Subject:  Re Workplace EMF measurements
Date:     Thu, 5 Jun 1997 135459 -0500 (CDT)
From:     aphilips@gn.apc.org (Alasdair Philips)
To:       Multiple recipients of list <emf-l@mail.llion.org>
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Scott
The answer to your questions are long and detailed, but I see the consultant
is coming today (Thursday)


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At 18:34 04/06/97 -0500, Scott Cantrell wrote:
>Hi all,
>...snip...
>To make a long story short, I got the equipment moved thanks to a note
>from my doctor, but now the HR folks have informed me that they are
>going to bring in a consultant tomorrow to "measure the fields" with and
>without the offending equipment.  Some sort of delayed liability
>paranoia.  I suspect they will measure all the wrong parameters (not
>necessarily intentionally - although I wouldn't put it past them) to
>come up with a verdict of "insane employee".
>My question is this:
>Are there any field measurement gurus out there who can tell me what
>they "should" be measuring?  If they come in with a 60Hz weighted cheapo
>meter and measure only the magnetic component, I'm sure the results will
>fall below almost anybody's arbitrary standard.  I've heard about
>transients, harmonics, stray currents, spikes, RF, ELF, etc.  What
>constitutes a comprehensive and responsible field evaluation?  Are there
>any unbiased field measurement engineers out there I could use for
>backup?      ...snip...
>Thanks -
>Scott
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Alasdair Philips    (aphilips@gn.apc.org)

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