DOI: https://doi.org/10.22263/2312-4156.2020.4.7
Navumau A.D.
The impact of high frequency electromagnetic fields on the nervous system
Vitebsk State Awarded the «Badge of Honour» Order Veterinary Medicine Academy, Vitebsk, Republic of Belarus
Vestnik VGMU. 2020;19(4):7-13.
Abstract.
The purposeful use of electromagnetic (EM) energy in various fields of life has led to a significant increase in the EM background, considerably exceeding the natural one, which causes reasonable alarm. The complexity of this situation is explained by: the impossibility of limiting the existing factor; long-term exposure on large population groups, including children; uncertain interaction of different sources of electromagnetic fields (EMF) in space and time.
Objectives. To show the current state of the electromagnetic radiation (EMR) problem of the mobile communication range, focusing attention on the potentially high biological activity of EMF for the nervous system.
Material and methods. The material of the study was the research works of foreign and native experts who studied the influence of EMF on the nervous system of human beings and animals in an experiment. The main methods applied were theoretical analysis of scientific sources on the problem studied, including our own works, comparison, generalization and interpretation of the presented results.
Results. Over the past decade, the volume of mobile phone use has increased significantly as well as apprehensions for the health consequences of the impact of electromagnetic fields generated by phones and base stations. There is a great number of works in which the nervous system status of the human beings and animals was investigated in the conditions of electromagnetic radiation exposure. Some investigations report about the absence of any essential consequences connected with this exposure, others report on significant disturbances of the central nervous system (CNS). There are scientific works reporting about beneficial consequences of EMF exposure. Knowledge on this theme is still being supplemented and we up to now don’t know all the consequences of such impact of EMF on human beings. In connection with this further investigations can be useful for the solution of this problem, supposing the application of standardized protocols of radiation and testing and also qualitative dosimetry, provided by heterogeneous realistic animal models.
Conclusions. Thus, due to the fact that gaps remain in the existing knowledge, it is recommended to be guided by the precautionary principle envisaging the level of electromagnetic radiation impact restriction.
Key words: electromagnetic radiation, mobile phones, biological effects, the nervous system, voluntary risk.
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Navumau A.D. – Doctor of Biological Sciences, professor of the Chair of Radiology & Biophysics, Vitebsk State Awarded the «Badge of Honour» Order Veterinary Medicine Academy.
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