Static Magnetic Fields

Abstract

The Health Protection Agency has a statutory responsibility for advising UK government departments on health effects and standards of protection for exposure to ionising and non-ionising radiations. This responsibility came to the Agency in April 2005 when it incorporated the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) as its Radiation Protection Division (RPD). In 1990, to provide support for the development of advice on non-ionising radiations, the Director of the NRPB set up the Advisory Group on Non-ionising Radiation with terms of reference: ‘to review work on the biological effects of non-ionising radiation relevant to human health and to advise on research priorities’ The Advisory Group was reconstituted in 1999 as an independent body and now reports to the subcommittee of the Board of the HPA that deals with radiation, chemical and environmental hazards. Its current membership is given on page vii of this report. For details of its work programme, see the website www.hpa.org.uk.