International Workshopon Electromagnetic Fields and Non-Specific Health Symptoms

Overview

Our society is facing an unprecedented increase in the number and diversity of sources of electric and magnetic fields. Such sources include power lines, computers, radios, television, mobile phones, microwave ovens, and radar. However, this development shows two faces:

On the one hand, it has made our life richer, safer and easier. On the other hand, it was and still is accompanied by concerns about possible health risks due to electromagnetic fields.

Among the reported cases of various suspected environmental illnesses there are people claiming that the reason for their adverse health symptoms is the exposure to electric, magnetic or electromagnetic fields (EMF) from nearby electric appliances.

Since many years, research has been trying to investigate the possible role of EMF exposure in non-specific health symptoms using different approaches like case studies, laboratory experiments and epidemiological studies.

This workshop gives a survey of the existing knowledge in this field by comprehensive overviews by leading internationally recognized experts.

Besides this, a state of the art document on the role of electromagnetic fields in non-specific health symptoms with recommendations for further activities was worked out during the workshop.