Health and safety practices and policies concerning human exposure to RF/microwave radiation
Concerns about the impacts on the public health and safety of radiofrequency (RF) exposure are increasing with the rapid proliferation of cellular mobile telecommunication systems and devices. There is also lack of confidence surrounding the applicability of stated health safety rules, limits and gu...
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| description | Concerns about the impacts on the public health and safety of radiofrequency (RF) exposure are increasing with the rapid proliferation of cellular mobile telecommunication systems and devices. There is also lack of confidence surrounding the applicability of stated health safety rules, limits and guidelines for RF exposure including their use for 5G and the expected 6G. This paper: (1) considers the currently promulgated standards for safe human exposure to RF radiation, (2) examines assumptions underlying the standards, (3) describes the roles of the military industrial complex in influencing research on the health effects and standards setting for safety levels, (4) discusses the engagement of an industry-regulatory complex, (5) explains the interaction between ICNIRP and the WHO-EMF, (6) scrutinizes recent publications of WHO-EMF commissioned systematic reviews, and (7) concludes with some observations on an apparent paradigm shift. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1be29f951c5b4467a5a2a4cdffbcec0b2025-08-20T02:40:47ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652025-07-011310.3389/fpubh.2025.16197811619781Health and safety practices and policies concerning human exposure to RF/microwave radiationJames C. LinConcerns about the impacts on the public health and safety of radiofrequency (RF) exposure are increasing with the rapid proliferation of cellular mobile telecommunication systems and devices. There is also lack of confidence surrounding the applicability of stated health safety rules, limits and guidelines for RF exposure including their use for 5G and the expected 6G. This paper: (1) considers the currently promulgated standards for safe human exposure to RF radiation, (2) examines assumptions underlying the standards, (3) describes the roles of the military industrial complex in influencing research on the health effects and standards setting for safety levels, (4) discusses the engagement of an industry-regulatory complex, (5) explains the interaction between ICNIRP and the WHO-EMF, (6) scrutinizes recent publications of WHO-EMF commissioned systematic reviews, and (7) concludes with some observations on an apparent paradigm shift.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1619781/fullcellular mobile telecommunicationassumptions for the standardsmilitary industrial complexindustry-regulatory complexWHO-EMF systematic reviewsICNIRP and WHO-EMF |
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| title | Health and safety practices and policies concerning human exposure to RF/microwave radiation |
| title_full | Health and safety practices and policies concerning human exposure to RF/microwave radiation |
| title_fullStr | Health and safety practices and policies concerning human exposure to RF/microwave radiation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Health and safety practices and policies concerning human exposure to RF/microwave radiation |
| title_short | Health and safety practices and policies concerning human exposure to RF/microwave radiation |
| title_sort | health and safety practices and policies concerning human exposure to rf microwave radiation |
| topic | cellular mobile telecommunication assumptions for the standards military industrial complex industry-regulatory complex WHO-EMF systematic reviews ICNIRP and WHO-EMF |
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