This systematic review included 52 experimental animal studies (including 20 chronic bioassays) and used narrative synthesis due to heterogeneity. It reports high certainty of evidence for increased risk of malignant heart schwannomas and glial cell-derived b…
This systematic review included 12 studies and reports that most included in vivo human studies and in vitro animal studies found a significant impact of non-ionizing radiation exposure on sperm count, mobility, and vitality. Mobility and vitality were descri…
This systematic review of human observational studies with dose-response meta-analysis reports evidence of an association between radiofrequency EMF exposure and adverse male fertility parameters, including decreased sperm quality, motility, and viability. Th…
This systematic review and meta-analysis reports significantly elevated risks for three types of brain tumors when analyses focused on tumors occurring on the same side of the head where the phone was used. It also reports that heavy and long-term cell phone …
This systematic review and meta-analysis summarizes studies on electromagnetic field (EMF) exposure and insect outcomes, focusing particularly on power lines and cellular networks. The abstract states that non-thermal EMF effects on insects are clearly demons…
This systematic review and random-effects meta-analysis (6 studies; N=3,187) reported that EMF exposure was associated with a higher risk of miscarriage (RR=1.699; 95% CI: 1.121–2.363) with substantial heterogeneity (I2=84.55%). The authors conclude that preg…
This systematic review and meta-analysis of 14 studies reports that fetal and childhood abnormalities were more common among parents exposed to EMFs compared with non-exposed groups (reported pooled SMD 0.25, with high heterogeneity). It also reports increase…
This systematic review/meta-analysis included 33 eligible studies (30 in meta-analysis) and reported a pooled odds ratio of 1.30 (95% CI 1.21–1.39) for headache associated with mobile phone use, with significant heterogeneity. Subgroup analyses reported eleva…
This systematic review included 38 studies and the global meta-analysis (21 studies) reported an association between ELF magnetic fields and childhood leukemia (pooled OR=1.26; 95% CI 1.06–1.49), mainly driven by studies conducted before 2000. Meta-analyses b…
This umbrella review of meta-analyses reports that long-term exposure to extremely low-frequency (ELF) electromagnetic fields was found associated as a risk factor for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and childhood leukemia in included meta-analyses. It also rep…
This systematic review/meta-analysis (30 studies; 186,223 participants) reported higher odds of childhood leukemia at ELF magnetic field exposure thresholds of 0.2 µT (OR 1.26, 95% CI 1.06–1.49) and 0.4 µT (OR 1.72, 95% CI 1.25–2.35), while the 0.3 µT estimat…
This PRISMA-conducted systematic review and updated meta-analysis of 18 studies (4280 samples) reports that mobile phone exposure is associated with reduced sperm motility, viability, and concentration. The abstract states that the decrease in sperm quality a…
This systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies reports that electromagnetic field (EMF) exposure was positively associated with dementia overall (reported OR=1.27, 95% CI: 1.13–1.43) with low-quality evidence and substantial heterogeneity (…
This systematic review and meta-analysis of 17 eligible studies (total 57,693 participants) reported a pooled odds ratio of 1.27 (95% CI: 1.10–1.46) for abortion associated with EMF exposure. The authors conclude that exposure to EMFs above 50 Hz or 16 mG is …
Across 54 eligible animal studies, the review reports very little evidence that ELF magnetic fields alone are carcinogenic. Evidence regarding co-carcinogenicity (ELF MFs combined with other agents) is described as inconclusive, and a clear indication of publ…
Across 28 articles, most studies reported no significant effect of RF-EMF exposure on resting heart rate in healthy humans across a wide range of frequencies and durations. For HRV, findings were generally null in calm resting conditions, but some studies rep…
This editorial introduces a WHO-linked special issue comprising nine protocols and twelve systematic reviews on RF-EMF health effects. It reports that human systematic reviews found moderate-certainty evidence of no or only small effects for major cancer type…
This systematic review included 51 studies of mobile phone RF-EMF effects on human EEG/ERP; none were judged free from risk of bias. The authors report evidence of an effect on EEG for a 2G protocol under an eyes-open resting condition, and did not find evide…
A global meta-analysis of rodent studies reported no significant association between ELF-MF exposure and overall cancer incidence (19 studies; OR 1.10, 95% CI 0.91–1.32). Separate meta-analyses reported increased odds of leukemia in mice (4 studies; OR 4.45, …
This systematic review included 117 animal studies and 10 studies of human sperm exposed in vitro across 100 kHz–300 GHz (including EMP). Meta-analyses of animal studies reported adverse effects for most endpoints, but not for the rate of infertile males or l…
