Ecological study on the penetration of induction heating cookers and birth outcomes in Japan

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About the Scientific CommitteesThree independent non-food Scientific Committees provide the Commission with the scientific advice it needs when preparing policy and proposals relating to consumer safety, public health and the environment. The Committees also draw the Commission's attention to the new or emerging problems which may pose an actual or potential threat.They are: the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS), the Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER) and the Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR).In addition, the Commission relies upon the work of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the European Centre for Disease prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). SCENIHRThis Committee deals with questions related to emerging or newly identified health and environmental risks and on broad, complex or multidisciplinary issues requiring a comprehensive assessment of risks to consumer safety or public health and related issues not covered by other Community risk assessment bodies. Examples of potential areas of activity include potential risks associated with interaction of risk factors, synergic effects, cumulative effects, antimicrobial resistance, new technologies such as nanotechnologies, medical devices including those incorporating substances of animal and/or human origin, tissue engineering, blood products, fertility reduction, cancer of endocrine organs, physical hazards such as noise and electromagnetic fields (from mobile phones, transmitters and electronically controlled home environments), and methodologies for assessing new risks. It may also be invited to address risks related to public health determinants and non-transmissible diseases.

Maternal Use of Induction Heating Cookers During Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes: The Kyushu Okinawa Maternal and Child Health Study

“…Our results are partially consistent with those of a previous study showing no associations between maternal exposure to IF magnetic fields generated by electronic article surveillance systems during preg-nancy and PTB or birth weight [Khan et al, 2018]. Our results are in partial agreement with those of an ecological study at the prefectural level in Japan, which showed no correlation between the penetration of IH cookers and LBW (r = 0.60 in 2009 and r = 0.09 in 2014) [Sato et al, 2020].…”

“…A cohort study in Finland found no association between IF magnetic fields emitted by electronic article surveillance systems and the risk of miscarriage, low birth weight (LBW), or preterm birth (PTB) [Khan et al, 2018]. A recent ecological study in Japan showed no significant correlation between the penetration of IH cookers and spontaneous fetal death rate, fetal death rate after the 22nd week of pregnancy, perinatal mortality rate, or LBW at the prefectural level [Sato et al, 2020].…”

A Cohort Study on the Use of Commercial Induction Heating Cookers by Pregnant Women and the Birth Weight of Their Infants

“…Researchers [6] reported finding no effects of electronic article surveillance on miscarriage, premature birth, or reduced birth weight among women working in supermarkets. Other researchers [7] found no association between the penetration of household IH cookers and birth outcomes in an ecological study in Japan. The authors in [8] also found no association between the use of household IH cookers and delivery outcomes in a cohort study of pregnant women in Japan.…”

Morphological changes in the organs of immunogenesis under the influence of an experimental factor

“…2020;15 3:381-383. DOI -https://doi.org/10.14300/mnnc.2020.15090 С ложилось мнение, что анатомо-гистологические изменения, нарушения структурноклеточной конструкции органов иммунной системы под влиянием электромагнитного поля связаны с адаптационной реакцией организма, развернутой во времени [1][2][3]. Специфические, ещё до конца не уточненные механизмы дестабилизирующего действия магнитных полей на молекулярном и клеточном уровнях жизнедеятельности сопровождаются и неспецифическими проявлениями структуры и функции органов иммуногенеза [4,5].…”