Microwave News reports that Meike Mevissen's WHO-commissioned review on RF radiation and cancer in animals was downloaded about 28,000 times in 2025, making it Environment International's most-downloaded paper of the year.
The piece also notes criticism from BfS (Germany's federal radiation protection office) and ICNIRP-linked figures, as well as support from ICBE-EMF (the International Commission on the Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields).
Microwave News further points to renewed scrutiny of the WHO review process after Mevissen said the agency had tried to influence her team's work.
"A systematic review pointing to evidence that exposure to RF radiation causes cancer in animals has captured the world’s attention."
"Claude, Anthropic’s AI assistant, calls 28,000 downloads “quite impressive,” adding that it puts the Mevissen paper in the top 1-5% of all downloaded academic papers."
"Soon after the paper was posted online, the agency issued a statement rejecting the cancer finding."
"The Mevissen paper generated a stir earlier this year —too late to have any bearing on the 2025 download numbers— when she told a Swiss journalist that the WHO had tried to manipulate the work of her team, in an apparent effort to tone down the stated cancer risk."
