Proposals for research into health effects of electromagnetic fields (0 Hz - 300 GHz)

At the request of the government, a research programme on electromagnetic fields and health is currently being set up in the Netherlands. The State Secretary for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment has asked the Health Council of the Netherlands to indicate what topics could be included in the programme, partly in light of research being conducted in other countries. In this advisory report, the Electromagnetic Fields Committee proposes topics for inclusion in the research programme.

Committee

• Dr GC van Rhoon, chairman
  physicist; Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam
• Dr LM van Aernsbergen, advisor
  physicist; Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, The Hague
• Prof. G Brussaard
  Professor of Radio Communications (emeritus); Eindhoven University of Technology
• Dr J Havenaar
  psychiatrist; Buitenamstel Mental Health Service, Amsterdam
• Dr H Kromhout
  occupational hygienist/epidemiologist, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University
• Prof. FE van Leeuwen
  Professor of Cancer Epidemiology; Free University, Amsterdam (VU), epidemiologist; Dutch Cancer Institute, Amsterdam
• Dr HK Leonhard, advisor
  physicist; Ministry of Economic Affairs, Groningen
• Dr MM Sitskoorn
  neuropsychologist/cognitive scientist; University Medical Centre, Utrecht
• Prof. WJ Wadman
  Professor of Neurobiology, University of Amsterdam (UvA)
• DHJ van de Weerdt, MD
  medical environmentalist; Central Gelderland Health Service / GGD
• Prof. APM Zwamborn
  Professor of Electromagnetic Effects; Eindhoven University of Technologyphysicist; TNO, The Hague
• Dr E van Rongen, secretary
  radiobiologist; Health Council, The Hague