"The defining challenge of modern occupational health is no longer the mere exceedance of exposure limits, but rather the unprecedented spatial and temporal variability inherent in digitalized workplaces."
"This Research Topic demonstrates that as we transition into Industry 4.0 and 5G/6G environments, conventional time-averaged metrics fail to capture the dynamic reality of NIR exposure, necessitating a fundamental shift toward task-oriented, individualized assessment strategies and holistic, behavior-driven prevention frameworks."
"In these environments, workers may be exposed to increasingly complex and heterogeneous EMFs arising from the simultaneous operation of multiple NIR sources. Unlike traditional occupational settings where exposures often originate from a limited number of identifiable sources, modern workplaces are characterized by dynamic and rapidly changing exposure scenarios that vary spatially and temporally according to network traffic, device density, operational demands, and worker mobility."
"Peyró-Sánchez et al. characterized ambient exposure to radiofrequency EMFs from telecommunication antennas and Wi-Fi sources during surgical operations in hospital operating rooms and concluded that ambient exposure remained below 0.4% of the ICNIRP reference level."
Editorial: Non-ionizing radiation: impacts on human health from exposures in occupational settings
Modenese A, Nogueira CMCA, Wittlich M (2026) Frontiers in Public Health Journal Level 1ⓘ
