EFFECTS OF NON-IONIZING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION

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• Publication Date: June 25, 1976
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I1I5LIOGRAPIIIC DATA Tl. Report No.
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EFFECTS OF NON-IONIZING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
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KAZANSKIY MEDITSINSKIY ZHURNAL, No 6, 1975, Kazan', ZHURNAL VYSSHEY NERVNOY
The report contains data on animal response to the effects of non-ionizing
electromagnetic radiation.
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Hygienic Estimation of Intensity of Irradiation of Individuals
Working in High and Ultrahigh Frequency Installations
(Ye. B. Reznikov, et al.; KAZANSKIY MEDITSINSKIY ZHURNAL,
No 6, 1975) .................................................. 1
Effects of Superhigh Frequency Fields on Neuropsychic Functions
of Man
(T. N. Orlova, I. V. Chubnovskaya; KAZANSKIY MEDITSINSKIY
ZHURNAL, No 6, 1975) ......................................... 2
Lipid Metabolism Indices in Workers Who Are in Contact With
Superhigh Frequency Waves
(Yu. A. Vorob'yev; KAZANSKIY MEDITSINSKIY ZHURNAL, No 6, 1975) 4
On the Nature of Changes in Background and Evoked Rhythms of
Rabbit Brain Biopotentials Under the Influence of Strong
Static Magnetic Fields
(N. P. Smirnova, L. D. Klimovskaya; ZHURNAL VYSSHEY
NERVNOY DEYATEL'NOSTI, No 2, 1976) ................ 8
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Some Aspects of Etiological Diagnostics of Occupational Diseases
as Related to the Effects of Microwave Radiation
(A. K. Gus'kova, Ye. M. Kochanova; GIGIYENA TRUDA I
PROFESSIONAL'NYYE ZABOLEVANIYA, No 3, 1976) 18
Effects of the SHF Field of Small Intensity on the State of
the Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems
(M. I. Rudnev, et al.; VRACHEBNOYE DELO, Apr 76) ............. 23
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HYGIENIC ESTIMATION OF INTENSITY OF IRRADIATION OF INDIVIDUALS WORKING IN HIGH
AND ULTRAHIGH FREQUENCY INSTALLATIONS
Kazan' KAZANSKIY MEDITSINSKIY ZHURNAL in Russian No 6, 1975 pp 60-61
[Article by Ye. B. Reznikov, Docent N. Kh. Amirov, R. A. Ablyazov and Docent
I. V. Chudnovskaya (Kazan])]
[Text] In the last few years there has been considerable improvement of'work-
ing conditions for individuals dealing with sources of radio-frequency radia-
tion as a result of broad use of protective measures that help lower the inten-
sity of irradiation. However, even, low intensities, in the case of prolonged
and regular exposure, are not indifferent to the human body. This is why the
problem of preventing the effects of high frequency electromagnetic fields on
the human body continues to be a pressing one.
The main sources of ultrahigh frequency [UHF] radiation are working capacitors
between the place of which plastics are heated and welded. It is particularly
difficult to shield the capacitors when plastic goods of large dimensions are
treated.
There may also be other environmental factors that are deleterious from the
standpoint of hygiene, in addition to high frequency and UHF electromagnetic
fields when equipment is in operation: high temperature, increased concentra-
tion of carbon mono,ide and certain other chemicals.
Our studies revealed that industrial high frequency and UHF installations pre-
sent a hazard to health if the electromagnetic field has a high voltage at the
work stations and indoors. The main cause of these problems is the lack or
inadequacy of shielding the radiation sources. Shielding the generator as a
whole or of different high frequency elements in blocks constitutes an effec-
tive measure for protecting workers from the effects of the electromagnetic
field of high frequency installations. In dielectric heating devices one must
shield the plates of the working capacitor and energy input feeders.
These measures make it possible to lower the voltage of high frequency and UHF
electromagnetic fields at the work stations and, accordingly, to eliminate them
from the workroom.
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EFFECTS OF SUPERBIGH FREQUENCY FIELDS ON NEUROPSYCHIC FUNCTIONS OF MAN
Kazan' KAZANSKIY MEDITSINSKIY ZHURNAL in Russian No 6, 1975 pp 73-74
[Article by T. N. Orlova and I. V. Chubnovskaya,_submitted 23 January 1975]
[Text] Abstract: It was found that individuals who are
in prolonged contact with a SHF [superhigh frequency] field, along
with asthenovegetative disturbances, also develop signs of
the encephalopathic syndrome in some cases.
We were concerned with the effects of prolonged exposure to relatively low
voltages of SHF on the mental and somatic state of man. We studied 365 men
working with SHF field generators in the decimeter and centimeter wave bands.
Only one-third (32%) of those examined had no complaints; a lack of changes
in the internal organs was established in only 12.6%.
We found symptoms of vegetovascular disorders of the hypertensive and hypoten-
sive type in 72 subjects. We often observed generalized and local hyperhidro-
sis, "marbling" and cyanosis of the distal parts of the limbs and pathological
dermatographia. Impaired thermoregulation was found in some patients. In 20
cases there was persistent subfebrile temperature and most of them were not
aware of having an elevated temperature, and numerous thorough clinical exami-
nations failed to demonstrate foci of infection. Electrothermometry of sym-
metrical points on the body performed on 51 patients chronically exposed to
SHF fields revealed thermoasymmetry in 44 cases (from 0.8 to 1? in 12 cases,
to 2? in 27 and over 2? in 5). Four patients also presented a markedly low ?
foot temperature (to 22.3?).
