Biological effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields

Electromagnetic fields, such as the ones used in wireless telecommunications, mobile networks or high-power electromagnetic waves are composed of the magnetic and electric component, which could, potentially, have similar effects as pulsed electric fields. In order to evaluate the biological effects of exposure to different electromagnetic fields, including radiofrequencies, we have, to date, observed no overt biological effects on models of increasing complexity, namely, GUVs, cells, multicellular spheroids and mice (Pillet et al. 2018 RSC Advances; Gibot et al. 2019 Scientific reports, Kolosnjaj-Tabi et al. 2021 IJMS). Our current focus is to evaluate health effects of 5G-like telecommunication signals (EU projects GOLIAT and ETAIN) and their co-exposure with 5G exposure and cosmetic-products derived nanoparticles (ANSES project 5G-S-CARE). We study these interactions under different exposure conditions, including chronic exposure and co-exposure with nanoparticles—commonly present in cosmetic products—which may exacerbate local biological effects.