Authors' recommendations: Exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF EMF) has considerably changed in the past decades, as a result of the fast growth of mobile telecommunication, wireless internet access and other sources. This has increased general anxiety about possible adverse health effects of such exposures. The classification of RF EMF as 'possibly carcinogenic in humans' by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in 2012 has further sparked these fears. This classification was primarily based on epidemiological data, with additional support from animal studies. The Electromagnetic Fields Committee of the Health Council of the Netherlands decided to perform an independent systematic review of both the epidemiological and experimental data, taking into account the scientific quality of the studies. The analysis of the epidemiological data has been published in a report issued in 2013. The current report contains the analysis of the data on carcinogenesis in experimental animals.

Project Status: Completed

URL for project: http://www.gr.nl/en/publications/gezonde-leefomgeving/mobile-phones-and-cancer-part-2-animal-studies-on-carcinogenesis

Year Published: 2014

URL for published report: http://www.gr.nl/sites/default/files/mobile_phones_and_cancer_part_2_animal_studies_on_carcinogenesis.pdf

English language abstract: An English language summary is available

Publication Type: Not Assigned

Country: Netherlands

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