98-12177. Electric and Magnetic Fields Research and Public Information Dissemination (EMF RAPID) Program; Notice of Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 88 (Thursday, May 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25224-25225]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12177]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Electric and Magnetic Fields Research and Public Information 
Dissemination (EMF RAPID) Program; Notice of Meeting

Background

    The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and 
the Department of Energy (DOE) are coordinating the implementation of 
the Electric and Magnetic Fields (EMF) Research and Public Information 
Dissemination (RAPID) Program. The EMFRAPID Program was established by 
the 1992 Energy Policy Act (Section 2118 for Public Law 102-486) which 
was signed in October 1992. This five-year effort is designed to 
determine the potential effect from exposure to 60 Hz electric and 
magnetic fields on biological systems, especially those produced by the 
generation, transmission, and use of electric energy. The RAPID Program 
requires the NIEHS to report on the extent to which exposure to 
electric and magnetic fields

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adversely affects human health. Additional details of this program are 
found in Federal Register December 16, 1997, (Volume 62, No. 241, pp. 
65814-65815).

Working Group Meeting on EMF Health Effects Research Open to the 
Public

    The next phase of the NIEHS report development process includes a 
Working Group meeting of scientists from multiple disciplines. The 
Working Group members are tasked with writing a comprehensive review of 
the literature on the potential for extremely low frequency EMF to 
affect human health. This document will draw conclusions on the 
strength and robustness of the data and its implications for human 
health effects and disease etiology. This meeting is scheduled for June 
15-24, 1998, at the Northland Inn, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, and is 
open to the public.
    Detailed information about the EMFRAPID Program is found on the 
world wide web at www.niehs.nih.gov/emfrapid/home.htm. For additional 
information about the Working Group meeting, send a request by fax to 
919-541-0144 or by mail to EMFRAPID Program, LCBRA, NIEHS, NIH, PO Box 
12233 MS EC-16, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, or call 919-541-7534.

    Dated: April 30, 1998.
Samuel H. Wilson,
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
[FR Doc. 98-12177 Filed 5-6-98; 8:45 am]
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