# REV-016 — Electrohypersensitivity: an environmental and clinical synthesis

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

Doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113374

Title: Why electrohypersensitivity and related symptoms are caused by non-ionizing man-made electromagnetic fields: An overview and medical assessment

Authors: Dominique Belpomme; Philippe Irigaray

Date: 2022-05-07

Issueyear: 2022

Why: The authors distinguish the origins of a chronic sensitivity condition from exposures that may trigger symptoms once it exists.

Summary: Reviews clinical, biological and experimental literature and advances the authors’ case for an EMF-related neurological explanation of EHS and associated symptoms.

Limitations: A strongly argued causal interpretation of heterogeneous evidence, not a new blinded exposure trial. Clinical biomarkers are not necessarily specific to EMF exposure; causal and diagnostic claims remain proposals.

Scope: A clinical and environmental synthesis assessing EHS symptoms and proposed pathways involving EMF exposure.

Exposures: Radiofrequency; ELF magnetic fields

Journal: Environmental research

Heading: Electrohypersensitivity: an environmental and clinical synthesis

Id: REV-016

Kind: Clinical narrative review

Topics: Electrohypersensitivity; Neurological effects; Biomarkers

Links: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.113374; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35537497/

Author: Belpomme et al.

Access Label: Abstract checked

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Citation: Dominique Belpomme; Philippe Irigaray. Why electrohypersensitivity and related symptoms are caused by non-ionizing man-made electromagnetic fields: An overview and medical assessment. Environmental research. 2022. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2022.113374.

Related Studies: ELF-007; RF-010; RF-011; RF-012

Url: /reviews/rev-016/

Year: 2022

Record Type: review_or_mechanism

Source Url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.113374