The Case for Immediate Review, Reform and Precautionary Action
A major new review in Frontiers in Public Health shows that current limits for mobile phones, Wi‑Fi, base stations, and other wireless technologies are outdated and inadequate. Scarato (2025) exposes serious regulatory gaps, including the lack of meaningful monitoring, pre-market safety testing, occupational safeguards, and environmental protections.
The review draws on decades of research. The first three references in the paper highlight key scientific reviews documenting wide-ranging impacts of wireless technologies on human health, wildlife, and ecosystems:
◆ Bandara P, Carpenter DO. Planetary electromagnetic pollution: it is time to assess its impact. Lancet Planet Health. 2018;2:e512–4: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542519618302213
◆ Levitt BB, Lai HC, Manville AM. Effects of non-ionizing electromagnetic fields on flora and fauna, part 1. Rising ambient EMF levels in the environment. Rev Environ Health. 2022;37:81–122: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/reveh-2021-0026/html
◆ Henshaw DL, Philips A. A mechanistic understanding of human magnetoreception validates the phenomenon of electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS). Int J Radiat Biol. 2025;101:186–204: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09553002.2024.2435329
Read the full Scarato paper here: U.S. policy on wireless technologies and public health protection: regulatory gaps and proposed reforms
This isn’t just a U.S. problem. The same flawed assumptions underpin standards worldwide, including in the UK and Europe.
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