5) Has the exposure to electromagnetic fields increased?
L’OMS further explains that exposure to electromagnetic fields has gradually increased over the 20e century due to rising energy demand and advances in technology.
However, noted theINSPQ in 2016, the arrival of new mobile phone technologies in recent years would not have contributed to increasing exposure to radio frequencies, compared to the arrival of the first systems in the 1980s “which had caused it to increase significantly noticeable”.
Moreover, according to another document from theINSPQspecially dedicated to 5G, the arrival of the latter should not significantly change exposure to radio frequencies… Because the technology relies on a multiplication of antennas which will broadcast, over short distances, waves of much lower.
6) What are the known effects of exposure to electromagnetic fields?
It should be remembered that after decades of research on the subject, the main biological effect electromagnetic fields to have been measured in the human body is thermal in nature — in other words, heat.
When the intensity of exposure is very high, these fields could indeed increase the temperature of the body, according to the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP). If exposure is very localized, it could cause pain and burns.