Electromagnetic Fields: Federal Efforts to Determine Health Effects Are Behind Schedule
RCED-94-115
Published: Jun 21, 1994. Publicly Released: Jul 11, 1994.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the: (1) extent to which federal power lines expose people to electromagnetic fields; (2) actions that state regulators and commercial and federal utilities have taken to mitigate exposure to electromagnetic fields from power lines and the costs of these actions; and (3) status of federal efforts to implement a electromagnetic field research and communication program.
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