Electromagnetic Environments and Health in Buildings

ISBN-13: 9780415316569 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 535 str.

Derek Clements-Croome

Opis

Electromagnetic fields are an intrinsic part of the universe but there has been a rapid increase of electrical equipment, inside and outside buildings, in the last hundred years. Does this rise in electropollution affect the health of people? Electromagnetic Environments and Health in Buildings brings together the work of an international group of specialists in this fragmented subject area. The book covers health effects of electromagnetic fields, emission standards and offers some glimpses into the future. It analyses the debate over the mechanisms which underlie the phenomenon and explains the methodologies that are implemented to understand the relationship between the human body and electromagnetic fields.

Recenzje

The book presents information on all the key issues in a clear and accessible way. - Building Services Journal

Spis treści

1. Healthy Buildings. 2. Evidence for Non-thermal Electromagnetic Bio-effects. 3. Effects of Electromagnetic Fields in the Living Environment. 4. An Introduction the Naturally Occurring & the Man Made Electromagnetic Environments. 5 Mobile Phone Masts - Planning Issues on Siting. 6. Environmental Impact of Electrosmog. 7. Product Liability, Product Safety and the Precautionary Principle; Questions and Discussions. 8. What are We Exposed To? The Most Significant Exposure in the Built Environment. 9. Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields. 10. Biological Effects of Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields. 11. Building of Radio Frequencies and Microwaves in the Build Industry. 12. Are We Measuring the Right Things? Windows, Viewpoints and Sensitivity; Questions and Discussion. 13. Biological Effects of Neutralising Vaccines; The Effects of Weak EM Fields and the Concordance Between the Two. 14. Electroclinical Syndromes - Live Wires in your Office. 15. Health Effects of High Voltage Powerlines. 16. Effects of 50Hz EMF Exposure on Mammalian Cells in Culture. 17. Electromagnetic Fields - Interactions with the Human Body. 18. Evidence to Support the Hypothesis that Electromagnetic Fields and Radiation are a Ubiquitous Universal Genotoxic Carcinogen. 19. Static Electricity in the Modern Human Environment. 20. Screen Dermatitis and Electrosensitivity: Preliminary Observations in the Human Skin. 21. Theoretical and Experimental Evidence Where Present Safety Standards Conflict with Reality. 22. The Effect of Mobile Phones on the Human Cognitive Functions; Questions and Discussion. 23. Electromagnetism and the Insurance Industry. 24. Assessing and Responding to Pre and Post Telecom Development Syndrome. 25. Electromagnetic Environments and Health in Buildings, Questions and Discussion. 26. Exposure Guidelines to Electromagnetic Fields and Radiation - Past, Present and Future. 27. Research on Mobile Phones and Health. 28. New Site Sharing Technology for 3G and the City of Tomorrow. 29. Mobile Communications and Health. 30. Moving Beyond EMF Public Policy Paralysis; Questions and Discussion

O autorze

Professor Derek Clements-Croome
Professor of Construction Engineering and director of research in the School of Construction Management & Engineering at the University of Reading. With industry set up an undergraduate course in Building Services Engineering Design and Management in 1989. Set up new MSc in Intelligent Buildings in 1996 funded by EPSRC. Past Chairman and founder of the South East Centre of the Built Environment in Construction. Chairman of European Intelligent Building Group. Visiting Professor at five universities in China. Member of EPSRC Innovative Construction Research Centre at Reading University.
Author of several books: including Airconditioning and Ventilation of Buildings, Pergamon Press, 1981 (Second Edition), also published in Chinese and Russian; Noise, Buildings and People, Pergamon Press, 1977; Editor and part author of Naturally Ventilated Buildings Spon (1997) and Creating the Productive Workplace (2000) Spon; published over 200 papers on various aspects of his research and education projects.