ "SanPiN 2.1.8/2.2.4.1383-03", "SanPiN 1.2.3685-21", "Russia EMF limits" ], "organization": "Rospotrebnadzor / Chief State Sanitary Physician of the Russian Federation", "edition": "SanPiN 2.1.8/2.2.4.1383-03; hygienic norms consolidated in SanPiN 1.2.3685-21 (2021)", "jurisdiction": [ "RU" ], "kind": "regulatory", "scope": "Applies to residential areas, places of mass recreation and the interiors of dwellings exposed to transmitting radio objects, including secondary radiation. Assessment uses electric field strength from 30 kHz to 300 MHz and time-averaged power flux density from 300 MHz to 300 GHz. The values also apply to RF sources other than transmitting radio facilities.", "frequencyRange": { "minHz": 30000, "maxHz": 300000000000 } }, "sources": [ { "id": "russia-sanpin-1383", "title": "СанПиН 2.1.8/2.2.4.1383-03, приложение 1, таблица 2 — ПДУ ЭМП 30 кГц–300 ГГц для населения", "publisher": "Главный государственный санитарный врач РФ (via ConsultantPlus)", "url": "https://www.consultant.ru/document/cons_doc_LAW_43243/b80f2a134eb7436dbdb5ff9efd13bd96e1a2e452/", "year": 2003, "kind": "regulation", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" }, { "id": "russia-sanpin-2021", "title": "СанПиН 1.2.3685-21 — Гигиенические нормативы и требования к обеспечению безопасности факторов среды обитания", "publisher": "Роспотребнадзор (via ConsultantPlus)", "url": "https://www.consultant.ru/document/cons_doc_LAW_375839/", "year": 2021, "kind": "regulation", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" } ], "links": { "self": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards/russia-sanpin-rf", "html": "https://emfbase.com/standards/russia-sanpin-rf", "markdown": "https://emfbase.com/standards/russia-sanpin-rf.md", "collection": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards" } }, { "id": "standards:italy-dpcm-2003", "collection": "standards", "slug": "italy-dpcm-2003", "name": "Italy DPCM 8 July 2003 (as amended 2024)", "summary": "Italy's three-tier RF law — exposure limit, attention value and quality objective — whose precautionary tiers were raised from 6 V/m to 15 V/m on 30 April 2024.", "status": "verified", "lastVerified": "2026-08-12", "data": { "aliases": [ "DPCM 8 luglio 2003", "Italy 6 V/m", "Italy 15 V/m", "Italy EMF limits" ], "organization": "Presidency of the Council of Ministers (Italy)", "edition": "DPCM 8 July 2003, amended by Law 214/2023 art. 10 in force 30 April 2024", "jurisdiction": [ "IT" ], "kind": "regulatory", "scope": "Applies to public exposure from fixed installations between 100 kHz and 300 GHz, averaged over a body-equivalent vertical section and over any 6-minute interval; occupational and medical exposures are excluded. The exposure limit protects against established short-term effects, the attention value applies inside buildings occupied four hours a day or more and their balconies and courtyards, and the quality objective applies outdoors in intensively frequented areas.", "frequencyRange": { "minHz": 100000, "maxHz": 300000000000 } }, "sources": [ { "id": "italy-dpcm-2003", "title": "DPCM 8 luglio 2003 — limiti di esposizione, valori di attenzione e obiettivi di qualità, 100 kHz–300 GHz", "publisher": "Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri (Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 199/2003)", "url": "https://corecom.consrc.it/hp2/doc/D.P.C.M.8_luglio2003.pdf", "year": 2003, "kind": "regulation", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" }, { "id": "italy-mimit-15vm", "title": "Adeguamento dei limiti dei campi elettromagnetici (15 V/m)", "publisher": "Ministero delle Imprese e del Made in Italy", "url": "https://www.mimit.gov.it/it/notizie-stampa/adeguamento-dei-limiti-dei-campi-elettromagnetici", "year": 2024, "kind": "government", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" }, { "id": "italy-arpa-piemonte-15vm", "title": "Aumentano i controlli di Arpa in seguito all'aumento dei limiti di campo elettromagnetico", "publisher": "Arpa Piemonte", "url": "https://www.arpa.piemonte.it/notizia/aumentano-controlli-arpa-seguito-allaumento-dei-limiti-campo-elettromagnetico-per", "year": 