Dr. John F.B. Bolte

Dr. John Bolte, PhD in Physics, works as a senior scientist at the Laboratory for Radiation Research of the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) of the Netherlands. Since 2007 he is the principal investigator in the 3-year Dutch study: EMF exposure characterisation using personal exposimeters and an Activity Exposure Matrix (EMF AEM), which is part of the national research programme on Electromagnetic Fields and Health. Further, he participates in the 8-year studies: Pooled community-based cohort study on health effects of exposure to electromagnetic fields and Non-specific physical symptoms in relation to the actual and perceived exposure to EMF and the underlying mechanisms; a multidisciplinary approach, which started in 2009. He is a member of the national Dutch committee on scientific use of frequencies. For the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, he published reports on the sources of exposure for members of the general public and the possible health effects; on concern on the exposure to EMF from base stations; and comparison of European policies on EMF. To prepare for implementation of EU Directive 2004/40/EC on the protection of workers, he has, on commission of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, investigated and analysed the exposure in the Dutch working environments. He built a classification system for exposure in the working environment and provided a list of possible measures for the protection of workers.

E-mail john.bolte@rivm.nl