Summary of the Report "Mortality due to leukemias, Non-Hodgkin lymphomas and tumors of the Central Nervous System in Spain. 2001-2020"

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  • Francisco Vargas Marcos
  • Marian Mendoza García

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Leucemia, Linfoma no Hodgkin, Tumores, Sistema Nervioso Central

Abstract

The Strategic Health and Environment Plan 2022-2026 (PESMA), approved in November 2021 by the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System, and its 1st Action Program (2022-2023), include One of its lines of intervention is the description of the incidence, prevalence, mortality and morbidity rates of diseases that, supposedly, could be associated with exposure to low-frequency electromagnetic fields (EMF), which are used in transportation lines. electricity, transformers and household appliances, and with radio frequencies (mobile phones, base stations, Wi-Fi, etc.).

Monitoring the trends in mortality rates of leukemias, non-Hodgkin lymphomas and tumors of the Central Nervous System (CNS) is an indirect indicator that allows us to assess whether there is any association with the use and exposure to electromagnetic fields (low frequencies and radio frequencies). EMF were classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as type 2b carcinogens; However, the evidence that has been published does not confirm that a causal relationship exists.

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Ministerio de Sanidad, Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico. Plan Estratégico de Salud y Medioambiente 2022-2026. Disponible en: https://www.sanidad.gob.es/ciudadanos/pesma/docs/241121_PESMA.pdf

Ministerio de Sanidad, Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico. Plan Estratégico de Salud y Medioambiente 2022-2026. 1er Programa de Actuación (2022-2023). Disponible en: https://www.sanidad.gob.es/ciudadanos/pesma/docs/1er_PA_PESMA.pdf

NextGEM (Next Generation Integrated Sensing and Analytical System for Monitoring and Assessing Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Field Exposure and Health). Disponible en: https://www.nextgem.eu/

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2023-04-12 — Updated on 2023-04-12

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Vargas Marcos F, Mendoza García M. Summary of the Report "Mortality due to leukemias, Non-Hodgkin lymphomas and tumors of the Central Nervous System in Spain. 2001-2020": e202304030es. Rev Esp Salud Pública [Internet]. 2023 Apr. 12 [cited 2024 Nov. 4];97:3 páginas. Available from: https://ojs.sanidad.gob.es/index.php/resp/article/view/108

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