# ICNIRP 2010 general public magnetic field reference level at 50/60 Hz

> 200 µT (2000 mG) for the public and 1000 µT occupational — five orders of magnitude above typical household background.

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- Collection: Exposure limits
- Record id: `limits:icnirp-2010-public-magnetic-50-60`
- Status: verified
- Last verified: 2026-08-12
- JSON: https://emfbase.com/api/limits/icnirp-public-magnetic-field-50-60-hz

## Key values

- **Limit value:** 200 µT — Guideline value — scientific recommendation — 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. [icnirp-2010]
- **Quantity:** magnetic flux density
- **Frequency band:** 50/60 Hz
- **Population:** general public
- **Set by:** ICNIRP 2010 low-frequency guidelines (1 Hz–100 kHz) (2010)
- **Kind:** Guideline — scientific recommendation

## Sources

- `icnirp-2010` International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (2010). *Guidelines for Limiting Exposure to Time-Varying Electric and Magnetic Fields (1 Hz to 100 kHz)*. https://www.icnirp.org/en/publications/article/lf-guidelines-2010.html — guideline, link checked 2026-08-12

Data licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Dataset version 2026.08.1. Retrieved from EMFBase, https://emfbase.com.

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