Temporal Change of Outdoor Rf-Emf Levels Four in European Countries: A Microenvironmental Measurement Study
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Jan 1, 2024
This microenvironmental measurement study assessed temporal trends in outdoor RF-EMF exposure from 2016 to 2023 in four European countries using repeated walking-route measurements with exposimeters. The abstract reports that data did not suggest significant changes in mobile base station (downlink) exposure over…
Effect of Repeated Exposure to Complexly Organized Electromagnetic Radiation on the Rat Behavior in the "Open Field" Test
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Jan 1, 2024
This animal study examined repeated pulsed-modulated RF exposure (1–4 GHz; total pulse power density 300 μW/cm2) in male and female Wistar rats and assessed behavior using the open field test. The abstract reports stress reactions and long-term memory impairment in some rats, with females described as more sensitive…
A Decision Support System for Managing Health Symptoms of Living Near Mobile Phone Base Stations
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Jan 1, 2024
This analytical study evaluated machine learning models (SVM and Random Forest) to predict health symptoms in adults living near mobile phone base stations. The SVM model reportedly achieved high predictive performance for headache, sleep disturbance, dizziness, vertigo, and fatigue, and outperformed Random Forest…
The Systematic Review on RF-EMF Exposure and Cancer by Karipidis et al. (2024) has Serious Flaws that Undermine the Validity of the Study's Conclusions
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Jan 1, 2024
This letter critiques the WHO-sponsored systematic review by Karipidis et al. (2024) on RF-EMF exposure and cancer risk. The authors argue the review has serious methodological and interpretative flaws, including issues with study selection and data analysis. They contend that the review’s conclusion of "no clear…
Evaluation of the Thyroids of Offsprings Exposed to 2450 MHz Radiofrequency Radiation During Pregnancy: A Sixth Month Data
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Jan 1, 2024
This animal study examined whether continuous prenatal exposure to 2450 MHz radiofrequency radiation (simulating Wi‑Fi) affects thyroid tissue in rat offspring at 6 months. The exposed group showed significantly increased mononuclear cell infiltration and vascular congestion in thyroid histology. TUNEL-positive cell…
Relationship between radiofrequency-electromagnetic radiation from cellular phones and brain tumor: meta-analyses using various proxies for RF-EMR exposure-outcome assessment
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Jan 1, 2024
Moon et al. (2024) report a systematic review and meta-analysis on cellular phone RF-EMR and brain tumor risk. The abstract summary states elevated risks for three brain tumor types in analyses considering ipsilateral (same-side) phone use and reports increased risk with heavy and long-term use. The text also…
The effects of radiofrequency exposure on male fertility: A systematic review of human observational studies with dose-response meta-analysis (SR 3)
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Jan 1, 2024
This systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis synthesizes human observational studies on radiofrequency EMF exposure and male fertility outcomes. It reports evidence of an association between RF exposure and poorer sperm parameters, including reduced quality, motility, and viability. The authors frame the…
Risk factors of congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT): Exposure to mobile phones during pregnancy.
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Jan 1, 2024
This case-control study (57 CAKUT cases, 57 controls) evaluated multiple risk factors for CAKUT, including mobile phone-related EMF exposure during pregnancy. Longer maternal daily call time and higher effective SAR (SAR × call time) were reported to be associated with increased CAKUT risk, while phone proximity when…
Static electromagnetic field and recombinant human fibroblasts encoding miR-451 and miR-16 increased cell trans-differentiation to CD and CD erythroid like progenitor.
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Jan 1, 2024
This in vitro study tested whether daily exposure to a 10 mT ELF electromagnetic field, combined with miR-16 and miR-451 transfection, could enhance trans-differentiation of human dermal fibroblasts toward erythroid-like progenitors. The authors report increased erythroid-like differentiation with ELF-EMF exposure,…
Electromagnetic field (50 Hz) enhance metabolic potential and induce adaptive/reprogramming response mediated by the increase of N6-methyladenosine RNA methylation in adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells in vitro.
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Jan 1, 2024
This in vitro study exposed adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells to a 50 Hz electromagnetic field (1.5 mT) for 24 and 48 hours and assessed cellular responses. After 24 hours, the authors report increased N6-methyladenosine RNA methylation, increased expression of multiple stem cell markers, and changes in p21 and…
Assessment of radio frequency fields in the 2.45 GHz band produced by smart home devices.
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Jan 1, 2024
This study measured RF electromagnetic fields from consumer smart home (IoT) devices operating at 2.4 GHz via Wi‑Fi or Bluetooth in a laboratory setup simulating high user activity. Reported field levels were typically much less than 1% of human exposure safety standards, with duty cycles below 1% leading to even…
External low energy electromagnetic fields affect heart dynamics: surrogate for system synchronization, chaos control and cancer patient's health.
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Jan 1, 2024
This paper discusses how low-energy, specifically modulated electromagnetic fields delivered via an active closed-loop medical device may temporarily alter plasma membrane ionic flow and heart oscillation dynamics. It frames heart rate dynamics as a surrogate for systemic synchronization/entrainment and suggests…
The In Vitro Enhancement of Retinal Cell Viability via mA and mC RNA Methylation-Mediated Changes in the Levels of Heme Oxygenase (HO-1) and DNA Damage Repair Molecules Using a 50 Hz Sinusoidal Electromagnetic Field (EMF).