2024, "kind": "government", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" } ], "links": { "self": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards/italy-dpcm-2003", "html": "https://emfbase.com/standards/italy-dpcm-2003", "markdown": "https://emfbase.com/standards/italy-dpcm-2003.md", "collection": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards" } }, { "id": "standards:japan-rrpg", "collection": "standards", "slug": "japan-radio-radiation-protection-guidelines", "name": "Japan Radio Radiation Protection Guidelines (電波防護指針)", "summary": "Japan's radio-wave protection values, made binding by the Radio Law Enforcement Regulations: 27.5 V/m from 30 to 300 MHz and 61.4 V/m above 1.5 GHz for the general environment, six-minute averaged.", "status": "verified", "lastVerified": "2026-08-12", "data": { "aliases": [ "RRPG", "電波防護指針", "Japan EMF limits", "MIC radio-wave protection guidelines" ], "organization": "Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (総務省), Japan", "edition": "Radio Radiation Protection Guidelines 1990/1997; enforced through 電波法施行規則 art. 21-3 and appended table 2-3-2 (as amended 2017)", "jurisdiction": [ "JP" ], "kind": "regulatory", "scope": "The 'general environment' table applies where the public has normal access: an operator whose station exceeds it must fence the area off, with exemptions for stations under 20 mW average power, mobile stations and temporary emergency stations. A second table gives instantaneous (non-averaged) values for 10 kHz–10 MHz. Handsets used against the head are regulated separately at 2 W/kg local SAR over 10 g. Power-frequency fields are not covered here — they fall under METI's electrical-facility ordinance.", "frequencyRange": { "minHz": 10000, "maxHz": 300000000000 } }, "sources": [ { "id": "japan-radio-law-table", "title": "電波法施行規則 第21条の3 および別表第2号の3の2 — 電波の強度の値 (Radio Law Enforcement Regulations, art. 21-3 and appended table 2-3-2: permitted radio-wave field strengths)", "publisher": "総務省 電波利用ポータル (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan)", "url": "https://www.tele.soumu.go.jp/j/sys/ele/medical/system/laws/index.htm", "kind": "regulation", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" }, { "id": "japan-mic-rrpg", "title": "Possible Health Effects on the Human Body from Radio Wave Exposure — Radio Radiation Protection Guidelines", "publisher": "Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan", "url": "https://www.tele.soumu.go.jp/e/sys/ele/body/index.htm", "kind": "government", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" } ], "links": { "self": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards/japan-radio-radiation-protection-guidelines", "html": "https://emfbase.com/standards/japan-radio-radiation-protection-guidelines", "markdown": "https://emfbase.com/standards/japan-radio-radiation-protection-guidelines.md", "collection": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards" } }, { "id": "standards:japan-meti-facilities", "collection": "standards", "slug": "japan-meti-electrical-facilities-magnetic-limit", "name": "Japan METI technical standards for electrical facilities (magnetic fields)", "summary": "Japan caps the power-frequency magnetic flux density from transformers, switchgear and power lines at 200 µT in spaces people occupy — the ICNIRP 2010 reference level, in force since 1 October 2011.", "status": "verified", "lastVerified": "2026-08-12", "data": { "aliases": [ "電気設備に関する技術基準を定める省令", "METI ordinance 52", "Japan 200 µT rule" ], "organization": "Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (経済産業省), Japan", "edition": "Ordinance No. 52 of 1997, art. 27-2 added 31 March 2011, in force 1 October 2011", "jurisdiction": [ "JP" ], "kind": "regulatory", "scope": "Applies to transformers, switches, similar equipment and power lines sited outside power stations, substations and demand premises, and to substations and switching stations themselves. Compliance is judged on the average flux density in the space a person would occupy near the equipment, with an exception for fields, forests and other places people rarely pass through. It is an equipment-siting rule, not an exposure limit for appliances or wiring inside a home.", "frequencyRange": { "minHz": 50, "maxHz": 60 } }, "sources": [ { "id": "japan-meti-ordinance-52", "title": "電気設備に関する技術基準を定める省令 第27条の2 — 磁束密度の平均値を商用周波数において200 µT以下 (Ordinance on Technical Standards for Electrical Facilities, art. 27-2)", "publisher": "経済産業省 (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan), via e-Gov 