
316 Epidemiology of Electromagnetic Fields
longer exposed. Cashiers, for example, can be repeatedly and considerably higher exposed
both to EAS gate elds and to the high electromagnetic pulses used for deactivating RFID
labels. Also workers within the vicinity of large EAS gates of storehouses can be higher
exposed when loading or checking transport vehicles such as trucks.
NFC applies mainly to the ISM frequency 13.56 MHz, and is used for exchanging of
( comparably small amounts of) data stored on RFID chips, such as for payment at cashiers;
ticketing at touch points, such as in public transport; or providing personal data, such as that
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