# REV-008 — Cellular stress as a framework for understanding EMF responses

Collection: Reviews & proposed mechanisms (not an original experiment)

Doi: 10.1515/reveh-2023-0023

Title: Cellular and molecular effects of non-ionizing electromagnetic fields

Authors: Henry Lai; B Blake Levitt

Date: 2023-04-07

Issueyear: 2024

Why: A cellular stress-response framework may help explain why different experiments find different responses to exposure.

Summary: Proposes that changes in oxidative processes initiate a general cellular stress response, potentially accounting for non-linear dose/time effects and both adverse and beneficial outcomes.

Limitations: Interpretive review, not a new exposure experiment. The proposed connection to EHS and hippocampal/limbic responses is a hypothesis. Published online 2023; journal issue 2024.

Scope: A cellular-stress synthesis discussing oxidative mechanisms, non-linear responses and possible links with neurological symptoms. First online 2023; journal issue 2024.

Exposures: Radiofrequency; Static fields; ELF magnetic fields

Journal: Reviews on environmental health

Heading: Cellular stress as a framework for understanding EMF responses

Id: REV-008

Kind: Proposed mechanism

Topics: Cell stress; Oxidative stress; Electrohypersensitivity

Links: https://doi.org/10.1515/reveh-2023-0023; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37021652/

Author: Lai et al.

Access Label: Abstract checked

Source Check: Original PubMed/EPMC metadata and abstract checked; full article not assessed. Linked PubMed/Europe PMC notice records checked on 21 October 2026; this is not a guarantee that every editorial update is indexed.

Citation: Henry Lai; B Blake Levitt. Cellular and molecular effects of non-ionizing electromagnetic fields. Reviews on environmental health. 2023. doi:10.1515/reveh-2023-0023.

Related Studies: RF-009; WEB-049; RF-006; RF-008; RF-046

Url: /reviews/rev-008/

Year: 2023

Record Type: review_or_mechanism

Source Url: https://doi.org/10.1515/reveh-2023-0023