Oxidative stress associated with long term occupational exposure to extremely low frequency electric and magnetic fields

Work ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Majid Bagheri Hosseinabadi ◽  
Narges Khanjani ◽  
Pirasteh Norouzi ◽  
Seyed Reza Mirbadie ◽  
Mozhgan Fazli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Power Plant ◽  
Occupational Exposure ◽  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Electromagnetic Fields ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Exposed Group ◽  
Extremely Low Frequency ◽  
Electric And Magnetic Fields

BACKGROUND: Occupational exposure to extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF-EMFs) may have harmful effects on biologic systems and has raised many concerns in the last decades. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine the effects of exposure to extremely low frequency electric and magnetic fields on lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzyme activities. METHODS: This study was conducted on 115 power plant workers as the exposed group and 145 office workers as the non-exposed group. The levels of Malondialdehyde (MDA), Superoxide Dismutase (SOD), Catalase (Cat), and Total Antioxidant Capacity (TAC) were measured in the serum of all subjects. Exposure to ELF-EMFs was measured based on spot measurements and the IEEE Std C95.3.1 standard. RESULTS: The levels of MDA, SOD, and Cat in the exposed group were significantly higher than in the non-exposed group. However, the level of TAC was not significantly different between the exposed (2.45±1.02) and non-exposed (2.21±1.07) groups. The levels of MDA and SOD were higher among workers with higher exposure to electric fields than workers with low exposure. All oxidative stress indicators increased with increased exposure to magnetic fields, except TAC. CONCLUSIONS: The antioxidant system imbalance among power plant workers may be related to long term occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields.

Can safe and long-term exposure to extremely low frequency (50 Hz) magnetic fields affect apoptosis, reproduction, and oxidative stress?

2013 ◽  
Vol 89 (12) ◽  
pp. 1053-1060 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet Zulkuf Akdag ◽  
Suleyman Dasdag ◽  
Ali Kemal Uzunlar ◽  
Engin Ulukaya ◽  
Arzu Yilmaztepe Oral ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Extremely Low Frequency ◽  
And Oxidative Stress

Occupational Exposure to Electric Shocks and Extremely Low-Frequency Magnetic Fields and Motor Neurone Disease

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace X Chen ◽  
Andrea’t Mannetje ◽  
Jeroen Douwes ◽  
Leonard H Berg ◽  
Neil Pearce ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Exposure ◽  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Motor Neurone ◽  
Motor Neurone Disease ◽  
Cumulative Exposure ◽  
Spine Injury ◽  
Extremely Low Frequency ◽  
Electric Shocks

Abstract In a New Zealand population-based case-control study we assessed associations with occupational exposure to electric shocks, extremely low-frequency magnetic fields (ELF-MF) and motor neurone disease using job-exposure matrices to assess exposure. Participants were recruited between 2013 and 2016. Associations with ever/never, duration, and cumulative exposure were assessed using logistic regression adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, education, smoking, alcohol consumption, sports, head or spine injury and solvents, and mutually adjusted for the other exposure. All analyses were repeated stratified by sex. An elevated risk was observed for having ever worked in a job with potential for electric shocks (odds ratio (OR)=1.35, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.98, 1.86), with the strongest association for the highest level of exposure (OR=2.01, 95%CI: 1.31, 3.09). Analysis by duration suggested a non-linear association: risk was increased for both short-duration (<3 years) (OR= 4.69, 95%CI: 2.25, 9.77) and long-duration in a job with high level of electric shock exposure (>24 years; OR=1.88; 95%CI: 1.05, 3.36), with less pronounced associations for intermediate durations. No association with ELF-MF was found. Our findings provide support for an association between occupational exposure to electric shocks and motor neurone disease but did not show associations with exposure to work-related ELF-MF.

scholarly journals The perturbation of electromagnetic fields at distances that are large compared with the object's size

2014 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 865-892 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul D Ledger ◽  
William R B Lionheart
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Electromagnetic Fields ◽  
Asymptotic Expansions ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Perfect Conductor ◽  
Small Object ◽  
Leading Order ◽  
Material Parameters ◽  
Electric And Magnetic Fields

Abstract We rigorously derive the leading-order terms in asymptotic expansions for the scattered electric and magnetic fields in the presence of a small object at distances that are large compared with its size. Our expansions hold for fixed wavenumber when the scatterer is a (lossy) homogeneous dielectric object with constant material parameters or a perfect conductor. We also derive the corresponding leading-order terms in expansions for the fields for a low-frequency problem when the scatterer is a non-lossy homogeneous dielectric object with constant material parameters or a perfect conductor. In each case, we express our results in terms of polarization tensors.

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