a member of the EPA Science Advisory Board and committees dealing with indoor air pollution and with particulate air pollution.
THOMAS TENFORDE is a chief scientist in the Environmental Technology Division at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. He received his B.A. in physics with honors from Harvard University and his Ph.D. in biophysics from the University of California at Berkeley. He was a biomedical researcher and senior scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory from 1969–1987, following which he assumed his current position. He was President of the Bioelectromagnetics Society in 1987–1988, and is currently the Scientific Vice President for Nonionizing Radiation of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. He is also a member of the International Nonionizing Radiation Protection Commission and the Physical Agents Committee of the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists. In 1991–1992 he served as Chairman of the National Research Council's committee on Assessment of the Possible Health Effects of the Ground Wave Emergency Network.
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
ACGIH
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
BRER
Board on Radiation Effects Research
CLS
Commission on Life Sciences
DHHS
Department of Health and Human Services
DMBA
Dimethyl2-[a]benzanthracene
DOE
Department of Energy
EF
Electric field
EGF
Epidermal growth factor
ELF
Extremely low frequency
ELF MF
Extremely low frequency magnetic field
EMF
electric and magnetic field
EMF-RAPID
Electromagnetic Field Research and Public Information Dissemination
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
EPACT
Committee to Review the Research Activities Completed under the Energy Policy Act of 1992
EPRI
Electric Power Research Institute
IAC
EMF Interagency Committee
IARC
International Agency for Research on Cancer
ICNIRP
International Commission for Non-ionizing Radiation Protection
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
INIRC
International Non-ionizing Radiation Committee
IRPA
International Radiation Protection Association
MF
Magnetic field
NAS
National Academy of Sciences
NEMFAC
National EMF Advisory Committee
NIEHS
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
NIH
National Institutes of Health
NIOSH
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