Four patients complained of episodes of palpitation with headache, sharp tem-
perature elevation, profuse perspiration, sensation of pain in the region of
the heart and a sense of fear. The attacks we observed lasted from a few min-
utes to 2 hours.
We found marked asthenic symptoms in 21 cases. The patients complained of
irritability, tearfulness, fatigability, a desire to sleep in the daytime,
lack of interest in distractions, family affairs or in their favorite leisure
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time occupations. Some patients stopped attending classes at a night institute
because their memory had worsened, they found it difficult to assimilate the
material, they suffered from headaches that developed with mental tension. Un-
pleasant "rush of blood" to the head and a feeling of fever were reported by
17 of these patients. Dynamic arterial pressure monitoring enabled us to de-
monstrate neurocirculatory dystonia of the hypertensive or hypotensive type.
As a rule, all of these patients retained fitness for work and reluctantly
agreed to a hospital work-up; after a brief rest their morbid signs disappeared.
Some individuals who coped well with their work presented psychopathological
symptoms: hypnagogic and simple visual and auditory hallucinations in 5 cases;
paresthesia, cenesthiopathic, vestibular and psychosensory disorders in 6; ob-
sessive symptoms in 5. They all maintained that these disorders had appeared
only in the last 2-3 years; previously they did not present overly concern about
their health, indecisiveness and other psychasthenic personality features. The
obsessiveness was expressed in the form of thanatophobia, claustrophobia, acro-
phobia, obsessive recollection of events and conversations in the distant past.
For a long time, some patients could not get rid of alarming thoughts about
their work and about petty offenses. Nine people reported frequent and ground-
less appearance of anxiety, diminished affect or "complete apathy towards every-
thing."
We took into consideration factors that were involved in onset of neuropsychic
disorders. There was a history of brain concussion as a result of household
trauma in 4 cases; their neurological status revealed signs of traumatic ence-
phalopathy. Alcohol abuse was noted in 3 people.
The data obtained warrant the assumption that neuropsychic disorders in individ-
uals who are in prolonged contact with SHF fields are not limited to the astheno-
vegetative disorders and symptoms of vegetovascular dystonia described in the
literature. In a number of cases, to these symptoms are added signs of the en-
cephalopathic syndrome with its inherent opticovestibular, cenesthiopathic and
psychosensory disturbances, as well as hypnagogic hallucinations. Detection
and consideration of these symptoms are mandatory for more accurate evaluation
of the severity of illness, fitness for work and choice of treatment. The role
of additional deleterious factors (in particular, alcohol abuse, organic brain
lesions) requires further investigation as it relates to development of the
clinical signs of diseases related to man's prolonged exposure to SHF fields.
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LIPID METABOLISM INDICES IN WORKERS WHO ARE IN CONTACT WITH SUPERHIGH FREQUENCY
WAVES
Kazan' KAZANSKIY MEDITSINSKIY ZHURNAL in Russian No 6, 1975 pp 74-76
[Article by Yu. A. Vorob'yev, submitted 18 November 1974]
(Text] Abstract: A study of cholesterol, 0-lipoproteins,
total lipids, phospholipids and phospholipids/cholesterol
coefficient of workers who come in contact with low inten-
sities of SHF [superhigh frequency] fields in the centimeter
and decimeter bands revealed that the first three lipid in-
dices were high, with the opposite changes in phospholipid
level and phospholipids/cholesterol coefficient. It was es-
tablished that there is a correlation between disturbances
of lipid metabolism and increase in age, work tenure and
nature of neurocirculatory disorders. It is assumed that
electromagnetic waves of low intensities could be involved
in development of atherosclerosis.
We studied some of the indices of lipid metabolism in a group of men (194 peo-
ple) whose work involved regular exposure to SHY electromagnetic waves in the
centimeter and decimeter bands (the intensity did not essentially exceed the
maximum permissible level). Total cholesterol was assayed (by the method of
Mrskos-Tovarek) in all 194 men; phospholipids (according to Silversmith-Davis)
and 0-lipoproteins (according to Burshteyn-Samayl as modified by M. Ledvin)
were assayed in 116 and total lipids (Kunkel test) were assayed in 142.
All of the subjects were divided into 3 groups according to age: there were
62 men 20-29 years of age, 94--30-39 years, 38--40-49 years old; they were di-
vided into 4 groups according to work tenure: 63 men--1-4 years, 63--5-9 years,
45--10-14 years and 23 had worked for over 15 years.
As a control, the same indices were studied in 58 men of the same age who worked
under comparable conditions but who had never been exposed to SHY fields (see
Table).
As can be seen in this table, in the control group, with age there is a distinct
increase in cholesterol, phospholipid and $-lipoprotein content; this is not in
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Lipid content (mg%) in blood serum of people exposed to SHF fields
Age,( ears)
20-21 .wr 30--39 aer 40-49 Aer
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Mean blood serum cholesterol level in workers
who are in contact with SHF fields, as func-
tion of arterial pressure level
1) control
2) individuals with normal AP
3) individuals with high AP
4) individuals with low AP
contradiction with the data in the literature. We arrived at the same conclu-
sions with regard to cholesterol, $-lipoprotein and total lipids when we exa-
mined those working in an SHF field.
It was interesting to compare the biochemical indices of healthy individuals
and those exposed to SHP fields according to age groups. In all 3 age groups,
the cholesterol level was reliably higher than in healthy individuals of the
same age (P1