Electromagnetic Fields: Annual Update 2008

This is the fifth Annual Update of the Electromagnetic Fields Committee. After a brief overview of the advisory reports that have been published in the period under review, the Committee elaborates upon the approach and methods it uses in analysing scientific data. Following this, two themes are discussed:

• the influence of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields on brain activity and
• the relationship between exposure to such fields and the occurrence of symptoms.

Committee

• Dr. G.C. van Rhoon, physicist, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, chairman
• Dr. L.M. van Aernsbergen, physicist, Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, The Hague, adviser
• Prof. G. Brussaard, professor of Radio Communication (Emeritus), Eindhoven University of Technology
• Dr. G. Kelfkens, physicist, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven , adviser
• Prof. H. Kromhout, professor of Occupational Hygiene and Exposure Assessment, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, University of Utrecht
• Prof. F.E. van Leeuwen, professor of Cancer Epidemiology, Free University of Amsterdam, epidemiologist, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam
• Dr. H.K. Leonhard, physicist, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Groningen, adviser
• Prof. W.J. Wadman, professor of Neurobiology, University of Amsterdam
• D.H.J. van de Weerdt, physician, toxicologist and specialist in environmental medicine, Central Gelderland Municipal Health Service (GGD), Arnhem
• Prof. A.P.M. Zwamborn, professor of Electromagnetic Effects; Eindhoven University of Technology /physicist, TNO (Organisation for Applied Scientific Research), The Hague
• Dr. E. van Rongen, radiobiologist, Health Council, The Hague, secretary