SCHEER - scientific evidence on radiofrequency

SCHEER WG on EMF
SCHEER members: Teresa Borges, Demosthenes Panagiotakos, Ana Proykova, Theodoros Samaras, Marian Scott
External experts: Clemens Dasenbrock, Heidi Danker-Hopfe, Olga Zeni
Contact:SANTE-SCHEERec [dot] europa [dot] eu (SANTE-SCHEER[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)
On request from: European Commission
Adopted on: 16 August 2022

The SCHEER has considered meta-analyses, systematic reviews, and, when necessary, narrative or scope reviews and single research papers published after and including 2015 on radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (100 kHz to 300 GHz). The SCHEER could not identify moderate or strong level of evidence for adverse health effects resulting from chronic or acute RF EMF exposure at levels below the limits set in the annexes of Council Recommendation 1999/519/EC and Directive 2013/35/EU. The SCHEER advises positively on the need of a technical revision of the annexes in Council Recommendation 1999/519/EC and Directive 2013/35/EU with regard to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (100 kHz to 300 GHz), because there is a need to recognize the recently introduced dosimetric quantities and establish limits for them.

Keywords:

Radiofrequency, Electromagnetic Fields, Health effects, Biological effects, Interaction mechanisms

Opinion to be cited as:

SCHEER (Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks), Preliminary Opinion on the need of a revision of the annexes in Council Recommendation 1999/519/EC and Directive 2013/35/EU, in view of the latest scientific evidence available with regard to radiofrequency (100kHz - 300GHz), adopted by written procedure on 16 August 2022.