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Biological effects of radiofrequency fields: Testing a paradigm shift in dosimetry

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English

DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.109387 [1]

Authors

Jacques Vanderstraeten [2]; Luc Verschaeve [3]

Keywords

  1. 5G [4]
  2. Millimeter waves [5]
  3. mobile phones [6]
  4. SKIN [7]
  5. Specific absorption rate [8]

Abstract:

Biological effects have been reproducibly reported in rodents exposed to radiofrequency fields (RF) without significant change of the body temperature. These observations relaunch the controversial question of non-thermal effects of RF. If true, such effects would imply to consider RF energy absorption/interaction in tissues, not as volume-averaged, but locally down to the microscale, which is of potential consequence in particular at frequencies beyond 3 GHz. We propose study protocols to explore that question.
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Abstract

Biological effects have been reproducibly reported in rodents exposed to radiofrequency fields (RF) without significant change of the body temperature. These observations relaunch the controversial question of non-thermal effects of RF. If true, such effects would imply to consider RF energy absorption/interaction in tissues, not as volume-averaged, but locally down to the microscale, which is of potential consequence in particular at frequencies beyond 3 GHz. We propose study protocols to explore that question.

Associated health topics:

Electromagnetic fields (incl. ionising and non-ionising) [9]

Source URL:https://sciensano.be/en/biblio/biological-effects-radiofrequency-fields-testing-a-paradigm-shift-dosimetry

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[1] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.109387 [2] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=89560&f%5Bsearch%5D=Jacques%20Vanderstraeten [3] https://sciensano.be/en/people/luc-verschaeve/biblio [4] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=36471&f%5Bsearch%5D=5G [5] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=36469&f%5Bsearch%5D=Millimeter%20waves [6] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=26955&f%5Bsearch%5D=mobile%20phones [7] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=3819&f%5Bsearch%5D=SKIN [8] https://sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=36470&f%5Bsearch%5D=Specific%20absorption%20rate [9] https://sciensano.be/en/health-topics/electromagnetic-fields-incl-ionising-and-non-ionising