Lessons and Perspectives from a 25-Year Bioelectromagnetics Research Program.
The question of whether electromagnetic fields from electric power or telecommunications systems can be linked unequivocally to health detriments has occupied scientific research endeavors for nearly half a century. For 25 years, the bioelectromagnetic research group at Swinburne University in Melbourne, Australia, has pursued a series of investigations with relevant endpoints, such as neurophysiological and neuropsychological effects, cell calcium level changes, proliferation, and genotoxic effects. Most have shown no significant changes due to fields, however, in some pilot studies significant changes were revealed, but in most cases these were not replicated in follow-up studies. This highlights a feature of this research area, generally; the unambiguous identification of small changes in noisy data where the understanding of possible interaction mechanisms is lacking. On the other hand, mathematical modelling studies, particularly with respect to fields near metallic implants, in workers exposed to fields in harsh environmental conditions and at very high frequencies (THz), continue to add to the expanding knowledge database on the characteristics of the complex electromagnetic environment we live in today.
School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC 3122, Australia. awood@swin.edu.au.
Andrew W
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Wood
School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC 3122, Australia. alajevardipour@swin.edu.au.
Alireza
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Lajevardipour
School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC 3122, Australia. Robert.L.McIntosh@team.telstra.com.|Chief Technology Office, Telstra Corporation, Melbourne, VIC 3122, Australia. Robert.L.McIntosh@team.telstra.com.
Robert L
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McIntosh
D001315:Australia; D004560:Electricity; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D023421:Models, Animal; D012106:Research / Q000266:history
electromagnetic fields; magnetic fields; radiofrequency fields; tissue electric properties
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