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Bibliography of Radiation Protection Legislation and Standards
Non-Ionising Radiations Principal Legislation
The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 For non- ionising radiation, in the United Kingdom, the legislation applicable is the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and regulations made under the Act. The regulations relate to the management of health and safety, the workplace, work equipment and associated hazards where applicable (eg CoSHH for some laser applications). There are no statutory limits or levels, these have to be obtained from various professional sources. Physical Agents Directive -Proposal Proposed EU Directive Amended proposal for a Council Directive on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents. Official Journal of the European Communities C230 Vol 37 19 Aug 1994 ISBN 0378- 6986 This page is divided into Electromagnetic Fields, Optical Radiation and Medical Applications Static and Time varying Electromagnetic Fields and Radiation Documents of the NRPB. Volume 4 No 5 1993. Statement by the National
Radiological Protection Board Restrictions on Human Exposure to Static
and Time Varying Electromagnetic Fields & Radiation Guidance on
Restrictions on Exposure to Electric and Magnetic Fields – NRPB Press Release
9/ 99 NRPB Restrictions on Human Exposure to Static and Time-Varying
Electromagnetic Fields and Radiationand Guidance on Restrictions on Exposure
to Electric and Magnetic Fields
Static Magnetic Fields ICNIRP Guidelines on Limits of Exposure to Static Magnetic Fields. Health Physics Vol. 66, No 1, pp 113- 122, 1994. ICNIRP http://www.icnirp.de/frmiddle.htm Time- Varying Electric, Magnetic, and Electromagnetic Fields ICNIRP Guidelines for Limiting Exposure to Time- Varying Electric, Magnetic, and Electromagnetic Fields (up to 300 GHz), * Health Physics Vol. 74, No 4, pp 494- 522, 1998. (Available as a pdf download from ICNIRP web page.) http://www.icnirp.de/Documents/Emfgdl.PDF ICNIRP Statement – Use of the ICNIRP EMF Guidelines (March 31, 1999) http://www.icnirp.de/use.htm Power frequency electric and magnetic fields * Protection of workers from power frequency electric and magnetic fields; A practical guide. International Labour Office, Geneva Occupational Safety and Health Series, No. 69 1993 ISBN 92- 2- 108261- X Radio- frequency and microwave radiation * Protection of workers against radio- frequency and microwave radiation: A technical review. Occupational Safety and Health Series, No. 57 1986 International Labour Office, Geneva ISBN 92- 2- 105604- X Environmental Health Criteria 16 (1981): Radiofrequency and Microwaves, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland, ISBN 92- 4- 154076- 1 Health effects from radiofrequency electromagnetic fields. Report of Independent Advisory Group on Non-Ionising Radiation, Documents of NRPB, Vol14, No.2, Health Effects from Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields http://www.hpa.org.uk/radiation/publications/documents_of_nrpb/abstracts/absd14-2.htm Review of scientific evidence for limiting exposure to electromagnetic
fields (0-300GHz), Vol 15, No.3 Review of the Scientific
Advice on limiting exposure to electromagnetic fields (0-300GHz), Documents of NRPB, Vol. 15, No.2 Advice on Limiting Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields (0-300 GHz) http://www.hpa.org.uk/radiation/publications/documents_of_nrpb/abstracts/absd15-2.htm Mobole Phones and Health 2004, Documents of NRPB, Vol 15, No.5, Mobile Phones and Health 2004 http://www.hpa.org.uk/radiation/publications/documents_of_nrpb/abstracts/absd15-5.htm Dielectric heaters and sealers * Safety in the use of radiofrequency dielectric heaters and sealers: A practical guide. International Labour Office, Geneva Occupational