NON-IONISING RADIATION
December 1st, 2004
Keith NuthallTHE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved in principle minimum health and safety requirements limiting the exposure of workers to exposure from optical radiation. Written into a EU directive, they transpose into European law globally accepted guidelines from the International Commission for Non-Ionising Radiation Protection. Designed to prevent the acute and long-term effects to the eyes and the skin that can be caused by high levels of exposure, they insist that employers assess the risks to their staff from this problem, reduce such ...
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