Authors Defend Base-Station Study After German Radiation Office Critique

Belyaev, Gulati, Mosgoeller and Moldan respond to a German Federal Office for Radiation Protection statement on their 2024 base-station study. The authors say the study is exploratory and cannot establish causality, but argue its chromosomal-aberration findings remain statistically robust and warrant further investigation.

"We acknowledge that our study was exploratory in nature, included a limited number of participants, and cannot by itself establish causality between long-term RF-EMF exposure and biological effects."

— Igor Belyaev et al. (study authors)

"The principal finding of the study was an elevated frequency of several chromosomal aberration endpoints in the higher-exposure group."

— Igor Belyaev et al. (study authors)

"Importantly, the principal chromosomal aberration endpoints remained statistically significant in both parametric and non-parametric analyses."

— Igor Belyaev et al. (study authors)

"Because the study is exploratory and based on a limited sample size, the findings should be interpreted cautiously and warrant independent replication in larger well-characterized cohorts and longitudinal study designs."

— Igor Belyaev et al. (study authors)

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Response to the BfS Statement: Scientific Clarifications on Chromosomal Damage and RF-EMF Exposure

Igor Belyaev et al. (2026) Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Journal Level 2ⓘ

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🧬 Authors Defend Base-Station Study After German Radiation Office Critique

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