- Title
- The Impacts of Wireless Communication Electromagnetic Fields on Human Reproductive Biology
- Creator
- Miller, Kasey; Harrison, Kiara; Martin, Jacinta H.; Nixon, Brett; De Iuliis, Geoffry N.
- Relation
- Electromagnetic Fields of Wireless Communications: Biological and Health Effects p. 219-274
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003201052-9
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2022
- Description
- The domain of reproductive biology underpins our understanding of human fertility and forms an important part of the debate on the safety of wireless communication (WC) electromagnetic fields (EMFs). While studies on the effects of anthropogenic EMFs on reproduction are of clear importance, recent evidence suggests that such studies are well placed to provide much-anticipated mechanistic insights on the health impacts of EMFs. Resolution of the biophysical mechanism(s) of action is one of the most important keys required to unlock scientific progression and enable accurate assessment of health risk. Growing recourse to assisted reproductive technologies (ART) across developed nations has justifiably given rise to concern about our decreasing collective fertility as a species. While this issue is certainly multi-factorial, the rise of anthropogenic EMF exposures and especially those of WC technology has aligned with a simultaneous global decline in male semen quality parameters. This well recognized link to reproductive health clearly underlines the unique sensitivity of our reproductive systems to environmental change and has prompted investigation of the impact of novel environmental insults such as WC EMFs. The current picture of how WC EMFs impact reproduction is not yet completely clear, but the field offers strong evidence of negative impacts on the cells, tissues, and processes that influence fertility. Accordingly, here we summarize the highest quality evidence outlining effects of WC EMFs on reproductive tissues and germ cells, and based on this, we propose a plausible mechanism for the molecular nature of the interaction of WC EMF with our biology. We also highlight some of the controversies in this field, including those pertaining to policy. Against this background, we contend that, in parallel with our advancing research, revising the safety limits of anthropogenic EMF exposures to our population is warranted.
- Subject
- electromagnetic fields; electromagnetic radiation; extremely low frequency; radio frequency; wireless communications; fertility
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1475747
- Identifier
- uon:49642
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781003201052
- Language
- eng
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