法令検索", "url": "https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/409M50000400052", "year": 1997, "kind": "regulation", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" }, { "id": "japan-meti-emf", "title": "電気設備から生じる電磁界 — 200 µT規制の導入 (EMF from electrical facilities: introduction of the 200 µT rule)", "publisher": "経済産業省 (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan)", "url": "https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/safety_security/industrial_safety/sangyo/electric/detail/setsubi_denjikai.html", "year": 2011, "kind": "government", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" } ], "links": { "self": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards/japan-meti-electrical-facilities-magnetic-limit", "html": "https://emfbase.com/standards/japan-meti-electrical-facilities-magnetic-limit", "markdown": "https://emfbase.com/standards/japan-meti-electrical-facilities-magnetic-limit.md", "collection": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards" } }, { "id": "standards:korea-msit-emf", "collection": "standards", "slug": "korea-emf-human-protection-standard", "name": "Korea EMF human protection standard (전자파 인체보호기준)", "summary": "Korea's binding exposure standard under Radio Waves Act art. 47-2, tracking the ICNIRP 1998 reference levels: 61 V/m above 2 GHz and 83.3 µT at power frequency for the general public.", "status": "verified", "lastVerified": "2026-08-12", "data": { "aliases": [ "전자파 인체보호기준", "MSIT Notice 2019-4", "Korea EMF limits", "RRA EMF standard" ], "organization": "Ministry of Science and ICT / National Radio Research Agency (국립전파연구원), Republic of Korea", "edition": "MSIT Notice No. 2019-4 under Radio Waves Act art. 47-2", "jurisdiction": [ "KR" ], "kind": "regulatory", "scope": "Covers basic restrictions and reference levels from below 1 Hz to 300 GHz for the general public and for occupationally exposed workers, and is applied through separate notices for SAR measurement, field-strength measurement and the equipment classes subject to testing. Korea retains the ICNIRP 1998 power-frequency reference level of 833 mG rather than the 2010 revision used by Japan and New Zealand.", "frequencyRange": { "minHz": 0, "maxHz": 300000000000 } }, "sources": [ { "id": "korea-emf-protection-standard", "title": "전자파 인체보호기준 — 전자파강도 기준표 (Human protection standard for electromagnetic waves: field-strength tables)", "publisher": "국립전파연구원 (National Radio Research Agency, Ministry of Science and ICT, Republic of Korea)", "url": "https://www.rra.go.kr/emf/wrongfact/knowing/index08.do", "kind": "regulation", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" }, { "id": "korea-radio-waves-act", "title": "Radio Waves Act, art. 47-2 — standards for the protection of the human body from electromagnetic waves", "publisher": "Korea Legislation Research Institute (statutes of the Republic of Korea)", "url": "https://elaw.klri.re.kr/eng_service/lawView.do?hseq=25937&lang=ENG", "kind": "regulation", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" } ], "links": { "self": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards/korea-emf-human-protection-standard", "html": "https://emfbase.com/standards/korea-emf-human-protection-standard", "markdown": "https://emfbase.com/standards/korea-emf-human-protection-standard.md", "collection": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards" } }, { "id": "standards:poland-mz-2019", "collection": "standards", "slug": "poland-environmental-emf-limits-2019", "name": "Poland environmental EMF limits (Dz.U. 2019 poz. 2448)", "summary": "Poland replaced its 7 V/m environmental RF limit with the EU/ICNIRP reference levels on 1 January 2020, while keeping a stricter 1000 V/m 50 Hz electric-field value for land zoned for housing.", "status": "verified", "lastVerified": "2026-08-12", "data": { "aliases": [ "Rozporządzenie Ministra Zdrowia 17 grudnia 2019", "Dz.U. 2019 poz. 2448", "Poland EMF limits", "Poland 7 V/m" ], "organization": "Minister of Health (Minister Zdrowia), Poland", "edition": "Regulation of 17 December 2019, in force 1 January 2020", "jurisdiction": [ "PL" ], "kind": "regulatory", "scope": "Issued under art. 122 of the Environmental Protection Law for land zoned for housing (Table 1) and places accessible to the public (Table 2). It governs fields from fixed power and radiocommunication networks; portable electrical devices and