Scientists in the Field of Non-Ionizing Radiation

Prof. SIEGAL SADETZKI, M.D, M.P.H

Prof. Sadetzki is a specialist in public health and epidemiology and is considered as a National and International expert on health effects of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation. She received a degree in Medicine from the Technion (Haifa) and a Master of Public Health from the Hebrew University (Jerusalem). She has served, since 2001, as the Director of the Cancer and Radiation Epidemiology Unit at the Gertner Institute; serves as Principal Investigator of the Baruch Modan National Institute for 'Tinea Capitis' (scalp ringworm) research; serves as Director of the Tnuda center, the Israeli National Information Center for Non-Ionizing Radiation; and  as an advisor  to the Ministries of Health, Environmental Protection and Education in policy making regarding health in general and non-ionizing radiation in particular. She represents the Israeli Ministry of Health in the International Advisory Committee of the WHO International EMF Project.

Main research areas

• Possible association between exposure to mobile phones and other radiation-emitting devices, and the development of brain tumors in adults (the INTERPHONE study), children and adolescents (the Mobikids and GERoNiMo studies).
• Possible long-term effects of fetal exposure to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) on neurobehavioral outcomes and development of hearing impairment.

Publications in this field

• Sadetzki S, Modan B. Cellular phones prosperity or carcinogenesis. Harefuah 2000; 139: 360-362.
• Leventhal A, Karsenty E, Sadetzki S. Cellualr phones and public health. Harefuah 2004; 143: 614-618.
• Vrijheid M, Cardis E, Armstrong BK, Auvinen A, Berg G, Blaasaas KG, Brown J, Carroll M, Chetrit A, Christensedn HC, Deltour I, Feychting M, Giles GG, Hepworth SJ, Hours M, Iavarone I, Johansson C, Klaeboe L, Kurttio P, Lagorio S, Lonn S, McKinney PA, Montestrucq L, Parslow RC, Richardson L, Sadetzki S, Salmiinen T, Schuz J, Tynes T, Woodward A. Validation of short-term recall of mobile phone use for the interphone study. Occup Environ Med 2006; 63: 237-243.
• Cardis E, Richardson L, Deltour I, Armstrong B, Feychting M, Johanssen C, Kilkenny M, McKinney P, Modan B, Sadetzki S, Schüz J, Swerdlow A, Vrijheid M, Auvinen A, Berg G, Blettner M, Bowman J, Brown J, Chetrit A, Collatz CH, Cook A, Hepworth S, Giles G, Hours M, Iavarone I, Jarus-Hakak A, Klaeboe L, Krewski D, Lagorio S, Lönn S, Mann S, McBride M, Muir K, Nadon L, Parent M-E, Pearce N, Salminen T, Schoemaker M, Schlehofer B, Siemiatycki J, Taki M, Takebayashi T, Tynes T, van Tongeren M, Vecchia P, Wiart J, Woodward A, Yamaguchi N. The INTERPHONE Study: Design, Epidemiological Methods, and Description of the Study Population. Eur J Epidemiol. 2007; 22: 647-664.
• Sadetzki S, Chetrit A, Jarus-Hakak A, Cardis E, Deutch Y, Duvdevani S, Zultan A, Novikov I, Freedman L, Wolf M. Cellular phone use and risk of benign and malignant parotid gland tumors - a nationwide case-control study. Am J Epidemiol 2008; 167: 457-467.
• Vrijheid M, Richardson L, Armstrong BK, Auvinen A, Berg G, Carroll M, Chetrit A, Deltour I, Feychting M, Giles GG, Hours M, Iavarone I, Lagorio S, Lönn S, McBride M, Parent M-E, Sadetzki S, Salminen T, Sanchez M, Schlehofer B, Schüz J, Siemiatycki J, Tynes T, Woodward A, Yamaguchi N, Cardis E. Quantifying the impact of selection bias caused by non-participation in a case-control study of mobile phone use. Ann Epidemiol 2009; 19: 33-42.
• Vrijheid M, Mann S, Vecchia P, Wiart J, Taki M, Ardoino L, Armstrong BK, Auvinen A, Bédard D, Berg-Beckhoff G, Brown J, Chetrit A, Collatz-Christensen H, Combalot E, Cook A, Deltour I, Feychting M, Giles GG, Hepworth SJ, Hours M, Iavarone I, Johansen C, Krewski D, Kurttio P, Lagorio S, Lönn S, McBride M, Montestrucq L, Parslow RC, Sadetzki S, Schüz J, Tynes T, Woodward A, Cardis E. Determinants of mobile phone output power in a multinational study – implications for exposure assessment. Occup Environ Med 2009; 66: 664-671.
