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The World Health Organization (WHO) has always asserted the importance of uniformity of regulatory frameworks that need to be based on scientific evidences to be effective. Differing regulatory frameworks across different countries are confusing and may feed incorrect risk perception. This work consists of an analysis of the scientific basis of European and non-European regulatory frameworks with...
Lots of studies, some of them very recent, have demonstrated that a proper electromagnetic field exposure of seeds and sown can bring to an improvement of germination and growth indices. This phenomenon applied to agriculture can be extremely helpful in increasing raw materials productivity. The present work consist of an analysis of the scientific literature on the potential applications of ELF fields...
The transposition of European Directive 2013/35/EU into National regulatory frameworks introduced a series of new obligations for employers. Aim of this paper is acritical analysis of the new regulatory text in particular for what concerns exposure limits, new obligations and operative procedures in general.
Preservation technologies like pasteurization or sterilization are used to inactivate microorganisms, and therefore enhance food safety and shelf life. Using advanced heating technologies based on microwave and radiofrequency electromagnetic fields can play a great role in improving sustainability of food processing. Electromagnetic fields can also be used in soil disinfestation as an alternative,...
The Supreme Court of Cassation of Italy has recently recognized the occupational origin of a trigeminal schowannoma in a heavy user of mobile telephones. We describe and discuss the salient aspects of this unprecedented ruling as a case-study in the framework of the use (and misuse) of scientific evidences in toxic-tort litigation. The WHO (World Health Organization) has classified mobile phone radiation...
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