# REV-033 — Reported health effects near mobile-phone base stations

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

Id: REV-033

Heading: Reported health effects near mobile-phone base stations

Doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113851

Title: Evidence for a health risk by RF on humans living around mobile phone base stations: From radiofrequency sickness to cancer

Authors: A Balmori

Author: Balmori

Date: 2022-07-14

Kind: Narrative review

Why: People living near an antenna often ask about chronic residential exposure rather than a phone held against the head.

Scope: Reviews 38 selected studies of residents near mobile-phone base stations, covering symptoms, cancer and biochemical findings.

Summary: Balmori reports relevant effects in 28 of 38 selected studies, with findings grouped under symptoms, cancer and biochemical measures, and relates these to other RF-exposure literature.

Limitations: Counting studies with effects is not a pooled risk estimate. Exposure characterisation, study selection, confounding and self-report can affect the pattern; proximity alone is not absorbed dose. The review does not establish a base-station cause for an individual illness.

Topics: Residential exposure; Symptoms; Cancer

Exposures: Mobile base stations; Radiofrequency

Journal: Environmental research

Links: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.113851; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35843283/

Access Label: Abstract checked

Source Check: Primary PubMed/Europe PMC metadata and abstract checked; full article not assessed. Linked notice records checked on 21 October 2026.

Citation: A Balmori. Evidence for a health risk by RF on humans living around mobile phone base stations: From radiofrequency sickness to cancer. Environmental research. 2022. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2022.113851.

Related Studies: RF-013; RF-001; RF-002; RF-014

Url: /reviews/rev-033/

Year: 2022

Record Type: review_or_mechanism

Source Url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.113851