Does magnetic field can heat the human body? According to the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation protection (ICNIRP), there is a maximum allowable magnetic field exposure to our body. I don't understand why magnetic field can be harmful to our body. I understand that electric field can heat our body by ionic polarization and dipole rotation of an atom or molecules. Whereas, magnetic field can only heat magnetic materials or all of materials?
1. Exposure to very high energy electromagnetic radiation can be harmful to health. Current public concern focuses on possible long-term health effects caused by exposure to electromagnetic fields at levels below those required to trigger acute biological response
2. At low frequencies, external electric and magnetic fields induce small circulating currents within the body. In virtually all ordinary environments, the levels of induced currents inside the body are too small to produce obvious effects.
3. The main effect of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields is the heating of body tissues
4. WHO's International EMF Project was launched to provide scientifically sound and objective answers to public concerns about possible hazards of low-level electromagnetic fields.
5. Despite extensive research, to date there is no evidence to conclude that exposure to low-level electromagnetic fields is harmful to human health.
Dear Laith Abdaljabbar,
Here is the link to a paper, that may be helpful to understand the effects of EM on the health Article The effects of electromagnetic fields on human health
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