This image shows multiple offshore wind turbines positioned across the ocean on a clear day. It is used in the EMFSA November 2025 Newsletter Updates to illustrate topics related to environmental impacts, energy infrastructure, and EMF considerations within marine and coastal environments. Photo by Nicholas Doherty on Unsplash.
EMFSA November 2025 Newsletter Updates – in this newsletter we look at the following topics:
Offshore Wind Farms
Can offshore wind production affect the structure and function of marine ecosystems? What could the potential impacts be?
We take a look at a report by the Eklipse Expert Group on Impacts of Offshore Wind Farm Expansion
Citation: Cervantes, A., Pace, F., Gallaou, E., Kadiri, M., Velázquez, J., Fernandes, M., Langridge, J., Scott, AJ., Sieber, I.M., Bhatia, S., Limache de la Fuente, D., Maureaud, A.A., Dajka, J (2025). State of knowledge regarding the impacts of offshore wind farm expansion: what are the consequences for achieving Good Environmental Status across European marine waters? Report prepared by an Eklipse Expert Working Group. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17064612
Flora and Fauna: How Nonhuman Species Interact With Natural and Man-Made EMF at Ecosystem Levels — and Public Policy Recommendations
The authors of this article call for an urgent, government-wide response that treats EMF as an air pollutant and establishes the emerging discipline of air ecology (aeroecology).
Citation: Levitt BB, Lai HC, Manville AM II, Scarato T (2025). Flora and fauna: how nonhuman species interact with natural and man-made EMF at ecosystem levels and public policy recommendations. Front. Public Health 13:1693873. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1693873
Comment by EMFSA: Under South Africa’s National Environmental Management Act (NEMA 107 of 1998), the legal definition of pollution is broad enough to include different forms of energy, specifically waves.
Pesticides – Another Environmental Pollutant of Concern
Citation: Paola Gabriela Viglietti, Lena Jäggi, Hannah Wey, Anouk Petitpierre, Christian Lindh, Kim-Louise Rousseau, Jade Mac Donnell, Martin Röösli, Susan Malcolm-Smith, Samuel Fuhrimann, Mohamed Aqiel Dalvie, Postnatal pesticide exposure and executive function in children and adolescents: Findings from South Africa, Environmental Research, Volume 289, 2026, 123310, ISSN 0013-9351, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2025.123310
Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA)
Terrestrial trunked radio (TETRA) is the standard digital communication system used by police and other emergency services in Great Britain. During active use, TETRA emits radiofrequency electromagnetic fields, which are potentially carcinogenic in humans. Here, using data on objective call duration, the authors examined cancer risk from personal radio use among police forces across Great Britain. No significant association was detected between radio use, call duration, and cancer risk.
RESEARCH ARTICLE Personal radio use and risk of cancers among police officers in Great Britain: Results from the Airwave Health Monitoring Study
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijc.70255
Radiofrequency Exposure and Cancer – ANSES Findings
On the 26/11/2025, the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) published their findings on RFR exposure and cancer https://www.anses.fr/fr/content/exposition-aux-ondes-de-nouvelles-etudes-precisent-les-connaissances-sur-le-risque-de
Two French NGOs have provided commentary on ANSES’s report
Aviation: Persistent 5G Challenges
IATA Urges ITU to Strengthen Safeguards for Aircraft Safety Systems as 5G/6G Expands https://www.iata.org/en/pressroom/2025-releases/2025-11-20-01/
See our book recommendations for the festive season!
(Image used with permission of the author)
EMFSA November 2025 Newsletter Updates https://mailchi.mp/emfsa/emfsa-november-2025-newsletter
Further reading: Maritime 5G and Marine Ecosystems https://www.emfsa.co.za/news/maritime-5g-and-marine-ecosystems/