Documents from Davos meetings in June 2009 are available in the Meetings - Minutes page on this website.
Before the ICES meeting in January 2010 a workshop entitled "Thermal Aspects of Radio Frequency Exposure" was held stemming from questions raised at prior ICES meetings. Slides from those presentations are now available in our Links.
The Health Physics Society, specialists in radiation safety, has issued a Fact Sheet (September 2009) on the possible health effects of emissions from mobile telephones and their base stations, which has been added to our Links. The Fact Sheet is authored by ICES member Kenneth R. Foster, University of Pennsylvania.
The IEEE EMF database IEEE C95.1 Literature Review is now available in our Links.
ICES member will be missed. On April 6, Dr. Joseph Morrissey, assistant professor of pharmacy at the Nova Southeast University, was stabbed to death during a home invasion. Joe Morrissey was chairman of the ICES literature surveillance working group. Among his numerous achievements for ICES standardization was the maintenance of the literature database for research on bioeffects of EMF exposure. Because of his untiring commitment and his effectiveness, he was elected member of the ICES AdCom at the Davos meeting in June 2009.
Joe was a kind and loving person devoted to his family, often adjusting work hours to meet family obligations. He was particularly devoted to his two sons, Nicolas, age 17, by his first marriage and his five year old son, Patrick. He is also survived by his wife Kay, mother Rosalie, and brother John.
IEEE ICES loses a dedicated member who was full of ideas and enthusiasm. Those who had the privilege to collaborate with him will miss a great and caring person and a friend. IEEE ICES sends their condolences to Joe's wife and family.
Dr. Joseph Morrissey
ICES members attended an EU meeting in Umeå, Sweden. Chairman Ralf Bodemann, TC95 Chair C-K. Chou, and members Pat Reilly and B Jon Klauenberg attended the meeting on “Occupational Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields: paving the way for a future EU initiative” held on 6–8 October 2009, at Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
ICES members in Umeå
Before the meeting, on October 5, Pat Reilly gave a Seminar on “Electrical Dosimetry in Electrostimulation of Nerve and Muscle” at the University Hospital of Northern Sweden. In the morning of October 6, Pat Reilly presented “Electro-Stimulation Principles For Low-Frequency EMF Exposure Standards”. In the afternoon of October 6, Ralf Bodemann chaired a session on International Guidelines, which included the ICNIRP guidelines reported by Paolo Vecchia, and the “IEEE EMF Exposure Standards” presented by C-K. Chou. On the next day, B Jon Klauenberg gave a talk on “NATO Stakeholder Perspective On EU Directive 2004/40/EC”. Then in the final panel discussion, Ralf Bodemann represented Business Europe, and also ICES. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss how to resolve the problems in implementing the ICNIRP guidelines for workers in Europe. One of the major outcomes of this meeting is the inevitable need to harmonize the two international standards: the ICNIRP guidelines and ICES standards. All meeting presentations are available here.
ICES Comments on ICNIRP Draft “GUIDELINES FOR LIMITING EXPOSURE TO TIME-VARYING ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS (1 Hz TO 100 kHz)" ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) has drafted “Guidelines for Limiting Exposure to Time-varying Electric and Magnetic Fields (1 Hz to 100 kHz)” and requested comments from the scientific community. ICES has submitted its consultation response to ICNIRP’s request. The ICES response is in two parts, the first being a detailed review by one of its members, J. Patrick Reilly, and endorsed by the ICES organization, and the other being additional comments provided by the ICES subcommittees on Safety Levels with Respect to Human Exposure to Electromagnetic Energy.
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