Assessment of the Electric and Magnetic field levels in the vicinity of the HV overhead power lines in Belgium

Nowadays there is a growing concern about the health effects on people living in the vicinity of HV power lines. This concern is mainly based on a presumption that the exposure to ELF (extreme low frequency) power frequency fields and more particularly the 50 Hz magnetic field of HV overhead lines (and perhaps underground cables which aren’t discussed in the present paper) might cause adverse health effects.