appliances used in dwellings are outside its scope, and occupational exposure is set by separate rules. Measurement methodology is prescribed separately by the Minister of Climate regulation of 17 February 2020 (Dz.U. 2020 poz. 258).", "frequencyRange": { "minHz": 0, "maxHz": 300000000000 } }, "sources": [ { "id": "poland-mz-2019-2448", "title": "Rozporządzenie Ministra Zdrowia z dnia 17 grudnia 2019 r. w sprawie dopuszczalnych poziomów pól elektromagnetycznych w środowisku (Dz.U. 2019 poz. 2448)", "publisher": "Minister Zdrowia (Poland), Dziennik Ustaw", "url": "https://eli.gov.pl/eli/DU/2019/2448/ogl", "year": 2019, "kind": "regulation", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" }, { "id": "poland-5g-limits", "title": "Dopuszczalne wartości pola elektromagnetycznego w Polsce — harmonizacja z zaleceniem Rady od 1 stycznia 2020 r.", "publisher": "Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji (Poland), gov.pl", "url": "https://www.gov.pl/web/5g/dopuszczalne-wartosci-pola-elektromagnetycznego-w-polsce", "kind": "government", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" } ], "links": { "self": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards/poland-environmental-emf-limits-2019", "html": "https://emfbase.com/standards/poland-environmental-emf-limits-2019", "markdown": "https://emfbase.com/standards/poland-environmental-emf-limits-2019.md", "collection": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards" } }, { "id": "standards:brussels-ordinance", "collection": "standards", "slug": "brussels-non-ionising-radiation-ordinance", "name": "Brussels-Capital non-ionising radiation ordinance", "summary": "Brussels sets its own cumulative power-density limits for fixed transmitters — 0.5635 W/m² outdoors and 0.2243 W/m² indoors at 900 MHz — and bans public mobile antennas from 20 to 300 GHz.", "status": "verified", "lastVerified": "2026-08-12", "data": { "aliases": [ "Ordonnance 1 mars 2007", "Brussels 6 V/m", "Brussels 14.5 V/m", "Brussels antenna ordinance" ], "organization": "Brussels-Capital Region (Belgium)", "edition": "Ordinance of 1 March 2007, as amended 2 March 2023, in force 1 May 2023", "jurisdiction": [ "BE-BRU" ], "kind": "regulatory", "scope": "Applies to non-ionising radiation from fixed installations in all publicly accessible indoor and outdoor areas, with separate indoor and outdoor power-density tables and a summation rule for composite fields. It does not apply to natural fields or to equipment used by individuals — mobile handsets, private Wi-Fi, DECT and amateur radio are excluded — nor during emergencies.", "frequencyRange": { "minHz": 100000, "maxHz": 300000000000 } }, "sources": [ { "id": "brussels-ordinance-2007", "title": "Ordonnance du 1er mars 2007 relative à la protection de l'environnement contre les éventuels effets nocifs et nuisances provoqués par les radiations non ionisantes (texte coordonné, art. 3)", "publisher": "Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Moniteur belge / Justel", "url": "https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/eli/ordonnance/2007/03/01/2007031104/justel", "year": 2007, "kind": "regulation", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" } ], "links": { "self": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards/brussels-non-ionising-radiation-ordinance", "html": "https://emfbase.com/standards/brussels-non-ionising-radiation-ordinance", "markdown": "https://emfbase.com/standards/brussels-non-ionising-radiation-ordinance.md", "collection": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards" } }, { "id": "standards:wallonia-antenna-decree", "collection": "standards", "slug": "wallonia-stationary-antenna-decree", "name": "Wallonia stationary transmitting antenna decree", "summary": "Wallonia replaced its 3 V/m per-antenna limit with 9.2 V/m per operator plus an 18.4 V/m cumulative limit in places of stay, and bans public mobile antennas from 20 to 300 GHz.", "status": "verified", "lastVerified": "2026-08-12", "data": { "aliases": [ "Décret 3 avril 2009", "Wallonia 3 V/m", "Wallonia 9.2 V/m", "Walloon antenna decree" ], "organization": "Walloon Region (Belgium)", "edition": "Decree of 3 April 2009, as amended by the decree of 8 December 2022", "jurisdiction": [ "BE-WAL" ], "kind": "regulatory", "scope": "Applies to permanently mounted transmitting antennas between 100 kHz and 