Wireless radiation and health: making the case for proteomics research of individual sensitivity

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PublicationFrontiers in Public Health · 2024

Study typereview

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Abstract

Wireless radiation and health: making the case for proteomics research of individual sensitivity Leszczynski D. Wireless radiation and health: making the case for proteomics research of individual sensitivity. Front. Public Health. Volume 12 doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1543818. No abstract Excerpts "According to the WHO definition of health, just a belief in having EHS and experiencing non-specific symptoms, physiological and/or psychological, is experiencing the health effects of wireless technology. Hence, it is correct to claim that wireless radiation causes health effects." "Puzzlingly, the frequent observation that the self-declared EHS person can't feel the wireless radiation and can't recognize when the wireless transmitter emits radiation and when it is not transmitting, is considered ultimate proof that the form of individual sensitivity to wireless radiation called EHS is not caused by wireless radiation exposures. This is questionable as no person, sensitive or not, could feel the ionizing radiation or other non-ionizing radiation like ultraviolet in their environment." "...logically and per analogiam with other environmental factors, individual sensitivity to wireless radiation, which includes EHS, exists as indicated below, and should be studied using biochemical methods." "Search for sensitive individuals, most commonly using provocation studies where experimentally controlled exposures are followed by inquiries about acutely occurring symptoms and feelings, has failed to detect any sensitivity to wireless radiation. The reason might be that provocation exposures combined with psychological inquiries might be not sensitive enough to detect individual sensitivity to a single agent present in a mix of other environmental agents..." "There is a need for human volunteer studies where the already proposed, and other potentially useful biomarkers, would be examined in groups of sensitive and non-sensitive persons, ethically exposed to wireless radiation." "The way forward in EHS research is to discover biomarkers of EHS, molecules that are affected by wireless radiation exposure, by research using high-throughput screening techniques of proteomics, transcriptomics, and metabolomics [...]. For the start, proteomics might be the most promising of these methods." "The reasons why proteomics is not used to study the physiological effects of wireless radiation exposures in humans are difficult to understand and comprehend. Despite the advantages of research using proteomics methodology, over the last 20 years, only a few proteomics studies have examined proteome changes in response to wireless radiation exposures." "In conclusion, it is logical to conclude that the individual sensitivity to wireless radiation emitted by wireless communication devices and networks exists and impacts the health of sensitive persons. Clearly, the to-date unsuccessfully used methods of provocation studies were either too crude or too much affected by the perceptions and preexisting opinions of study volunteers." Open access paper: frontiersin.org health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1543818/full

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Study typereview

Effect directionunclear

PopulationHumans (self-declared EHS and non-sensitive persons; discussed conceptually)

Sample sizeNot supplied

ExposureNot supplied

Evidence strengthInsufficientConfidence: 62% · Peer reviewed: yes

Main findings

The article argues that individual sensitivity to wireless radiation (including EHS) exists and that prior provocation studies relying on symptom reporting have not detected sensitivity, potentially due to insufficiently sensitive methods. It calls for human volunteer studies examining biomarkers (e.g., via proteomics) in sensitive vs non-sensitive groups under ethical wireless radiation exposure.

Outcomes measured

Electrohypersensitivity (EHS) / individual sensitivity to wireless radiation
Non-specific symptoms (physiological and/or psychological)
Biomarkers / proteome changes (proteomics)
Transcriptomics and metabolomics markers (proposed)

Limitations

No abstract provided; information is based on excerpts only
Appears to be an opinion/commentary advocating research directions rather than reporting new empirical results
No exposure parameters (frequency, SAR, duration) described in provided text
No sample size or study methods/results presented in provided text

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DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1543818
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