• Cardis E, Deltour I, Vrijheid M, Combalot E, Moissonnier M, Tardy H, Armstrong B, Giles G, Brown J, Siemiatycki J, Parent ME, Nadon L; Krewski D, McBride ML, Johansen C, Collatz Christensen H, Auvinen A, Kurttio P, Lahkola A, Salminen T, Hours M, Bernard M, Montestruq L, Schu¨z J, Berg-Beckhoff G, Schlehofer B, Blettner M, Sadetzki S, Chetrit A, Jarus-Hakak A, Lagorio S, Iavarone I, Takebayashi T, Yamaguchi N, Woodward A, Cook A, Pearce N, Tynes T, Blaasaas KG, Klaeboe L, Feychting M, Lo¨nn S, Ahlbom A, McKinney PA, Hepworth SJ, Muir KR, Swerdlow AJ, Schoemaker MJ. Brain tumour risk in relation to mobile telephone use: results of the INTERPHONE international case–control study. Int J Epidemiol. 2010; 39: 675-694.
• Cardis E and Sadetzki S. Indications of possible brain tumour risk in mobile phone studies – should we be concerned? Occup Environ Med 2011; 68: 169-71.
• Sagi OI, Sadetzki S. Determining health policy for sensible mobile phone use – current world status. Harefuah 2011; 150: 216-221.
• Cardis E, Armstrong BK, Bowman JD, Giles GG, Hours M, Krewski D, McBride M, Parent M-E, Sadetzki S, Woodward A, Brown J, Chetrit A, Figuerola J, Hoffman C, Jarus Hakak A, Montestruq L, Nadon L, Richardson L, Villegas R, Verijheid M. Risk of brain tumours in relation to estimated RF dose from mobile phones: results from five Interphone countries. Occup Environ Med 2011; 68: 631-640.
• Cardis E, Armstrong BK, Bowman JD, Giles GG, Hours M, Krewski D, McBride M, Parent M-E, Sadetzki S, Woodward A, Brown J, Chetrit A, Figuerola J, Hoffman C, Jarus Hakak A, Montestruq L, Nadon L, Richardson L, Villegas R, Verijheid M. Risk of brain tumours in relation to estimated RF dose from mobile phones: results from five Interphone countries. Occup Environ Med 2011; 68: 631-640.
• Sadetzki S, Langer CE, Bruchim R, Kundi M, Merletti F, Vermeulen R, Kromhout H, Lee AK, Maslanyj M, Sim MR, Taki M, Wiart J, Armstrong B, Milne E, Benke G, Schattner R, Hutter HP, Woehrer A, Krewski D, Mohipp C, Momoli F, Ritvo P, Spinelli J, Lacour B, Delmas D, Remen T, Radon K, Weinmann T, Klostermann S, Heinrich S, Petridou E, Bouka E, Panagopoulou P, Dikshit R, Nagrani R, Even-Nir H, Chetrit A, Maule M, Migliore E, Filippini G, Miligi L, Mattioli S, Yamaguchi N, Kojimahara N, Ha M, Choi KH, Mannetje A, Eng A, Woodward A, Carretero G, Alguacil J, Aragones N, Suare-Varela MM, Goedhart G, Schouten-van Meeteren AA, Reedijk AA, Cardis E. The MOBI-Kids Study Protocol: challenges in assessing childhood and adolescent exposure to electromagnetic fields from wireless telecommunication technologies and possible association with brain tumor risk. Front Public Health 2014 Sep 23; 2: 124.
• Vila J, Bowman JD, Richardson L, Kincl L, Conover DL, McLean D, Mann S, Vecchia P, van Tongeren M, Cardis E, on behalf of the INTEROCC Study Group. A source-based measurement database for occupational exposure assessment of electromagnetic fields in the INTEROCC study: A literature review approach. Ann Occup Hyg 2016; 60: 184-204.

Dr. SHAIELA KANDEL, Ph.D

Dr. Kandel holds a B.Sc. in Biology from the Tel Aviv University, a M.Sc. in Environmental Science from Rochester University, New York, and a Ph.D. in Public Policy from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.  Her expertise is radiation safety and regulation of non-ionizing radiation. She is a member of a number of teams formulating recommendations in Israel and abroad on environmental health risk management and regulation, and non-ionizing radiation safety. Dr. Kandel serves as consultant to the International EMF project of the World Health Organization regarding world-wide policy for RF and ELF. Dr. Kandel was in charge of health and environment in the field of radiation safety at the Soreq Nuclear Research Center, and served as the regulator on this issue for the Ministry of Environmental Protection.  Dr. Kandel is a member of a number of professional Israeli and international organizations.

