Descriptive self-reporting survey of people with idiopathic environmental intolerance attributed to electromagnetic fields (IEI-EMF): similarities and comparisons with previous studies

Andrianome, Soafara; Seze, René de; Braun, Anne; Selmaoui, Brahim

doi:10.1007/s10389-017-0886-0

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“…Their symptoms are listed in Table and their environmental sensitivities in Table . These observations are consistent with available data on EHS persons: they appear mostly as middle‐aged women, who suffer from numerous non‐specific symptoms affecting various organs or functions, and report sensitivity to many ELF and RF sources as well as other environmental factors (especially odors and chemicals) [e.g., Kato and Johansson, ; Hagström et al, ; van Dongen et al, ; Andrianome et al, ].…”

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confidence: 87%

Becoming electro‐hypersensitive: A replication study

Dieudonné

2019

Bioelectromagnetics

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Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance attributed to Electromagnetic Fields (IEI-EMF) is an emerging environmental illness that is characterized by the attribution of various symptoms to electromagnetic fields (EMF). To date, research has not succeeded in objectifying the illness' semiology or etiology. IEI-EMF remains impossible to define other than in terms of the attributions of the persons affected. Yet, the genesis of these attributions is still not well understood. This study's objective is to replicate previous results relating to them, while correcting their limitations. Sixteen electro-hypersensitive (EHS) subjects lent themselves to both a sociological interview and a medical interview, and completed a set of standardized questionnaires. Three distinct types of biographical trajectories leading to persons becoming convinced of their hypersensitivity were identified, which were called the Reticent Attribution model, the Prior Attribution model, and the By Proxy Attribution model. These three models of EHS attribution process do not appear to lead to clinically distinct forms of IEI-EMF. What distinguishes them is the way in which the initial suspicion of the electromagnetic environment emerges. They demonstrate a diversification of the pathways to IEI-EMF. Nonetheless, in each model, the learning process that enables the EHS attribution to be materialized and operationalized is identical. The ability to establish causation between the electromagnetic environment and their condition is therefore the result of EHS subjects' trajectories, rather than their starting point. This observation is not congruent with models attributing IEI-EMF to nocebo reactions, which raises the question of these models' ecological validity.

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Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 87%

Becoming electro‐hypersensitive: A replication study

Dieudonné

2019

Bioelectromagnetics

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“…In principle, biological EMF effects could be a function of frequency, amplitude, and modulation. We hypothesized that WiFi signals could have different effects than other types of RF-EMF exposure including CW signals as often complained by EHS individuals (Andrianome et al, 2018). Based on our hypothesis, we have excluded many studies that addressed WiFi frequencies (e.g.…”

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“…Despite the fact that typical WiFi exposure levels in the everyday environment are several orders of magnitude below guideline values (10 W/m 2 ) (ICNIRP, 2020), there is concern that exposure to WiFi radiation could cause harm for the population, and individuals have reported to specifically react to this type of exposure (Andrianome et al, 2018). It has been speculated that biological effects could arise from high peak values of the WiFi signal pulsation owned to the low duty factor.…”

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Health effects of WiFi radiation: a review based on systematic quality evaluation

Dongus

Jalilian

Schürmann

et al. 2021

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

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Although WiFi contributes little to total radiofrequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) exposure in our everyday environment, concern has raised whether this specific type of modulated RF-EMF causes health problems. The aim of this review is to evaluate all types of studies that investigated biological and health effects of WiFi exposure and fulfilled basic quality criteria. Eligible for inclusion were epidemiological, human experimental, in vivo and in vitro studies using realistic WiFi exposure settings. We conducted a systematic literature search for all papers published between January 1997 and August 2020 followed by a quality review addressing blinding and dosimetry in experimental studies and various types of biases in epidemiological studies. All studies fulfilling the quality criteria were descriptively summarized in terms of observation or absence of associations. From 1385 articles identified by the literature search, 23 fulfilled basic quality criteria: 6 epidemiological papers, 6 human experimental articles, 9 in vivo articles, and 2 in vitro articles. Whereas in vivo and in vitro studies applied exposure levels up to 4 W/kg, human studies dealt with exposure levels several orders of magnitude below the ICNIRP guidelines, which are typical for WiFi exposure situations in the everyday environment. Numerous outcomes ranging from biological markers to symptoms were mostly found not to be associated with WiFi exposure. Sporadic findings were not consistent in terms of outcomes or exposure-response associations. This review based on a systematic literature search and quality evaluation does not suggest detrimental health effects from WiFi exposure below regulatory limits.

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“…Concurrently, some individuals, such as electrohypersensitive (EHS) individuals complain of sleep disturbances or other symptoms when they are exposed to EMF [Andrianome et al, 2018], and melatonin was suspected to be disturbed in this population, therefore causing sleep disturbances; but a recent study did not confirm this hypothesis [Andrianome et al, 2016].…”

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Association Between Mobile Phone Radiation Exposure and the Secretion of Melatonin and Cortisol, Two Markers of the Circadian System: A Review

Selmaoui

Touitou

2020

Bioelectromagnetics

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The extremely important use of mobile phones in the world, at all ages of life, including children and adolescents, leads to significant exposure of these populations to electromagnetic waves of radiofrequency. The question, therefore, arises as to whether exposure to these radiofrequencies (RFs) could lead to deleterious effects on the body's biological systems and health. In the current article, we review the effects, in laboratory animals and humans, of exposure to RF on two hormones considered as endocrine markers: melatonin, a neurohormone produced by the pineal gland and cortisol, a glucocorticosteroid synthesized by the adrenal glands. These two hormones are also considered as markers of the circadian system. The literature search was performed using PubMed, Medline, Web of Sciences (ISI Web of Knowledge), Google Scholar, and EMF Portal. From this review on RF effects on cortisol and melatonin, it appears that scientific papers in the literature are conflicting, showing effects, no effects, or inconclusive data. This implies the need for additional research on higher numbers of subjects and with protocols perfectly controlled with follow-up studies to better determine whether the chronic effect of RF on the biological functioning and health of users exists (or not). Bioelectromagnetics. 2021;42:5-17.

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Descriptive self-reporting survey of people with idiopathic environmental intolerance attributed to electromagnetic fields (IEI-EMF): similarities and comparisons with previous studies

Cited by 12 publications

References 33 publications

Becoming electro‐hypersensitive: A replication study

Becoming electro‐hypersensitive: A replication study

Health effects of WiFi radiation: a review based on systematic quality evaluation

Association Between Mobile Phone Radiation Exposure and the Secretion of Melatonin and Cortisol, Two Markers of the Circadian System: A Review

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