Abstract:
The recent development of wireless communications in Romania has
caused concerns among the population regarding how it can affect health.
ANCOM has implemented a nationwide monitoring network of electromagnetic
emissions with sensors located in over 100 localities that collect data
on the ambient level of the electric field. Until now, there has not been an
evaluation of this information at the national level and the present work pursues
three objectives using data collected over a period of 12 months, from a
sample of 44 localities from all historical regions.
The first objective is to establish a average values of the electric field level
over a wide area in Romania and comparing it with the reference level in the
public health legislation.
The second objective is to make some comparisons between the annual
averages of the electric field level in four groups of 11 localities established
on the population density criterion.
The third objective is the verification of a supposed increase in the electric
field level with the implementation of 5G technology.
Using statistical evaluation methods, the results obtained show an average
level of exposure for the 44 localities of 5.78 % of the maximum exposure
limit established by OMS1163/2006, the statistical hypothesis regarding the
homogeneity of the average values of the electric field for the four groups of
localities cannot be rejected either. Multivariate analysis of broadband electric
field level composition data cannot demonstrate a greater contribution
of the level generated by the deployment of 5G technology. .
