Note: This study found no significant biological effects under its experimental conditions. We include all studies for scientific completeness.
First epidemiological study on occupational radar exposure in the French Navy: a 26-year cohort study.
Dabouis V, Arvers P, Debouzy JC, Sebbah C, Crouzier D, Perrin A. · 2015
View Original AbstractLarge naval study found no increased death rates from occupational radar exposure, though results may not apply to everyday wireless device use.
Plain English Summary
French researchers tracked 57,000 naval personnel over 26 years to compare death rates between those working with radar systems and those in non-radar roles. They found no increased risk of death from any cause, including cancer, among radar-exposed workers compared to unexposed personnel. This large-scale occupational study suggests that the radiofrequency radiation from naval radar systems did not significantly impact mortality rates during the study period.
Study Details
This retrospective cohort study deals with the causes of death among 57,000 military personnel who served in the French Navy surface vessels and were observed over the period 1975-2000.
We successively compared the mortality rate and the specific causes of death between two groups diff...
For all causes of death, the results showed that 885 deaths in the radar group and 299 in the contro...
Show BibTeX
@article{v_2015_first_epidemiological_study_on_2991,
author = {Dabouis V and Arvers P and Debouzy JC and Sebbah C and Crouzier D and Perrin A.},
title = {First epidemiological study on occupational radar exposure in the French Navy: a 26-year cohort study.},
year = {2015},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26216082/},
}