Transition Pathways Towards Electromagnetic Sustainability in the Built and Lived Environment

{
    "publication_year": 2025,
    "study_type": "other",
    "exposure": {
        "band": null,
        "source": "built and lived environment (BLE) sources; ICT and energy systems",
        "frequency_mhz": null,
        "sar_wkg": null,
        "duration": null
    },
    "population": null,
    "sample_size": null,
    "outcomes": [
        "Environmental exposure trends (EM field audits)",
        "Discussion of potential health risks from EM field exposure",
        "Review of safety guidelines",
        "Proposed governance and planning pathways for reducing EM pollution"
    ],
    "main_findings": "The paper reports a literature review and EM field audits in three locations across two cities in Canada and the UK to understand exposure trends and provide a comparative sample. It argues that EM fields in the built and lived environment are an overlooked environmental health concern and describes a connection between EM field exposure and possible health risks. It proposes transition pathways toward \"electromagnetic sustainability,\" including urban observatory systems, hygiene practices, and risk governance structures.",
    "effect_direction": "unclear",
    "limitations": [
        "Abstract does not report measured exposure levels, frequencies, or audit methods.",
        "No specific health endpoints, effect sizes, or quantitative risk estimates are provided in the abstract.",
        "Number and characteristics of audited sites are only broadly described (three locations across two cities)."
    ],
    "evidence_strength": "low",
    "confidence": 0.66000000000000003108624468950438313186168670654296875,
    "peer_reviewed_likely": "yes",
    "stance": "concern",
    "stance_confidence": 0.7199999999999999733546474089962430298328399658203125,
    "summary": "This paper discusses electromagnetic (EM) fields as an environmental health and sustainability issue in the built and lived environment, particularly with expanding ICT and energy systems. It reports conducting a literature review and EM field audits in three locations across two cities in Canada and the UK to examine exposure trends and review major safety guidelines. The authors propose transition pathways toward “electromagnetic sustainability,” emphasizing planning, exposure reduction, and risk governance.",
    "key_points": [
        "Frames EM fields in the built and lived environment as an overlooked environmental health challenge.",
        "States there is a connection between EM field exposure and possible health risks.",
        "Reports a literature review alongside EM field audits in three locations across two cities in Canada and the UK.",
        "Identifies significant sources of exposure in the built environment (not detailed in the abstract).",
        "Reviews major safety guidelines as part of the analysis.",
        "Proposes transition pathways including urban observatory systems, hygiene practices, and risk governance structures."
    ],
    "categories": [
        "Environmental Health",
        "Sustainability",
        "Built Environment",
        "Exposure Assessment",
        "Risk Governance"
    ],
    "tags": [
        "Built Environment",
        "Urban Planning",
        "Sustainability",
        "Environmental Health",
        "EMF Exposure",
        "Exposure Assessment",
        "Risk Governance",
        "Safety Guidelines",
        "EM Pollution",
        "ICT Infrastructure"
    ],
    "keywords": [
        "electromagnetic fields",
        "health risk",
        "built environment",
        "sustainability",
        "urban planning",
        "exposure",
        "risk governance"
    ],
    "suggested_hubs": [],
    "social": {
        "tweet": "New Sustainability paper proposes “electromagnetic sustainability” pathways for the built environment, combining a literature review with EM field audits in Canada/UK and emphasizing planning, observatories, hygiene practices, and risk governance. 10.3390/su172210252",
        "facebook": "A new paper in Sustainability discusses EM fields as an overlooked environmental health issue in the built and lived environment. It reports a literature review and EM field audits in Canada and the UK, and proposes transition pathways such as urban observatories, hygiene practices, and risk governance. DOI: 10.3390/su172210252",
        "linkedin": "This Sustainability article explores transition pathways toward “electromagnetic sustainability” in the built and lived environment. It combines a literature review with EM field audits across sites in Canada and the UK, reviews safety guidelines, and proposes planning and governance approaches to reduce EM pollution while maintaining functionality. DOI: 10.3390/su172210252"
    }
}

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