European regulations on MRI scans too strict, experts say.
The European Union Physical Agents Directive, set to become law in April 2008, is aimed at protecting workers in telecommunications and the electricity industry from possible health risks caused by exposure to electromagnetic radiation.
Strong fields can induce a current within tissues, which heats them up and may cause damage. Some controversial studies have suggested that such fields may also damage DNA.
But the rules will also keep doctors away from MRI machines, which are another source of electromagnetic radiation. This will prevent nervous patients from being accompanied during scans, and may even restrict proper cleaning of the devices.
~When nannie-states use junk science they produce laws like this? Here in the USA no main-stream health organization would (dare?)hint at a connection between electro-magnetic fields and tissue or DNA damage let alone suggest regulations as strict as these.
Posted by Cieciel at September 21, 2005 07:41 PM