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Jan 1, 2024
This in vitro study tested a 50 Hz, 1.3 mT sinusoidal electromagnetic field applied for 15 or 30 minutes to ARPE-19 retinal pigment epithelial cells and RGC-5 retinal ganglion cells. The authors report improved proliferative and migratory capacity after EMF exposure, alongside increased HO-1 and altered RNA…
Effects of Extremely Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Field Treatment on ASD Symptoms in Children: A Pilot Study.
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Jan 1, 2024
This pilot study treated 20 children with ASD (ages 2–13) with a 15-week extremely low-frequency electromagnetic field (ELF-EMF) protocol using the SEQEX device. The abstract reports statistically significant improvements in receptive and expressive language and reductions in externalizing/behavioral problems, with…
The extremely low-frequency electromagnetic field (50 Hz) can establish a new "set-point" for the activity of the locus coeruleus-noradrenergic (LC-NA) system in rat.
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Jan 1, 2024
This animal study exposed rats to 50 Hz ELF-EMF at 1 mT or 7 mT for 1 hour/day over 7 days, repeated across three cycles, and assessed catecholamines, MHPG, β2-adrenergic receptor expression, and behavior. The authors report that ELF-EMF influences stress-response mechanisms involving the locus…
Effects of Corm Treatment with Cold Plasma and Electromagnetic Field on Growth and Production of Saffron Metabolites in .
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Jan 1, 2024
This study assessed pre-sowing treatment of saffron corms with cold plasma, vacuum, and an electromagnetic field (5 min) and measured effects on sprouting, growth, and stigma metabolites. EMF treatment did not affect corm viability and showed neutral or slightly positive growth effects, including increased flower…
Effect of Electromagnetic Field on Proliferation and Migration of Fibroblasts and Keratinocytes: Implications in Wound Healing and Regeneration.
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Jan 1, 2024
This narrative review discusses reported effects of EMF, including low-frequency EMF (LF-EMF), on cell behaviors relevant to wound healing and on recovery processes after traumatic brain injury (TBI). It summarizes literature suggesting EMF can promote migration and proliferation of fibroblasts, keratinocytes, and…
A Pilot Study Evaluating the Feasibility and Efficacy of an In-Home Resonance-Based Electromagnetic Field Protection Device on Improving Markers of Health and Cognitive Function Among a Sample of Healthy Adults.
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Jan 1, 2024
This single-arm 12-week pilot/feasibility study enrolled 25 relatively healthy adults to evaluate an in-home resonance-based EMF protection device (BluShield). The abstract reports high compliance and no adverse events, with modest improvements in self-reported health, several cognitive questionnaire domains, and…
Impact of Extremely Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields on Skeletal Muscle of Sedentary Adult Mice: A Pilot Study.
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Jan 1, 2024
This pilot animal study examined ELF-EMF exposure (0.1 or 1.0 mT, 1 h/day up to 5 weeks) in sedentary adult male C57BL/6 mice, with or without N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) supplementation. The authors report a transient increase in muscle strength after 2 weeks at 1.0 mT, accompanied by higher PAX7 and myosin heavy chain…
Effects of Head-Only Exposure to 900 MHz GSM Electromagnetic Fields in Rats: Changes in Neuronal Activity as Revealed by c-Fos Imaging without Concomitant Cognitive Impairments.
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Jan 1, 2024
This rat study used a head-only 900 MHz GSM exposure system to assess brain activity changes via c-Fos imaging and to test spatial memory performance. Acute exposure (2 h) was associated with dose-dependent, region-specific increases in c-Fos expression, while repeated pre-training exposures were associated with…
Comparison of a radiofrequency electric and magnetic field source-based job-exposure matrix with personal radiofrequency exposure measurements.
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Jan 1, 2024
This study compared historical occupational RF-EMF exposure estimates from the INTEROCC RF job-exposure matrix (RF-JEM) with recent personal RF-EMF measurements from the OccRF-Health study in two countries. Agreement between the two approaches was poor for both exposure prevalence and 8-hour time-weighted average…
Effects of website-based risk communication of radio-frequency electromagnetic fields on general public.
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Jan 1, 2024
This study assessed whether website-based risk communication changes public attitudes and objective knowledge about RF-EMFs using three web surveys over 10 weeks with randomized assignment to control groups at later time points. Four attitude clusters were identified, with the anxious cluster showing reduced…
A Deep Learning Framework for Evaluating the Over-the-Air Performance of the Antenna in Mobile Terminals.
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Jan 1, 2024
This engineering study presents RTEEMF-PhoneAnts, a convolutional neural network framework to predict mobile phone antenna metrics (EIRP, TRP, and SAR) from near-field EMF distributions. Using a dataset of 7000 mobile phone models, the authors report statistical validation for predicted SAR/TRP and a validation…
Comprehensive Analysis of Magnetic Flux Density and RF-EMF Exposure in Electric Buses: A Case Study from Samsun, Turkey.
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Jan 1, 2024
This case study measured magnetic flux density and RF-EMF on electric buses on two routes in Samsun, Turkey, across different driving conditions and times of day. It reports route- and condition-dependent variability in magnetic fields, with braking associated with higher readings on one route, and lower overall…
Affective evaluation and exposure perception of everyday mobile phone usage situations.
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Jan 1, 2024
This qualitative exploratory study examined affective reactions and perceived RF-EMF exposure in everyday mobile phone and base-station situations in the context of the 5G rollout in Germany. Participants expressed more negative associations with base stations than with mobile phones, though RF-EMF exposure was only…