Review article
https://doi.org/10.2478/aiht-2022-73-3402
Wi-Fi technology and human health impact: a brief review of current knowledge
Ivica Prlić
; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Jerko Šiško
; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Veda Marija Varnai
; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Luka Pavelić
; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Jelena Macan
; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Silvija Kobešćak
; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Mladen Hajdinjak
; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Mihovil Jurdana
; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Zdravko Cerovac
; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Branimir Zauner
; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Marija Surić Mihić
; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Selma Cvijetić Avdagić
; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
An enormous increase in the application of wireless communication in recent decades has intensified research into consequent increase in human exposure to electromagnetic (EM) radiofrequency (RF) radiation fields and potential health effects, especially in school children and teenagers, and this paper gives a snap overview of current findings and recommendations of international expert bodies, with the emphasis on exposure from Wi-Fi technology indoor devices. Our analysis includes over 100 in vitro, animal, epidemiological, and exposure assessment studies (of which 37 in vivo and 30 covering Wi-Fi technologies). Only a small portion of published research papers refers to the “real” health impact of Wi-Fi technologies on children, because they are simply not available. Results from animal studies are rarely fully transferable to humans. As highly controlled laboratory exposure experiments do not reflect real physical interaction between RF radiation fields with biological tissue, dosimetry methods, protocols, and instrumentation need constant improvement. Several studies repeatedly confirmed thermal effect of RF field interaction with human tissue, but non-thermal effects remain dubious and unconfirmed.
Keywords
exposure to RF fields; e-school; radiofrequency; SAR
Hrčak ID:
279695
URI
Publication date:
27.6.2022.
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