Safety and Health Series, No. 71 1998 ISBN 92- 2- 110333- 1 * http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework/publicat/iloshcat/rad-prot.Htm Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) Fields * Environmental Health Criteria 35 (1984): Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) Fields, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland, ISBN 92- 4- 154095- 8 Magnetic Fields Environmental Health Criteria 69 (1987): Magnetic Fields, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland, ISBN 92- 4- 154269- 1 Electromagnetic Fields (300 Hz to 300 GHz) * Environmental Health Criteria 137 (1993): Electromagnetic Fields (300 Hz to 300 GHz), WHO, Geneva, Switzerland, ISBN 92- 4- 157137- 3 World Health Organisation * http://www.who.int/peh-emf/publications.Htm This site contains some useful information sheets. Safety of laser products. BS EN 60825- 1: 2003 Safety of laser products. Equipment classification, requirements and user's guide.British Standards Institution British Standards Online (Need to register) - British Standards Online - Home http://www.bsonline.bsi-global.com/server/index.jsp Safety of optical fibre communication systems BS EN 60825- 2: 2000 Safety of laser products. Safety of optical fibre communication systems.British Standards Institution PD IEC TR60825-14:2004 Safety of Laser Products, Part 14, Users Guide BS IEC 60825-12: 2004 Safety of Laser Products, Part 12 Safety of free space optical systems used for the transmission of information Revision of the Guidelines on Limits of Exposure to Laser radiation of wavelengths between 400nm and 1.4µm, Health Physics Vol. 79, No 4, pp 431-440, 2000. http://www.icnirp.de/documents/laser400nm+.pdf Guidelines on limits of exposure to laser radiation of wavelength between 180nm and 1mm, ICNIRP, Health Physics Vol 17, No.5 Pg 804-819, Nov 1996 A Guide to Laser Safety – Roy Henderson and Karl Schulmeister, IOP 2003 Handbook of Laser Technology and Applications, Vol II Laser Design and
Laser Systems, Vol III Applications, Colin Webb,
Principles of lasers and Optics, William SC Chang, Cambridge University Press 2005 Laser guards. BS EN 60825- 4: 1998 Safety of laser products. Laser guards. British Standards Institution Laser safety. Manufacturer's checklist for IEC 60825- 1 BS IEC TR 60825- 5: 1998 Safety of laser products. Manufacturer's checklist for IEC 60825- 1British Standards Institution LEDs - Visible information transmission to the human eye BS IEC TS 60825- 6: 1999 Safety of laser products. Safety of laser products with optical sources, exclusively used for visible information transmission to the human eye Medical Laser Equipment BS IEC 60825- 8: 1999 Safety of laser products. Guidelines for the safe use of medical laser equipment Source of information on the current IEC standards and work in progress. IEC - Technical committee n° 76: optical radiation safety and laser equipment http://www.iec.ch/cgi-bin/procgi.pl/www/iecwww.p?wwwlang=E&wwwprog=dirdet p&committee=TC&number=76 Laser Displays HS( G) 95 The Radiation Safety of Lasers used for Display Purposes. Health and Safety Executive, HSE Books 1996 ISBN 0- 7176- 0691- 0 HSE Books Laser Radiation ICNIRP Guidelines. Revision of Guidelines on Limits of Exposure to Laser Radiation of Wavelengths between 400 nm and 1.4 µ m. Health Physics Vol. 79, No 4, p 431- 440, October 2000 ICNIRP - http://www.icnirp.de/laser400nm+.pdf Light- Emitting Diodes and Laser Diodes ICNIRP Statement on Light- Emitting Diodes (LEDS) and Laser Diodes. Implications for Hazard Assessment. Health Physics Vol. 78, No 6, p 744- 752, June 2000. http://www.icnirp.de/Documents/Led.pdf Laser pointers ICNIRP Statement on Laser Pointers. Health Physics Vol. 77, No 2, p 218- 220, August 1999. http://www.icnirp.de/Documents/laserpointer.pdf Lasers in the workplace