Risks to Health and Well-Being From RF Radiation Emitted by Cell Phones and Other Wireless Devices

Bron: www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00223/full
Review ARTICLE
Front. Public Health, 13 August 2019 | doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00223
and
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6701402/

Anthony B. Miller 1*, Margaret E. Sears 2, L. Lloyd Morgan 3, Devra L. Davis 3, Lennart Hardell 4, Mark Oremus 5 and Colin L. Soskolne 6,7

1. Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
2. Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Prevent Cancer Now, Ottawa, ON, Canada
3. Environmental Health Trust, Teton Village, WY, United States
4. The Environment and Cancer Research Foundation, Örebro, Sweden
5. School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
6. School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
7. Health Research Institute, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia

Radiation exposure has long been a concern for the public, policy makers, and health researchers. Beginning with radar during World War II, human exposure to radio-frequency radiation1 (RFR) technologies has grown substantially over time. In 2011, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) reviewed the published literature and categorized RFR as a “possible” (Group 2B) human carcinogen. A broad range of adverse human health effects associated with RFR have been reported since the IARC review. In addition, three large-scale carcinogenicity studies in rodents exposed to levels of RFR that mimic lifetime human exposures have shown significantly increased rates of Schwannomas and malignant gliomas, as well as chromosomal DNA damage. Of particular concern are the effects of RFR exposure on the developing brain in children. Compared with an adult male, a cell phone held against the head of a child exposes deeper brain structures to greater radiation doses per unit volume, and the young, thin skull's bone marrow absorbs a roughly 10-fold higher local dose. Experimental and observational studies also suggest that men who keep cell phones in their trouser pockets have significantly lower sperm counts and significantly impaired sperm motility and morphology, including mitochondrial DNA damage. Based on the accumulated evidence, we recommend that IARC re-evaluate its 2011 classification of the human carcinogenicity of RFR, and that WHO complete a systematic review of multiple other health effects such as sperm damage. In the interim, current knowledge provides justification for governments, public health authorities, and physicians/allied health professionals to warn the population that having a cell phone next to the body is harmful, and to support measures to reduce all exposures to RFR.

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The contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Abstract

Introduction

Carcinogenicity

Children and Reproduction

Related Observations, Implications and Strengths of Current Evidence

Challenges to Research, From Rapid Technological Advances

Gaps in Applying Current Evidence

Policy Recommendations Based on the Evidence to Date

Author Contributions

Conflict of Interest Statement

Acknowledgments

Footnotes

References

Annex: Examples of Actions for Reducing RFR Exposure

Glossary


See further also:
www.stopumts.nl/doc.php/Onderzoeken/12179/redir
Cancer epidemiology update, following the 2011 IARC evaluation of RF EMF (Monograph 102)



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