Date published: 2005/09/20
The BBC says:
European laws tightening the emission limits medical staff can be exposed to from scanners will stymie research and harm patients, warn UK experts.
By 2008, it will be illegal for workers to be exposed to electromagnetic fields higher than 300GHz.
But this limit in the Physical Agents Directive is 100 times lower than that deemed safe for the patients having the magnetic resonance imaging scans.
UK medics say the legislation is overly cautious and needs urgent revision.
They have written to the Secretary of State for Health urging the government to step in.
The government's Health and Safety Executive said it had already begun a dialogue with many sectors, including the medical industry, to look at how the directive may be implemented.
Experts are concerned the new laws will mean pioneering advances will be banned and patients, particularly in vulnerable groups such as children and those with cancer, will miss out on best treatment.
Unfortunately the health and safety control freaks run Europe. And this is a perfect example of the harm they cause.
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