Inaccurate official assessment of radiofrequency safety by the Advisory Group on Non-ionising Radiation

Abstract The Advisory Group on Non-ionising Radiation (AGNIR) 2012 report forms the basis of official advice on the safety of radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic fields in the United Kingdom and has been relied upon by health protection agencies around the world. This review describes incorrect and misleading statements from within the report, omissions and conflict of interest, which make it unsuitable for health risk assessment. The executive summary and overall conclusions did not accurately reflect the scientific evidence available. Independence is needed from the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), the group that set the exposure guidelines being assessed. This conflict of interest critically needs to be addressed for the forthcoming World Health Organisation (WHO) Environmental Health Criteria Monograph on Radiofrequency Fields. Decision makers, organisations and individuals require accurate information about the safety of RF electromagnetic signals if they are to be able to fulfil their safeguarding responsibilities and protect those for whom they have legal responsibility.

• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Reviews on Environmental Health

• Publication date

  2016-12-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1515/reveh-2016-0060PMID 27902455
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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