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ANSES (Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire, France)

The French health and environment agency, which devoted a dedicated collective expert review to electromagnetic hypersensitivity: its 2018 report found no solid experimental evidence of a causal link while calling the reported suffering real and recommending clinical care and further research.

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Last verified 12 August 2026.

Also searched as: ANSES, Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail

Role
health authority
Jurisdiction
FR
Website
https://www.anses.fr/

Related records

  • ANSES 2018 — collective expert review of electromagnetic hypersensitivity

    France's health agency reviewed the literature plus hearings with clinicians, researchers and affected people: no solid experimental evidence of a causal link, and an explicit recommendation that the suffering be treated as real and clinically managed.

    Research record

  • What symptoms do people attribute to EMF?

    Headache, fatigue, concentration and sleep problems, dizziness, palpitations, tinnitus and skin sensations — non-specific, not a recognised syndrome, and with many common alternative causes that WHO and ANSES say should be evaluated clinically first.

    Direct answers

Sources

  1. anses-2018-ehs Avis et rapport d'expertise collective — Hypersensibilité électromagnétique ou intolérance environnementale idiopathique attribuée aux champs électromagnétiques (mars 2018) — Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), France, 2018. government, link checked 2026-08-12.
  2. anses-2018-ehs-summary Hypersensibilité aux ondes électromagnétiques : amplifier l'effort de recherche et adapter la prise en charge des personnes concernées — ANSES, France, 2018. government, link checked 2026-08-12.

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