New Health and Safety profile created to address requirements from the European Directive for electromagnetic fields

As electromagnetic fields permeate many professional activities, legislation was needed in order to regulate its associated risk hazards. Hence, the European Commission has put forth the Electromagnetic Fields Directive to address all known direct biophysical effects and indirect effects caused by electromagnetic fields, in order not only to ensure the health and safety of each worker on an individual basis, but also to create a minimum basis of protection for all workers in the European Union, while ensuring no competition distortion would take place. The Directive has set mandatory exposure limit values and is bound to be implemented, under national legislation, in all EU countries by July 2016, meaning that many companies have now the challenge to address its requirements or risk receiving fines.