Electromagnetic Field Toxicology Reporter

Evaluation and Assessment of Extremely Low Frequency EMF Bioeffects
Volume 2, Number 2, June 2000

Behavioral Effects

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

Summary

Various behavioral changes have been attributed to EMF exposure. Two papers we reviewed were concerned with effects of EMF on normal sleep and its associated EEG rhythms. One was by Swedish and Italian investigators who looked at the effects of a 50-Hz magnetic field, and a second by a group in Switzerland who looked at exposure of a similar group of healthy male volunteers to high-frequency pulsed EMFs of the type emitted by cellular telephones. In a more generalized study of human behavior and performance, a group of Belgium researchers studied the effects of a 50-Hz magnetic field applied to human volunteers' heads on performance and selected psychophysiological parameters. We discuss the results of these studies, and two additional studies, in relation to cellular phone use. Other studies reviewed include those by a group in Spain looking at neural responses of snails to an ELF magnetic field, of Russian researchers examining exploratory behavior and state of excitation in rats exposed to combinations of static and time-varying magnetic fields, and of U.S. Army researchers evaluating analgesia and locomotor activity in mice exposed to ultrawide band pulses. [five pages, 9 references].

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