Ettepanek 15

Tunnistada kõik raadiosagedusliku elektromagnetvälja bioloogiliselt kahjulikud parameetrid saasteaineteks. Lisada need kõikidesse asjakohastesse ELi poliitikavaldkondadesse ja direktiividesse.

Detailed explanation

RF EMF exposure has increased from extremely low natural levels by about 10¹⁸ times and this radiation can cause reactive oxygen species (ROS) and cellular or systemic oxidative stress in all life forms.

Arguments for accepting RF EMF as a potential pollutant

Citation from Planetary electromagnetic pollution: it is time to assess its impact published in www.thelancet.com:

“The rise in planetary electromagnetic pollution due to the exponential increase in the use of wireless personal communication devices (eg, mobile or cordless phones and WiFi or Bluetooth-enabled devices) and the infrastructure facilitating them, levels of exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation around the 1 GHz frequency band, which is mostly used for modern wireless communications, have increased from extremely low natural levels by about 10¹⁸ times (figure). Radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation is also used for radar, security scanners, smart meters, and medical equipment (MRI, diathermy, and radiofrequency ablation). It is plausibly the most rapidly increasing anthropogenic environmental exposure since the mid-20th century, and levels will surge considerably again, as technologies like the Internet of Things and 5G add millions more radiofrequency transmitters around us.”

Arguments for RF EMF being potentially biologically harmful

Citation from Manmade Electromagnetic Fields and Oxidative Stress—Biological Effects and Consequences for Health published in The International Journal of Molecular Sciences, March 2021:

"Concomitant with the ever-expanding use of electrical appliances and mobile communication systems, public and occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) in the extremely-low-frequency and radiofrequency range has become a widely debated environmental risk factor for health. Radiofrequency (RF) EMF and extremely-low-frequency (ELF) MF have been classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B) by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). The production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), potentially leading to cellular or systemic oxidative stress, was frequently found to be influenced by EMF exposure in animals and cells. In this review, we summarize key experimental findings on oxidative stress related to EMF exposure from animal and cell studies of the last decade. The observations are discussed in the context of molecular mechanisms and functionalities relevant to health such as neurological function, genome stability, immune response, and reproduction. Most animal and many cell studies showed increased oxidative stress caused by RF-EMF and ELF-MF. In order to estimate the risk for human health by manmade exposure, experimental studies in humans and epidemiological studies need to be considered as well.”

Legal Arguments for our proposal are:

Given the above arguments and art. 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 24, 35, 37, in the CFR it is imperative to accept RF EMF as an pollutant that must be monitored and restricted for proper protection of all life on Earth.