Systematic Literature Review of Adverse Reproductive Outcomes Associated with Physiotherapists' Occupational Exposures to Non‐ionising Radiation

Mazurek

et al. 2017

Ann Agric Environ Med.

Electromagnetic radiation (EMR) emitting from the natural environment, as well as from the use of industrial and everyday appliances, constantly influence the human body. The effect of this type of energy on living tissues may exert various effects on their functioning, although the mechanisms conditioning this phenomenon have not been fully explained. It may be expected that the interactions between electromagnetic radiation and the living organism would depend on the amount and parameters of the transmitted energy and type of tissue exposed. Electromagnetic waves exert an influence on human reproduction by affecting the male and female reproductive systems, the developing embryo, and subsequently, the foetus. Knowledge concerning this problem is still being expanded; however, all the conditionings of human reproduction still remain unknown. The study presents the current state of knowledge concerning the problem, based on the latest scientific reports.

Section: Mechanisms Of the Effect Of Emrmentioning

confidence: 86%

Effect of electromagnetic waves on human reproduction

Mazurek

et al. 2017

Ann Agric Environ Med.

“…Research 592 (2005) pp. [119][120][121][122][123][124][125][126][127][128][129][130][131][132][133][134][135][136][137] models, cell culture experiments, and cell free systems that exposure to diesel exhaust and diesel exhaust particles causes oxidative DNA damage. In this study oxidative stress-induced DNA damage appears to an important mechanism of action of urban particulate air pollution.…”

Section: A/a Authors Year Title Methodology and Results By Particulate mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There are studies, as is presented in Table 5 that referred to environmental centers where measuring and monitoring key environmental variables and in collaboration with authorities supervise compliance with provisions and regulations [117][118][119][120][121][122][123][124][125][126][128][129][130][131][132][133][134][135][136][137][138][139]. In this important approach a comprehensive review with 108 references referring to the distribution, source, accumulation, transformation, types and toxicity of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) is presented.…”

Section: Related Work For Environmental Centersmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Pilot Study of an Online Intelligent Environmental Observation System for Monitoring and Evaluating Public Health Hazard from Indoor and Outdoor Pollutants

Kanellopoulos¹,

Ανδρικόπουλος²,

Koutsojannis³

2019

AJEP

The overall aim of this research is the prevention of environmental risk and impact, through the establishment of a present-day environmental observatory centre, equipped with an intelligent monitoring, management and evaluating system. Detecting the environmental pollutants in a timely manner (forecasting), potentially related to adverse health effects while their frequency appears to have increased, shall contribute crucially to avoiding or reducing further inhabitants' exposure to pollutants in high environmental charging areas. A plurality of data will be collected and analyzed in the pilot Observatory. All these data will be gathered by measuring various environmental parameters (physicochemical, microbiological, ionized and not ionized radiation, dust, noise), a number of which will be transmitted wireless from small scale monitoring stations. The data base (territorial distribution of samples, number and frequency of sampling, analyze results, toxicity and risk indicators of environmental pollutants), will be enriched daily/weekly, with satellite data, meteorological data and satellite photographs (image analysis). With the collection, processing and analysis of measured values for various kinds of pollutants from environmental overloaded surfaces, useful conclusions are drawn regarding to the "pollution tendency" in every different area and the possible effects on human in combination with geography and geomorphology. With the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in human body simulators (whole body phantom models) we intend to make a more accurate qualitative and quantitative forecast: worst-best scenario, about as the life quality for residents-who may be exposed to the pollutants-as the direct or indirect medium to long-term adverse effects.

“…The type of EMF in cell phones is both ELF-EMF and RF-EMF. To investigate cell phone effects, the location of the cell phones when not in use, use of hands-free equipment, use of phones for other applications, the specific absorption rate [ 46 ] reported by the manufacturer and the average of the effective specific absorption rate (SAR) (average duration of calling time per day × SAR) were measured [ 31 ]. The underlying mechanisms of the effects of EMFs on the risk of spontaneous abortions are not well understood.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effect of electromagnetic field on abortion: A systematic review and meta-analysis

et al. 2021

Background The increasing use of new technologies by pregnant women inevitably exposes them to the risks of the electromagnetic fields (EMFs). According to the World Health Organization, EMFs are the major sources of pollutants which harm human health. This study was aimed to evaluate the effects of EMF exposure on abortion. Methods Web of Science, Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, and Google Scholar were searched until 2021. Pooled odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) was estimated using a random-effects model. Heterogeneity was explored using Cochran’s Q test and I 2 index. A meta-regression method was employed to investigate the factors affecting heterogeneity between the studies. The Newcastle-Ottawa scale was used to assess the credibility of the studies. Results Eligible studies (N = 17) were analyzed with a total of 57,693 participants. The mean maternal age (95% CI) was 31.06 years (27.32–34.80). Based on meta-analysis results, the pooled estimate for OR of EMF with its effects was 1.27 (95% CI: 1.10–1.46). According to the results of meta-regression, sample size had a significant effect on heterogeneity between studies (p: 0.030), but mother’s age and publication year had no significant effect on heterogeneity (p-value of bothwere >0.05). No publication bias was observed. Conclusion Exposure to EMFs above 50 Hz or 16 mG is associated with 1.27× increased risk of abortion. It may be prudent to advise women against this potentially important environmental hazard. Indeed, pregnant women should receive tailored counselling.