Effects of low-level RF exposures on the thermoregulatory system
Résumé
Only acute effects of RF fields have been confirmed to represent a health hazard and they are attributed to
non-specific heating. The dominant paradigm is then that radiofrequency waves with energy levels under
thermal noise cannot produce biological or physiological effects.Although the mechanism has not been
discovered, some studies show a paradoxical reaction to repeated RF exposures at low intensity, such as
peripheral temperature decrease, or internal temperature increase which cannot be produced by the low field
level. These effects represent reactions to cold, and first insights in their molecular targets can be addressed
through exploration of thermal receptors. These effects and their possible mechanisms will be discussed.