Magnetism and human exposure limit

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The discussion revolves around the effects of magnetic exposure on the human body, specifically concerning the exposure limit of 0.2 Tesla. The original poster seeks to understand potential health implications and the rationale behind established exposure limits.

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  • Exploratory, Assumption checking

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  • Participants share links to various documents and studies related to magnetic field exposure, discussing both static and time-varying magnetic fields. Questions about the physiological effects on the human body and the reasoning behind exposure limits are raised.

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The discussion includes a variety of resources and perspectives on the topic, with participants providing references to scientific literature and reports. There is an acknowledgment of the complexity of the issue, and while some information has been shared, no consensus or definitive conclusions have been reached.

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Participants note the potential dangers associated with time-varying magnetic fields compared to static fields, and there is a mention of the need for further exploration of the topic to understand the implications fully.

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Hey this is more of a general question than a problem...
What happens to a human body after it has reached its magnetic exposure limit (.2 Telsa)? Does the magnetism pull iron out of the blood stream, or cause any severe or fatal health issues? Something must happen, or else there would be no limit. My Physics AP teacher is offering extra credit if we can find any information, so if you know of any sites or can explain it to me, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks a lot.
 
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well I just happened to be checking this out not long ago because of a thread on sci.physics

from Lawrence Livermore National laboratory we have:
http://www.llnl.gov/es_and_h/hsm/doc_20.07/tablea5.pdf

A congress report 110 pages long
http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/ota/Ota_2/DATA/1989/8905.PDF

Not time varying magnectic or electric field can be much more dangrous then static field can be. Some people have died experimenting from time varying magnectic fields. That is what I have read at lest.
Document from NASA on time varying fields 38 pages:
http://ston.jsc.nasa.gov/collections/TRS/_techrep/TP-2003-212054.pdf

From IEEE we have:(I don't know how old this one is)
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/elfradiation/epri-ieee1-03d.pdf

Exposure limit depends on may factors I suggest starting witht he IEEE link.
 
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Thanks a bunch...the information is very helpful, not to mention interesting...although I do feel some pity for the rats and mice.
 

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