# ICNIRP 2010 low-frequency guidelines (1 Hz–100 kHz)

> International guidelines for power-frequency electric and magnetic fields, the tier that covers household wiring, transformers and transmission lines.

- Canonical URL: https://emfbase.com/standards/icnirp-2010
- Collection: Standards & frameworks
- Record id: `standards:icnirp-2010`
- Status: verified
- Last verified: 2026-08-12
- JSON: https://emfbase.com/api/standards/icnirp-2010

## Key values

- **Organization:** International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection
- **Edition:** 2010
- **Jurisdiction:** EU, AU, CA, international
- **Frequency range:** 1 Hz – 100 kHz
- **Status of values:** Recommended by a scientific or standards body, enforceable only where adopted into law

## 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.

## 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.

This record is reference data, not medical or legal advice. Regulatory limits, scientific guidelines and precautionary values are labelled separately and answer different questions.