The use of lasers in the workplace; A practical guide.International Labour Office, Geneva Occupational Safety and Health Series, No. 68 1993 ISBN 92- 2- 1082601 Laser systems in the printing industry, Printing Industry Advisory Committee, HSC 1990 Visual Display Units (non- ionising and ionising) Visual Display Units: Radiation Protection Guidance. International Labour Office, Geneva, Occupational Safety and Health Series, No. 70 1994 ISBN 92- 2- 108262- 8 International Labour Office, Geneva http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework/publicat/iloshcat/rad-prot.htm Visual Display Units Documents of the NRPB. Volume 5 No 2 1994 Health Effects Related to the Use of Visual Display Units NRPB http://www.nrpb.org.uk/Absd5-2.htm Ultraviolet Radiation Advice on protection against UV radiation, NRPB, Vol 13, No.3 2002, Advice on Protection against Ultraviolet Radiation http://www.hpa.org.uk/radiation/publications/documents_of_nrpb/abstracts/absd13-3.htm Health Effects from Ultraviolet Radiation, NRPB, Advisory Group on Non-ionising
radiation, Vol 13, No.1 - Advice on Protection against Ultraviolet
Radiation
Environmental Health Criteria 160: (1994) Ultraviolet Radiation, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland, ISBN 92- 4- 157160- 8 WHO - http://www.who.int/dsa/cat97/zehc2.htm Guidelines on Limits of Exposure to Ultraviolet Radiation of Wavelengths Between 180 nm and 400 nm (Incoherent Optical Radiation), Health Physics Vol. 87, No 2, pp 171-186, 2004. http://www.icnirp.de/documents/UV2004.pdf Proposed Change to the IRPA 1985 Guidelines on Limits of Exposure to Ultraviolet Radiation. Health Physics, Vol. 56, No. 6, pp 971- 972, 1989 - http://www.icnirp.de/UV1989.pdf Guidelines on UV Radiation Exposure Limits, Health Physics, Vol. 71, No. 6, pp 978, 1996 http://www.icnirp.de/UV.pdf Broad- Band Optical Radiation ICNIRP Guidelines on Limits of Exposure to Broad- Band Incoherent Optical Radiation (0. 38 to 3µm). Health Physics Vol. 73, No 3, pp 539- 554, 1997 - http://www.icnirp.de/broadband.Pdf Try searching the IPEM website: http://www.ipem.org.uk/new/publications/publications.html Medical Laser Equipment BS IEC 60825- 8: 1999 Safety of laser products. Guidelines for the safe use of medical laser equipment British Standards Online (Need to register) IEC 60601, Medical electrical equipment, Part 2, Particular requirements for safety, Safety Section 2.22 Specifications for diagnostic and therapeutic laser equipment IEC Web Store - Publication Detail http://domino.iec.ch/webstore/webstore.nsf/artnum/019136 Ultrasound Interim Guidelines on Limits of Human Exposure to Airborne Ultrasound, Health Physics, Vo. 46, No. 4, pp 969- 974, 1984. ICNIRP Joint publication - http://www.icnirp.de/Ultrasound.pdf Environmental Health Criteria 22: (1982) Ultrasound, WHO,Geneva, Switzerland,
ISBN 92- 4- 154082- 6, The WHO
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Protection of the Patient Undergoing a Magnetic Resonance Examination, Health Physics, Vol. 61, No. 6, pp 923- 928, 1991. ICNIRP Joint publication - http://www.icnirp.de/MR.pdf Handbook of Magnetic Resonance Safety, Frank Shellock, 2003 Elsevier.com - Reference Manual for Magnetic Resonance Safety 2003 http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.librarians/697745/description ICNIRP ICNIRP Home http://www.icnirp.de/ HPA (formerly NRPB) Health Protection Agency | Radiation Protection Division http://www.hpa.org.uk/radiation/default.htm IEC Standards IEC - Dashboard options (English) http://www.iec.ch/cgi-bin/procgi.pl/www/iecwww.p?wwwlang=E&wwwprog=TCboard.p&committee=SC&TC=60601&Submit=OK Institute for Magnetic Resonance Safety Education and Research, IMRSER Page http://www.imrser.org/genpg.asp?pgname=disclaimer Revised August 2005 |
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