Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2023, 25(1):G1-G6 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2023.014

Electromagnetic Field Exposure in the Public Space of the Slovakian City

Michal Trnka ORCID...1, *, Patrik Gálik2, Eva Kráľová ORCID...1, Rastislav Važan3
1 Institute of Medical Physics, Biophysics, Informatics and Telemedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
2 Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
3 Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia

The main objective of our research was to map the exposure to electromagnetic smog in the frequented space of shopping centres in the city of Bratislava and to compare our results to the actual hygienic limits. The measurements of the low- and high-frequency electromagnetic fields were performed at different places in shopping centres. Our results did not exceed the Slovak current limits in any of the measurements. However, almost all of them markedly exceed new permitted limits according to EUROPAEM. Based on our results, stricter limits in many European countries and increasing evidence on possible harmfulness of long-term exposures to artificial electromagnetic fields, preventive carefulness can be recommended - to support the research in this field, to prepare professional public education and possibly to prepare the stricter Slovak exposure limits.

Keywords: electromagnetic fields, exposition limits, health risks, public health
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This research was funded by a grant from the Cultural and Educational Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic KEGA 023UK-4/2021.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Received: July 26, 2022; Accepted: December 4, 2022; Prepublished online: December 21, 2022; Published: January 25, 2023  Show citation

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Trnka, M., Gálik, P., Kráľová, E., & Važan, R. (2023). Electromagnetic Field Exposure in the Public Space of the Slovakian City. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 25(1), G1-6. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2023.014
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