The European Commission proposed Friday to suspend plans to cut workers' exposure to potentially dangerous electromagnetic fields after realising it could limit the use of brain scans.
The Commission recommended to the EU's 27 nations that they push back the deadline for four years until April 30, 2012, so that its impact on exposure to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) could be taken into account.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Encyclopedia section of medindia gives general info about Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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MRI is the leading technique for detecting brain tumours and many other serious conditions. It allows doctors to help some eight million patients each year.
A study published in Britain in June suggested that the planned measures could have an impact on the use of MRI technology.
"The Commission remains committed to the protection of the health and safety of workers," said EU social affairs commissioner Vladimir Spidla.
![Brain Tumor]( "Brain Tumor")
Brain tumors are the abnormal growth of brain cells that may be benign or metastatic. Brain tumors account for about 2.4% of all the tumor diagnosesandare most challenging due to their critically delicate location.
"However, it was never the intention of this directive to impede the practice of MRI."
Electric and magnetic fields exist wherever electric current flows: from power lines and cables to residential wiring and electrical appliances.
Their effects on human health are not clearly understood but they have been linked, when the exposure is long term, to certain cancers including leukaemia, according to the World Health Organisation.
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"The Commission remains committed to the protection of the health and safety of workers," said EU social affairs commissioner Vladimir Spidla.
Brain Tumor
Brain tumors are the abnormal growth of brain cells that may be benign or metastatic. Brain tumors account for about 2.4% of all the tumor diagnosesandare most challenging due to their critically delicate location.
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"However, it was never the intention of this directive to impede the practice of MRI."
Electric and magnetic fields exist wherever electric current flows: from power lines and cables to residential wiring and electrical appliances.
Their effects on human health are not clearly understood but they have been linked, when the exposure is long term, to certain cancers including leukaemia, according to the World Health Organisation.
Source: AFP
LIN/S
Some Cancers Linked to Very Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields
Some cancers seem to be linked to extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields, suggests research published ahead of print in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
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