Table 1.
EMF exposure limit standards.
| Standard | Frequency range | Electric field strength (V/m) | EMF spectral density (V/m/Hz) | EMF spectral density (V/m/logHz) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICNIRP | Up to 1 Hz | – | – | – |
| 1-8 Hz | 10000 | 1428.57 | 11074 | |
| 8-25 Hz | 10000 | 588.23 | 20202 | |
| 0.025-0.8 kHz | 250/f | 0.32/f | 0.139 | |
| 0.8-3 kHz | 250/f | 0.11/f | 0.0478 | |
| 3-150 kHz | 87 | 0.00059 | 51.21 | |
| 0.15-1 MHz | 87 | 0.0001 | 105.58 | |
| 1-10 MHz | 87/ | 0.00001/ | 0.00000435 | |
| 10-400 MHz | 28 | 0.00000007 | 17.48 | |
| 400-2000 MHz | 1.375 | 0.000000000086 | 0.000000000037 | |
| 2-300 GHz | 61 | 0.00000000002 | 28.03 | |
| IEEE | 0.003-0.1 MHz | 614 | 0.00633 | 403.15 |
| 0.1-3.0 MHz | 614 | 0.00021 | 415.71 | |
| 3-30 MHz | 1842/f | 0.00007/f | 0.00003 | |
| 30-100 MHz | 61.4 | 0.0000009 | 117.40 | |
| 100-300 MHz | 61.4 | 0.0000003 | 128.72 | |
| 300-3000 MHz | – | – | – | |
| 3000-15000 MHz | – | – | – | |
| 15000-300000 MHz | – | – | – | |
| FCC | 0.3-3.0 MHz | 614 | 0.00023 | 614 |
| 3.0-30 MHz | 1842/f | 0.00007/f | 0.00003 | |
| 30-300 MHz | 61.4 | 0.000000023 | 61.40 | |
| 300-1500 MHz | – | – | – | |
| 1500-100,000 MHz | – | – | – | |
| ACGIH | 30-100 kHz | 1842 | 0.0263 | 3522 |
| 100 kHz-1 MHz | 1842 | 0.002 | 1842 | |
| 1-30 MHz | 1842/f | 0.000063/f | 0.000027 | |
| 30-100 MHz | 61.4 | 0.0000009 | 117.40 | |
| 100 MHz-300 MHz | 61.4 | 0.0000003 | 128.72 | |
| 300 MHz-3 GHz | – | – | – | |
| 3-30 GHz | – | – | – | |
| 30-300 GHz | – | – | – | |
Note: f, in columns 3, 4 and 5, denotes frequency, in Hz.