Thu, 20/11/2025 - 10:00 to 12:30
Description
Sciensano, together with Belgian academic partners, is organising the Belgian BioElectroMagnetics Group (BBEMG) seminar dedicated to electromagnetic fields, agriculture and health.
Since 1995, the BBEMG has brought together experts from Sciensano, HOGENT, ULiège, UGent and ULB as part of a multidisciplinary programme to understand the effects of electromagnetic fields (50 Hz) on plants, animals and human health.
During the seminar, the most important results of the past four years of research and the new projects will be presented.
Programme
09:00 Welcome coffee & registration
10:00 Welcome note | Eva De Clercq
10:05 Three decades of research on ELF-EMF & health in Belgium | Eva De Clercq
10:15 Presenting the BBEMG website | Océane Bobin
10:30 Dealing with health risks of ELF-EMF: Design and validation of a theoretical framework on risk perception and avoidant behavior in the general public | Els De Waegeneer
10:45 Evaluating crop performance and productivity near High-Voltage Power Lines | Sofie Landschoot
11:00 ELF-EMF exposure & risk perception in the farming community | Océane Bobin
11:10 Break
11:20 A study of genetic damage in an urban population and EMF exposure | Agathe Salmon
11:35 Magnetic fields and cancer: data from recent meta-analyses | Christian Brabant
11:45 Tools: ELF sensors & modelling | Christophe Geuzaine
11:55 Q&A | All speakers
12:15 Perspectives | Eva De Clercq
12:30 Lunch
