The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), the research arm of the utility industry, is paying for a public information booklet on electromagnetic fields (EMF) a unit of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is currently ironing out an arrangement whereby EPRI would pay for the writing and printing of a new edition of the NIEHS booklet, EMFs: Questions & Answers.
EMFs of all frequencies represent one of the most common and fastest growing environmental influences, about which anxiety and speculation are spreading. Almost everyone in the world is exposed to varying degrees of EMF, and the levels will continue to increase as technology advances.
Many health officials see a potential conflict between the missions of EPRI and NIH. Some might see as akin to having Shell Oil pay to publish an EPA pamphlet on global warming. Others believe it is just big business as usual under the Bush Administration.
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