New Study Shows that Cell Phone Towers are Largest Contributor
to Environmental Radiofrequency Radiation Exposure
A novel report measuring radiofrequency electromagnetic fields shows considerable variability inward exposure inward 6 countries. Cell telephone towers are the most dominant contributor.
(Los Angeles, CA, March 9, 2018) Today the journal, Environment International, published online a six-nation report of outdoor exposures to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF).
Wireless devices together with infrastructure emit RF-EMF. However, piffling is known virtually how this affects environmental exposures to a greater extent than or less the world. In the introduce study, RF-EMF measurements were taken inward locations inward Australia, Ethiopia, Nepal, South Africa, Switzerland together with the the States past times agency of portable mensuration devices. The devices considered exposure from jail cellular telephone phone towers, TV together with FM radio broadcast antennas, jail cellular telephone phone handsets together with Wi-Fi.
According to MD Martin Röösli, Associate Professor at the Swiss Tropical together with Public Health Institute together with senior writer of the paper, “The report demonstrates that full RF-EMF exposure levels inward the surround vary widely betwixt unlike areas. Cell telephone tower radiations is the dominant contributor inward most outdoor areas.”
Los Angeles was the report site inward the United States.
Compared to the other v countries, the US had high exposure levels ranging from 1.4 milliwatts per foursquare meter (mW/m²) inward a non-central residential surface area of Los Angeles to 6.8 mW/m² inward a rural middle of the city. The median full exposure to RF-EMF across all 8 outdoor microenvironments inward Los Angeles was 3.4 mW/m².
Today’s outdoor RF-EMF levels inward Los Angeles are virtually seventy times greater than what the EPA estimated xl years ago.
The terminal fourth dimension RF-EMF exposure was systematically measured inward Los Angeles was inward the piece of cake 1970’s equally purpose of a 12-city report conducted past times the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (Tell together with Mantiply, 1982). The EPA assessed RF-EMF inward 38 outdoor locations inward Los Angeles together with constitute that the median population-weighted exposure was 0.05 mW/m². At that that fourth dimension idiot box together with FM radio broadcast antennas were the most of import contributors. Hence, since the 1990’s, the implementation of jail cellular telephone phone tower networks has resulted inward substantial growth inward RF-EMF.
Although this mensuration report demonstrates that environmental exposure levels are substantially below regulatory limits, at that spot are nevertheless uncertainties virtually whether the rigid growth of RF-EMF inward the surround inward recent years poses a wellness risk. Switzerland has implemented precautionary limits for RF-EMF together with indeed exposure levels were lowest amidst all countries participating inward the study.
Röösli together with his colleagues emphasize that this mensuration report contributes to a meliorate agreement of the exposure province of affairs of the full general population all over the globe together with foster the pattern of futurity wellness studies.
Sanjay Sagar, the commencement writer of the paper, together with Martin Röösli, are amongst the Swiss Tropical together with Public Health Institute inward Basel, Switzerland. Co-authors from the U.S. include Michael Jerrett together with Tony Kuo amongst the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Michael Brunjes together with Lisa Arangua amongst the Los Angeles County Health Department, and Joel Moskowitz amongst the UC Berkeley School of Public Health.
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Sagar S, Adem SM, Struchen B, Loughran SP, Brunjes ME, Arangua L, Dalvie MA, Croft RJ, Jerrett M, Moskowitz JM, Kuo T, Röösli M. Comparison of radiofrequency electromagnetic champaign exposure levels inward unlike everyday microenvironments inward an international context. Environment International, 114: 297-306. Published online ahead of print, March 9, 2018.
Highlights
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- We measured RF-EMF inward 94 matched microenvironments inward 6 countries.
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- We applied a mutual protocol for right away comparing of RF-EMF.
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- Downlink together with broadcasting exposure was most relevant inward outdoor microenvironments.
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- Uplink is solely relevant inward world carry amongst the highest inward Switzerland.
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- Exposure inward urban areas tended to hold upwards higher.
Abstract
Background: The aim of this report was to quantify RF-EMF exposure applying a tested protocol of RF-EMF exposure measurements using portable devices amongst a high sampling charge per unit of measurement inward unlike microenvironments of Switzerland, Ethiopia, Nepal, South Africa, Commonwealth of Australia together with the the States of America.
Method: We used portable mensuration devices for assessing RF-EMF exposure inward 94 outdoor microenvironments together with xviii world carry vehicles. The measurements were taken either past times walking amongst a backpack amongst the devices at the elevation of the caput together with a distance of 20–30 cm from the body, or driving a auto amongst the devices mounted on its roof, which was 170–180 cm inward a higher house the ground. The measurements were taken for virtually thirty instant piece walking together with virtually 15–20 instant piece driving inward each microenvironment, amongst a sampling charge per unit of measurement of in i trial every four sec (ExpoM-RF) together with 5 sec (EME Spy 201).
Results: Mean full RF-EMF exposure inward diverse outdoor microenvironments varied betwixt 0.23 V/m (noncentral residential surface area inward Switzerland) together with 1.85 V/m (university surface area inward Australia), together with across modes of world carry betwixt 0.32 V/m (bus inward rural surface area inward Switzerland) together with 0.86 V/m (Auto rickshaw inward urban surface area inward Nepal). For most outdoor areas the major exposure contribution was from mobile telephone base of operations stations. Otherwise broadcasting was dominant. Uplink from mobile telephone handsets was by together with large rattling small, except inward Swiss trains together with some Swiss buses.
Conclusions: This report demonstrates high RF-EMF variability betwixt the 94 selected microenvironments from all over the world. Exposure levels tended to growth amongst increasing urbanity.
Open Access Paper (available until Apr 27, 2018): http://bit.ly/6nationRFstudy
Supplemental Material: http://bit.ly/6nationsupplement
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Tell together with Mantiply. Population exposure to VHF together with UHF broadcast radiations inward the United States. Radio Science. 17(5S):39S-47S. 1982. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/RS017i05Sp0039S/epdf
Available for interview:
Joel Moskowitz, Ph.D., School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley; jmm@berkeley.edu
Prof. Martin Röösli, Ph.D., Swiss Tropical together with Public Health Institute, Basel; martin.roosli@swisstph.ch, https://www.swisstph.ch/en/staff/profile/people/martin-roeoesli/
Sanjay Sagar, Ph.D., Swiss Tropical together with Public Health Institute, Basel; sanjay.sagar@swisstph.ch
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