Editorial: The 4th international expert forum on the public health and environmental impacts of cellular and wireless radiation exposure 2024
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Date
2026-06-10
Authors
Ben Ishai, Paul
Butler, Tom
Davis, Devra
Leszczynski, Dariusz
Taylor, Hugh
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Frontiers Media SA
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Abstract
Wireless communication technologies are ubiquitous and ever-present, whether on the person, in homes, schools, transport systems, and across all occupational environments. Hence, humans and the environments in which they live and work are now exposed to a background of anthropogenic RF-EMF that differs qualitatively and quantitatively from naturally occurring sources (Lin). Successive generations of wireless technologies have increased network density, carrier frequencies, and the complexity of polarized and pulsed signal modulation (Panagopoulos et al.). However, policymakers continue to rely on scientific findings and outdated assumptions developed between the 1950s and the 1980s, most notably the premise that biological harm arises only through tissue heating or thermal effects (Lin; Frank; Héroux; Levitt et al.).
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Biological effect , Electromagnetic field (EMF) , Policy , Public health , Wireless and mobile technology , [CUBS]
Citation
Ben Ishai, P, Butler, T, Davis, D, Leszczynski, D & Taylor, H 2026, 'Editorial: The 4th international expert forum on the public health and environmental impacts of cellular and wireless radiation exposure 2024', Frontiers in Public Health, vol. 14, 1856852, pp. 1-4. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1856852