Scoping Review of the Potential Health Effects of Exposure to Extremely Low-Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields

Habash, Mara; Gogna, Priyanka; Krewski, Daniel; Habash, Riadh

doi:10.1615/critrevbiomedeng.2019030211

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“…The three studies reporting on informality assessed the health impacts of strategies to improve the infrastructure, conditions and land tenure of slums, including communicable and non-communicable disease prevention, the risk of injury from chemical and biological hazards, as well as social impacts such as quality of life, education and employment (Alaazi & Aganah 2020; Turley et al 2013;Henson et al 2020). Three studies looked at urban infrastructure: one study assessed urban drinking water and gastroenteritis risk (Beaudeau 2018); one study reported on the structural soundness of the city in the face of earthquakes and subsequent building collapses (Doocy et al 2013); and one study looked at urban exposure to overhead powerlines (Habash et al 2019). Type of development effects were reported in three studies in relation to walkability, physical activity behaviours and obesogenic health impacts (Berghauser Pont et al 2020;Chandrabose et al 2019;Cyril et al 2013).…”

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A multi-scalar perspective on health and urban housing: an umbrella review

Turcu

Crane

Hutchinson

et al. 2021

Buildings and Cities

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With more than half the world's population living in cities, understanding how the built environment impacts human health at different urban scales is crucial. To be able to shape cities for health, an understanding is needed of planetary health impacts, which encompass the human health impacts of human-caused disruptions on the Earth's natural ecosystems. This umbrella review maps health evidence across the spatial scales of the built environment (building; neighbourhood; and wider system, including city, regional and planetary levels), with a specific focus on urban housing. Systematic reviews published in English between January 2011 and December 2020 were searched across 20 databases, with 1176 articles identified and 124 articles screened for inclusion. Findings suggests that most evidence reports on health determinants at the neighbourhood level, such as greenspace, physical and socio-economic conditions, transport infrastructure and access to local services. Physical health outcomes are also primarily reported, with an emerging interest in mental health outcomes. There is little evidence on planetary health outcomes and significant gaps in the research literature are identified. Based on these findings, three potential directions are identified for future research.

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Section: Spatial Planningmentioning

confidence: 99%

A multi-scalar perspective on health and urban housing: an umbrella review

Turcu

Crane

Hutchinson

et al. 2021

Buildings and Cities

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“…In recent years, numerous academics have concentrated on the biological effects of ELF‐EMFs. Habash et al reviewed the relationship between various diseases and ELF‐EMFs, particularly Alzheimer's disease with its significant association (Habash et al, 2019). Zheng et al reported that ELF‐EMFs might alter the activity and function of sodium and potassium ion channels in the CA1 region of the hippocampus of Sprague–Dawley (SD) rats at early developmental stages (Zheng, Xia, Dong, et al, 2021).…”

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Changes in intracellular calcium concentration level accompany age‐related inhibitions of long‐term potentiation in hippocampus induced by extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields

Zhao

Dong

Tian

et al. 2023

Eur J of Neuroscience

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Extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF‐EMFs) have received increasing attention and in‐depth research due to their ability to affect learning and memory functions. However, its regulation and intrinsic mechanism at different ages in early developmental stages remains unclear. In this article, the regulation of 15 Hz/2 mT ELF‐EMFs on long‐term potentiation (LTP) persistence in the hippocampal CA1 region of Sprague–Dawley (SD) rats at early developmental stages (8‐, 15‐, 22‐, and 29‐day‐old) are investigated by electrophysiological techniques. The results show that ELF‐EMFs differentially inhibit LTP persistence due to age difference, and the younger the age, the more significant the inhibitory effect. Second, the inhibitory effect of ELF‐EMFs on LTP persistence disappeared after the addition of 2‐aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (2‐APB) to block inositol‐1,4,5‐trisphosphate receptors (IP3Rs) localized to intracellular calcium stores to reduce the intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i), proving that the LTP persistence regulated by ELF‐EMFs is associated with the IP3Rs‐mediated intracellular calcium stores. Finally, the level of [Ca2+]i was intervened by adjusting the extracellular calcium concentration([Ca2+]e). Interestingly, the inhibitory effect of ELF‐EMFs on LTP persistence in the 15‐day‐old group disappeared by increasing [Ca2+]e, whereas the inhibitory effect of ELF‐EMFs on LTP persistence in the 29‐day‐old group appeared by decreasing [Ca2+]e. Our findings reveal the underlying mechanism of the effect of ELF‐EMFs on synaptic plasticity in hippocampal CA1 area at early developmental stages and provide new insights into more rational application and protection of ELF‐EMFs.

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“…The low-frequency pulsed electromagnetic field has been used to study the fracture mechanism and osteoporosis model of animals, and it has also been used to treat fracture, osteoporosis, and oral implant bone in clinical settings [8,9]. Extremely low frequency electric and magnetic fields may be associated with Alzheimer's disease [10].…”

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Study on Electromagnetic Exposure of High-speed Rail-way Platform Staff Workers Induced by Contact Wires

Yang¹,

Lu²

2023

PIER C

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The bodies of platform staff workers in high-speed railway stations absorb induction electric field when being exposed to the electric field environment of contact wires with 25 kV high-voltages. To analyze the safety of electromagnetic exposure of the station platform staff workers with different numbers of tracks, this paper establishes a model with 6 tracks, 2 platforms, and 4 staff workers on the platform simulating the actual situation. It then analyzes the distribution of induction electric field present in their human body tissues, which in the electric field environment is generated by the high voltages of the contact wires of 1 track, 3 tracks, 6 tracks, respectively. Calculation results show that the maximum induction electric field of staff worker on the platform with different track numbers appears at the scalp, and the electric field intensity levels in the skull and brain are relatively small. For example, on the two platforms with 6 tracks, the maximum induction electric field of the staff worker is found in the scalp, and the values are 58.86 times and 1688.52 times of those of the skull and brain, respectively. For the staff worker at the safety white line, the maximum induction electric field in a human central nervous system is 0.61 mV/m, which is far less than the basic limit of 100 mV/m occupational exposure in the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) guidelines. With the increase in the number of tracks, the maximum induction electric field of the staff also increases correspondingly at the same position. Research results can provide data reference for the formulation of electromagnetic protection and standards for high-speed railway platform staff workers.

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Scoping Review of the Potential Health Effects of Exposure to Extremely Low-Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields

Cited by 5 publications

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A multi-scalar perspective on health and urban housing: an umbrella review

A multi-scalar perspective on health and urban housing: an umbrella review

Changes in intracellular calcium concentration level accompany age‐related inhibitions of long‐term potentiation in hippocampus induced by extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields

Study on Electromagnetic Exposure of High-speed Rail-way Platform Staff Workers Induced by Contact Wires

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