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Independent reports

Significant number of reports and reviews of scientific research studies into mobiles, base stations and health have been published by independent expert panels around the world.

We have provided a link to each organisation and their report, and the various publications and evidence they contain; these are grouped into international and national publications.

International reports

The reports produced by a range of global or regional institutions are shown in reverse chronology, with the latest publication shown first.

20205G mobile networks and Health Questions and Answers
2005Electromagnetic hypersensitivity
2006Base stations and wireless technologies backgrounder
2022Health risk assessment of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields
2022WHO assessment of health effects of exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields: systematic reviews, Environment International
2020Guidelines for limiting exposure to electromagnetic fields (100 kHz to 300 GHz)
2022ICNIRP’s independent, best practice system of guidance on the protection of people and the environment from exposure to non-ionizing radiation
2025ICNIRP Base stations
2025ICNIRP Mobile phones
2020World Cancer Report: Cancer Research for Cancer Prevention. (News item)
2023IARC Biennial Report 2022–2023: Mobile phone use and risk of brain tumours.
2024Effects of recall and selection biases on modeling cancer risk from mobile phone use: Results from a case–control simulation study. Epidemiology.
2022Wireless phone use in childhood and adolescence and neuroepithelial brain tumours: Results from the international MOBI-Kids study. Environment International.
2023Biological Effects of Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields above 100 MHz on Fauna and Flora: Workshop Report. Health Physics.
2024Mobile phone use and brain tumour risk – COSMOS, a prospective cohort study. Environment International.
2024The effect of exposure to radiofrequency fields on cancer risk in the general and working population: A systematic review of human observational studies – Part I: Most researched outcomes - ScienceDirect
2020USA: IEEE Committee on Man and Radiation—COMAR Technical Information Statement: Health and safety issues concerning exposure of the general public to electromagnetic energy from 5G wireless communications networks. Health Physics.
2021Europe: Electromagnetic emissions from mobile networks and potential effect on health – Preliminary study. European Union Joint Research Centre.
2021France: ANSES OPINION on "Population exposure to electromagnetic fields associated with the deployment of 5G communication technology and the related health effects."
2021Germany: Electromagnetic fields related to the current rollout of 5G mobile networks: Technical aspects and biological effects in the lower frequency range (FR1, up to approx. 7 GHz), Statement by the German Commission on Radiological Protection.
2022UK: Electromagnetic fields and health, The Institution of Engineering and Technology.
2023Europe: Final Opinion on the need of a revision of the annexes in the Council Recommendation 1999/519/EC and Directive 2013/35/EU. Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER).
2023Spain: Report on Radiofrequencies and Health 2020 – 2022, Comité Científico Asesor en Radiofrecuencias y Salud (CCARS).