Long-term exposure to microwave radiation provokes cancer growth: evidences from radars and mobile communication systems.
Yakymenko I, Sidorik E, Kyrylenko S, Chekhun V. · 2011
View Original AbstractLong-term microwave radiation exposure significantly increases cancer risk, with effects appearing within 1-10 years of exposure to cell towers and radar systems.
Plain English Summary
Ukrainian researchers reviewed evidence linking long-term exposure to low-intensity microwave radiation (from cell towers and radar systems) to increased cancer rates. They found that both human populations living near cell towers and laboratory animals showed significantly higher cancer rates after extended exposure periods of 1-10+ years. The study challenges current safety standards, which only consider heating effects and ignore biological impacts at lower radiation levels.
Why This Matters
This comprehensive review from Ukraine's leading cancer research institute adds crucial weight to concerns about long-term microwave radiation exposure. What makes this research particularly significant is its focus on real-world exposure scenarios - people living near cell towers and workers around radar systems - rather than just laboratory studies. The finding that cancer increases appeared after just one year of cell tower operation challenges the industry narrative that decades of exposure are needed to see effects. The science demonstrates that our current safety standards, based solely on thermal heating, miss the biological reality of how microwave radiation affects living cells. The researchers' call for precautionary principles reflects what many independent scientists have been advocating: we shouldn't wait for definitive proof of harm when the evidence already points to serious health risks from everyday EMF exposure.
Exposure Information
Specific exposure levels were not quantified in this study.
Study Details
In this review we discuss alarming epidemiological and experimental data on possible carcinogenic effects of long term exposure to low intensity microwave (MW) radiation
Recently, a number of reports revealed that under certain conditions the irradiation by low intensit...
We conclude that recent data strongly point to the need for re-elaboration of the current safety limits for non-ionizing radiation using recently obtained knowledge. We also emphasize that the everyday exposure of both occupational and general public to MW radiation should be regulated based on a precautionary principles which imply maximum restriction of excessive exposure.
Show BibTeX
@article{i_2011_longterm_exposure_to_microwave_2687,
author = {Yakymenko I and Sidorik E and Kyrylenko S and Chekhun V.},
title = {Long-term exposure to microwave radiation provokes cancer growth: evidences from radars and mobile communication systems.},
year = {2011},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21716201/},
}