Occupational Exposures to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields and the risk of cancer

2022 · Unclear · Insufficient evidence

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Publicationmanual · 2022

Study typeother

Reported directionUnclear

Evidence ratingInsufficient

Abstract

Occupational Exposures to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields and the risk of cancer Rohan Mate, Ken Karipidis, Michael Abramson, Geza Benke, Sarah Loughran. Occupational Exposures to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields and the risk of cancer. Safety and Health at Work. Volume 13, Supplement:S207-S208. 2022. doi: 10.1016/j.shaw.2021.12.1400. Abstract Introduction: Previous cohort and case-control studies have investigated possible associations between occupational exposure to radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic fields (EMF) and a range of cancers. The findings to date give no consistent evidence of a causal relation between occupational RF EMF exposure and cancer, however previous studies have too many deficiencies to rule out an association and further research is warranted. A key concern across all previous studies is the quality of the RF EMF exposure assessment. Methods: We plan to overcome previous methodological shortcomings by applying a newly developed job exposure matrix (JEM) to three separate case-control studies investigating glioma, follicular lymphoma and multiple myeloma, respectively. We further plan to investigate the validity of the JEM by conducting personal exposure measurements of workers in the highest exposure occupations identified by the JEM. We will also investigate how the level of occupational RF EMF exposure correlates with the level of risk perception to environmental RF EMF exposure. Results: Initial results from this long-term project will be presented on the possible risk of occupation RF EMF and cancer. We will also present initial results on the agreement between local measurements and the highest exposure occupations identified by the JEM. Conclusion: Our investigation will add to the body of knowledge on whether occupational RF EMF is a risk factor for cancer outcomes. sciencedirect.com

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Study typeother

Effect directionunclear

PopulationWorkers (occupational exposure; case-control studies planned for glioma, follicular lymphoma, multiple myeloma)

Sample sizeNot supplied

ExposureRF

Evidence strengthInsufficientConfidence: 74% · Peer reviewed: unknown

Main findings

This abstract describes a planned long-term project applying a newly developed job exposure matrix (JEM) to three case-control studies (glioma, follicular lymphoma, multiple myeloma) and validating the JEM with personal exposure measurements. No quantitative results are provided; it states that initial results will be presented on possible cancer risk and agreement between measurements and JEM-identified high-exposure occupations.

Outcomes measured

Cancer risk
Glioma
Follicular lymphoma
Multiple myeloma
Validity/agreement of RF EMF exposure assessment (JEM vs personal/local measurements)
Risk perception related to environmental RF EMF exposure

Limitations

No results reported (project description/abstract for planned work)
Exposure metrics (frequency, intensity) not specified
Sample size not provided
Cancer risk estimates not provided

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DOI: 10.1016/j.shaw.2021.12.1400
PubMed: Not supplied

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