BioEM 2025

Session

Workshop 4

WS4

26 Jun 2025, 16:30

Les Dortoirs (Couvent des Jacobins)

Conveners

Workshop 4: Electromagnetic Fields at the workplaces: advancements in exposure assessment, risk evaluation and health studies

• Alberto Modenese
• Simona D'Agostino

366. Workers with pacemakers or implantable defibrillators exposed to EMF: practical example of the risk assessment and challenges posed by new EMF sources

Eugenio Mattei

26/06/2025, 16:30

The occupational health and safety framework identifies workers with an active implantable medical device (AIMD), such as a pacemaker (PM) or an implantable defibrillator (ICD), as a particularly sensitive risk group that must be protected against the dangers caused by electromagnetic field (EMF). This study evaluates the potential electromagnetic interference (EMI) posed by two emerging...

367. Military personnel exposure assessment from vehicular antennas

Micol Colella

26/06/2025, 16:45

The increasing use of electromagnetic (EM) technologies requires to ensure regulatory compliance thorough assessments of human exposure. In military contexts, personnel frequently operate near EM sources, such as vehicular communication antennas, yet detailed exposure evaluations remain scarce. This study examines EM exposure from military vehicular antennas across a wide frequency range (HF,...

368. Occupational EMF exposure in Australia: Protection of workers and research into health effects

Ken Karipidis

26/06/2025, 17:00

In Australia the ICNIRP limits are used to protect workers from excessive EMF exposure. Epidemiological studies conducted in Australia to date have not found consistent evidence of a causal association between occupational EMF exposure and long-term health effects such as cancer. A key concern across all previous studies is the quality of the EMF exposure assessment. A measurement program in...

369. Comparison of INTEROCC RF-JEM estimates with personal full-shift measurements for 22 occupations in the Spanish and French workforce

Maxime Turuban

26/06/2025, 17:15

Background: Assessing occupational exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) in epidemiological studies is challenging due to spatial and temporal variability. An RF-EMF job-exposure matrix (JEM) was developed using self-reported occupational histories from the INTEROCC study and historical spot measurements from literature. To assess validity and precision of the JEM’s...

370. The parameterisation of short- and long-term dynamics of workers' exposure to low frequency EMF when evaluating health and safety hazards, or the applicability of reducing exposure

Jolanta Karpowicz

26/06/2025, 17:30

Characterising the health and safety hazards caused by exposure to a low frequency electromagnetic field (LF-EMF) in the work environment is a research priority (based mainly on the epidemiological 2B/IARC classification for the carcinogenic impact of long-term exposure, or managing electromagnetic hazards in compliance with relevant safety requirements). The aim was to test the applicability...

371. Occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields: workers at particular risk and indications for health surveillance

Fabriziomaria Gobba

26/06/2025, 17:45

Introduction
Occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) is almost ubiquitous nowadays in industrialized countries. Specific work-related risks may involve the exposed workers and accordingly an adequate health surveillance (HS) program is required, especially for the so-called "workers at particular risk".
Methods
In EU, the HS of workers exposed to EMF is mandatory based on...