HEALTH : ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS: END OF SAGA THOUGHT TO BE NEAR.

More than ten years after tackling the issue, the European Union is finally close to setting new rules on workers' exposure to electromagnetic fields. Parliament, the Council and the Commission met on the evening of 19 February (after an exploratory meeting in early January) with a view to concluding at first reading. The European Parliament's rapporteur, Elisabeth Morin-Chartier (EPP, France), is counting on three three-way meetings at most. The next is scheduled on 19 March.

The draft directive sets exposure limit values for...