Note: This study found no significant biological effects under its experimental conditions. We include all studies for scientific completeness.
Effects of short-term W-CDMA mobile phone base station exposure on women with or without mobile phone related symptoms.
Furubayashi T, Ushiyama A, Terao Y, Mizuno Y, Shirasawa K, Pongpaibool P, Simba AY, Wake K, Nishikawa M, Miyawaki K, Yasuda A, Uchiyama M, Yamashita HK, Masuda H, Hirota S, Takahashi M, Okano T, Inomata-Terada S, Sokejima S, Maruyama E, Watanabe S, Taki M, Ohkubo C, Ugawa Y. · 2009
View Original AbstractPeople with electromagnetic hypersensitivity couldn't detect actual EMF exposure and showed identical responses to fake exposure, suggesting symptoms aren't caused by electromagnetic fields.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed 54 women (including 11 with self-reported electromagnetic hypersensitivity) to cell tower radiation at 10 V/m for 30 minutes in a controlled lab setting. Neither group could detect when they were actually being exposed to EMF, and both groups showed identical biological responses whether exposed to real or fake radiation. The study found no evidence that people with electromagnetic hypersensitivity react differently to cell tower emissions than healthy controls.
Study Details
To investigate possible health effects of mobile phone use, we conducted a double-blind, cross-over provocation study to confirm whether subjects with mobile phone related symptoms (MPRS) are more susceptible than control subjects to the effect of electromagnetic fields (EMF) emitted from base stations.
We sent questionnaires to 5,000 women and obtained 2,472 valid responses from possible candidates; f...
The MPRS group did not differ from the controls in their ability to detect exposure to EMF; neverthe...
In conclusion, we found no evidence of any causal link between hypersensitivity symptoms and exposure to EMF from base stations.
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@article{t_2009_effects_of_shortterm_wcdma_3031,
author = {Furubayashi T and Ushiyama A and Terao Y and Mizuno Y and Shirasawa K and Pongpaibool P and Simba AY and Wake K and Nishikawa M and Miyawaki K and Yasuda A and Uchiyama M and Yamashita HK and Masuda H and Hirota S and Takahashi M and Okano T and Inomata-Terada S and Sokejima S and Maruyama E and Watanabe S and Taki M and Ohkubo C and Ugawa Y.},
title = {Effects of short-term W-CDMA mobile phone base station exposure on women with or without mobile phone related symptoms.},
year = {2009},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18780296/},
}