What biological effects are associated with exposure to RF fields?
The biological effects from laboratory studies reported in scientific peer-reviewed literature include those related to changes in temperature, blood brain barrier, melatonin, calcium efflux, DNA damage and gene expression. However, not all these biological effects have been established or are considered as health effects. For example, blood brain barrier and melatonin effects have not been consistently replicated. Studies on DNA strand breaks have also failed numerous independent attempts at confirmation, and calcium efflux changes are considered to be more of a biological response than an adverse health effect. A number of laboratory studies have looked into whether RF fields can cause cancer initiation and promotion. The overwhelming majority of these studies have found no evidence that RF fields damage DNA and are unlikely to act as initiators or promoters of carcinogenesis.