300 GHz whose maximum EIRP exceeds 10 W, assessed in 'places of stay' — dwellings, schools, crèches, hospitals, care homes, regularly occupied workplaces and sport, play and culture spaces — measured 1.5 m above floor or ground level. Roads, pavements, car parks, garages, parks, gardens, balconies and terraces are excluded, as are natural fields, personal devices, medical equipment, air-traffic, defence, emergency-service, broadcast and point-to-point link antennas.", "frequencyRange": { "minHz": 100000, "maxHz": 300000000000 } }, "sources": [ { "id": "wallonia-decree-2009", "title": "Décret du 3 avril 2009 relatif à la protection contre les rayonnements non ionisants générés par des antennes émettrices stationnaires (texte coordonné, art. 4, tel que modifié le 8 décembre 2022)", "publisher": "Région wallonne, Moniteur belge / Justel", "url": "https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/article.pl?language=fr&numac_search=2009201985", "year": 2009, "kind": "regulation", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" }, { "id": "wallonia-decree-2022-report", "title": "Projet de décret modifiant le décret du 3 avril 2009 — rapport de commission: passage de 3 V/m par antenne à 9,2 V/m par opérateur et norme cumulée de 18,4 V/m", "publisher": "Parlement wallon (doc. 1100 (2022-2023))", "url": "http://nautilus.parlement-wallon.be/Archives/2022_2023/DECRET/1100_6.pdf", "year": 2022, "kind": "government", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" } ], "links": { "self": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards/wallonia-stationary-antenna-decree", "html": "https://emfbase.com/standards/wallonia-stationary-antenna-decree", "markdown": "https://emfbase.com/standards/wallonia-stationary-antenna-decree.md", "collection": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards" } }, { "id": "standards:flanders-vlarem-antennas", "collection": "standards", "slug": "flanders-vlarem-antenna-norms", "name": "Flanders VLAREM transmitting antenna norms", "summary": "Flanders caps the cumulative field from all fixed transmitters at 0.686 √f V/m — 20.6 V/m at 900 MHz, 30.7 V/m from 2 GHz up — with a separate per-operator condition in VLAREM chapter 6.10.", "status": "verified", "lastVerified": "2026-08-12", "data": { "aliases": [ "VLAREM 2.14", "VLAREM 6.10", "Flanders antenna norm", "Flemish EMF limits" ], "organization": "Flemish Government, Department of Environment (Belgium)", "edition": "VLAREM II chapters 2.14 and 6.10, most recently amended by the decision of 10 June 2022, in force 31 July 2022", "jurisdiction": [ "BE-VLG" ], "kind": "regulatory", "scope": "Environmental quality norms (chapter 2.14) bound the sum of all fixed transmitting antennas — mobile, radio, TV, radar, amateur, emergency-service and defence — while environmental conditions (chapter 6.10) bound each operator's own contribution at places of stay. Mobile handsets are excluded and covered by federal product norms instead. 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Because the law adopts whatever limits the WHO recommends, Brazil has no bespoke numerical value of its own — it tracks ICNIRP.", "frequencyRange": { "minHz": 8300, "maxHz": 300000000000 } }, "sources": [ { "id": "brazil-lei-11934", "title": "Lei nº 11.934, de 5 de maio de 2009 — limites à exposição humana a campos elétricos, magnéticos e eletromagnéticos até 300 GHz", "publisher": "Presidência da República (Brazil), via Anatel", "url": "https://informacoes.anatel.gov.br/legislacao/leis/426-lei-11934", "year": 2009, "kind": "regulation", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" }, { "id": "brazil-anatel-ato-17865", "title": "Ato nº 17.865, de 30 de dezembro de 2023 — limites de exposição a CEMRF entre 8,3 kHz e 300 GHz, adotando as recomendações ICNIRP 2020", "publisher": "Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel), Brazil", "url": "https://informacoes.anatel.gov.br/legislacao/atos-de-requisitos-tecnicos-de-gestao-do-espectro/2023/1914-ato-17865", "year": 2023, "kind": "regulation", "retrieved": "2026-08-12" } ], "links": { "self": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards/brazil-anatel-emf-limits", "html": "https://emfbase.com/standards/brazil-anatel-emf-limits", "markdown": "https://emfbase.com/standards/brazil-anatel-emf-limits.md", "collection": "https://emfbase.com/api/standards" } } ] }