Electromagnetic Field Toxicology Reporter

Evaluation and Assessment of Extremely Low Frequency EMF Bioeffects
Volume 3, Number 1, March 2001

Epidemiological Studies of Residential EMF Exposures

by Robert B. Goldberg, Ph.D., Editor

Summary

Major studies reviewed include the Nurses' Health Study on electric blanket use and breast cancer, and a similar study conducted with breast cancer cases from the Yale-New Haven Hospital and another facility in Tolland County, Connecticut, which considered electric appliance use as well as electric blankets and heated water beds. Results give a clear answer about breast cancer risk, but are limited by the fact that EMF exposure was recalled in interviews and may be unreliable. This point is underscored by another study conducted in Quebec which showed a considerable overestimation of EMF exposure from powerlines among mothers of children diagnosed with leukemia in an area of Montreal island where there was considerable press and public attention to powerline issues, and an underestimation of exposure among mothers from other areas. Health effects concerns about ELF EMF are being carried over to the radiofrequency EMF exposures that result from using hand-held cellular phones. Two reviews of scientific basis for these concerns are also discussed. [six pages, 5 references].

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