Protect all areas of your body from injury during welding or cutting by wearing the
proper protective clothing and equipment.
Do not weld or cut unless wearing the necessary PPE as specified in this manual
and in ANSI Z49.1.
1.8 EMF Information
Considerations about Welding and the Effects of Low Frequency
Electric and Magnetic Fields
Welding current, as it flows through welding cables, will cause electromagnetic
fields. There has been and still is some concern about such fields. However, after
examining more than 500 studies spanning 17 years of research, a special blue
ribbon committee of the National
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