EMF & Microwave Health Studies
Synopsis
Evidence that shows that EMFs negatively affect your immune system and other body functions — a collected list of studies, monographs and agency reviews on electromagnetic fields, microwaves and 5G.
A working list of the studies, monographs and agency reviews behind the case that electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and microwave radiation act on the immune system and other body functions. The papers run from immune-system disturbance, autoimmunity and the symptoms reported around mobile-phone base stations, through oxidative stress, inflammation and DNA damage in exposed animals, to millimetre-wave exposure in the 60 GHz band and the carcinogenicity evaluations of IARC, ICNIRP and the US National Toxicology Program (NTP).
Each entry links straight to its primary source — PubMed/PMC and the NCBI Bookshelf, EMF-Portal, the NTP and the publishing journals — in the order the original page listed them (a–z).
Studies
Combined effects of traffic and electromagnetic fields on the immune system of fertile atopic women…
Confirmation studies of Soviet research on immunological effects of microwaves…
Fixed Wireless Communications at 60 GHz: Unique Oxygen Absorption Properties
-
"Human corneal epithelial (HCE-T) and human lens epithelial (SRA01/04) cells derived from the human eye were exposed to 60 gigahertz (GHz) millimeter-wavelength radiation for 24 h. There was no statistically significant increase in the micronucleus (MN) frequency in cells exposed to 60 GHz millimeter-wavelength radiation at 1 mW/cm² compared with sham-exposed controls and incubator controls. The MN frequency of cells treated with bleomycin for 1 h provided positive controls. The comet assay, used to detect DNA strand breaks, and heat shock protein (Hsp) expression also showed no statistically significant effects of exposure. These results indicate that exposure to millimeter-wavelength radiation has no effect on genotoxicity in human eye cells."
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4997488
"This Volume of the IARC Monographs provides an evaluation of the carcinogenic hazards associated with exposure to electromagnetic radiation in the radiofrequency range (30 kHz to 300 GHz). Human exposures to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields can occur from use of personal devices (e.g. mobile telephones, cordless phones, Bluetooth, and amateur radios), from occupational sources (e.g. high-frequency dielectric and induction heaters, high-powered pulsed radars), and from environmental sources (e.g. mobile-phone base stations, broadcast antennae, and medical applications). The general population receives the highest exposure from transmitters close to the body, including hand-held devices such as mobile telephones. Typical exposures to the brain from mobile-phone base stations and from television and radio stations are several orders of magnitude lower than those from second-generation GSM handsets, while 3G phones emit, on average, about 100 times less radiofrequency energy than GSM phones. Similarly, the average output power of Bluetooth wireless hands-free kits is estimated to be around 100 times less than that of mobile phones. An IARC Monographs Working Group reviewed epidemiological evidence, cancer bioassays, and mechanistic and other relevant data to reach conclusions as to the carcinogenic hazard to humans from exposure to these electromagnetic fields. With "limited evidence" for carcinogenicity in humans based on an increased risk of glioma – a malignant brain tumour – among heavy users of mobile telephones, radiofrequency electromagnetic fields were classified as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" (Group 2B)."
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK304630
Non-ionizing radiation, Part 1: static and extremely low-frequency (ELF) electric and magnetic fields.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5098132
[Electrosmog, cellular phones, sunbeds etc. — adverse health effects from radiation? Health aspects of non-ionizing radiation].
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15650908
Electrochemical Methods for Neuroscience.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2571/#ch20.s9
Assessment of the Possible Health Effects of Ground Wave Emergency Network.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK208996
Final results are now available from two large animal studies that investigated whether long-term exposure to radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic fields (EMFs) associated with mobile (or cell) phones or base stations is carcinogenic; these studies hale from the US National Toxicology Program (NTP) and the Ramazzini Institute in Italy, respectively. In both cases, the authors concluded that they had demonstrated that RF EMFs are carcinogenic in male rats but not in female rats or mice (NTP only). The International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) has evaluated their methods and findings for potential information about the carcinogenicity of exposure to RF EMFs. We found that these studies had important strengths; for example, both followed good laboratory practice (GLP), both used much larger numbers of animals than previous research, and both exposed animals over the whole of their lives. We also noted some major weaknesses, including a lack of blinding, difficulties interpreting statistical analyses due to the association between longer lifespans and tumor occurrence in the exposed rats (NTP only), and failure to account for chance. ICNIRP concluded that these substantial limitations preclude conclusions being drawn concerning RF EMFs and carcinogenesis.
ICNIRP Note: Critical Evaluation of Two… — Health Physics, 2020 (journals.lww.com)
Chapter 20: Telemetry for Biosensor Systems.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2571/#ch20.s9
Effect of Cell Phone Radiofrequency Radiation on Body Temperature in Rodents: Pilot Studies of the National Toxicology Program's Reverberation Chamber Exposure System.
ntp.niehs.nih.gov — trpanel/2018/march/wyde.pdf
The averaging area for incident power density for human exposure limits at frequencies over 6 GHz.
iopscience.iop.org — doi:10.1088/1361-6560/aa5f21
The Parliamentary 5G Inquiry is still open and there has been no conclusion (6). There were 537 submissions (the vast majority against 5G), including extensive submissions backed by scientific evidence from organisations such as the Oceania Radiofrequency Scientific Advisory Association (ORSAA) and Environment and Communities Safe From Radiation (ECSFR).
References
Every link in the list above is the primary source for its entry — PubMed/PMC and NCBI Bookshelf records, EMF-Portal entries, RF Globalnet, Health Physics (journals.lww.com), the National Toxicology Program and IOP Publishing. The list itself is ported from the original EMF Studies page:
Related: FOIA: Microwaves · Microwaves & Viruses · Coronavirus