Main research areas

• Regulation in environmental health, under scientific uncertainty.
• Radiation safety.
• The policy-making processes of non-ionizing radiation in the world, comparable studies.
• Cost-benefit assessments of policy making.
• Use of the precautionary principle in policy making of non-ionizing radiation.
• Evaluating possible associations between children's exposure to power frequency electromagnetic fields and morbidity.
• Public and environmental exposure assessments to non-ionizing radiation for radiofrequency and power frequency electromagnetic fields.
• Risk perception and communication of environmental health risks specifically in the field of non-ionizing radiation.

Publications in this field

• Case Study: Mobile Phones, Power Lines and Emerging Technologies, Kheifets L. Swanson J. and Kandel S. International Risk Governance Council (IRCG), Risk Governance Deficits, 2008.
• Risk Governance for Mobile Phones, Power Lines and Emerging Technologies, Kheifets L. Swanson J. and Kandel S., Risk Analysis, Vol. 30, No. 10, 2010. Received the best paper award for 2010.
• Exposure to Magnetic Fields from Internal Transformer Stations (ITSs) In Israel - Station Characterization and Parameter, Hareuveny R. and Kandel S. Soreq NRC Report 4204 January 2011. (English version).
• Exposure to 50Hz magnetic fields in apartment buildings with indoor transformer stations in Israel, Hareuveny R., Kandel S., Yitzhak N., M, Kheifets L. and Mezei G., Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology (2010), pp. 1–7.
• Time dependence of 50 HZ magnetic fields in apartment buildings with indoor transformer stations. Yitzhak N.M, Hareuveny R., Kandel S. and Ruppin R. Radiation Protection Dosimetry (2011), pp. 1–5
• Rapporteur’s Report On Session 5: Risk Management & Prevention, Kandel S. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology 107 (2011), pp. 477-482.
• Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance attributed to electromagnetic fields (IEI-EMF) or ‘electromagnetic hypersensitivity’. Duerrenberger G., Hillert L., Kandel S., Oftedal G.,
• Rubin G. J., van Rongen E., Vogel E. Factsheet COST Action BM-0704 “Emerging EMF Technologies: Health Risk Management”, May 2013
• Magnetic Field Measurements Near Stand Alone Transformer Stations. Kandel S, Hareuveny R, Yitzhak N.M. and Ruppin R., Radiation Protection Dosimetry (2013), pp. 1–4
• Supporting Non-Experts in judging the credibility of risk assessments (CORA) Wiedemann P.M., Boerner F., Dürrenberger G., Estenberg J., Kandel S., van Rongen E., Vogel E. Science of the Total Environment 463–464 (2013) 624–630 Shaiela Kandel, April 2016 4
• Health-economics analyses applied to ELF electric and magnetic fields. Kandel S., Swanson J., Kheifets L. Risk Analysis. Early view published online, Jan 2016.

Publications in Hebrew

• Radiation from Mobile Phones - A Comprehensive Fact Sheet and FAQs, Hareuveny R., Kandel S., Eliyahu I., and Margaliot M. November 2001 (in Hebrew)
• A Proposal for "Exemption" and "Sample Licensing" Procedures for the Licensing Process of Broadcasting Facilities by the Ministry of Environmental Protection. Hareuveny R., Kandel S. Soreq NRC Report-3122, May 2001 (in Hebrew)
• An Expert Report as to the Compliance of the "Twinky" Mobile Phone with the Israeli Radiation Safety Requirements. Hareuveny R., Kandel S. Soreq NRC Technical Report 2003-06, March 2003 (in Hebrew)
• The RF Spectrum in Israel - General Structure and Major Transmitting Sources. Kandel S., and Hareuveny R. Soreq NRC Report-3394, November 2003 (in Hebrew)
• Exposure to Magnetic Fields from Internal Transformer Stations (ITSs) In Israel - Station Characterization and Parameter Analysis. Hareuveny R., Kandel S. Soreq NRC Report 4204 January 2011. (Hebrew version March 2009

Dr. ILAN ELIYAHU, Ph.D (Nuclear Engineering)

The Soreq Nuclear Research Center

Chief Fields of Research

The biological effects of electromagnetic fields, especially exposure to mobile phones; radiation measurements and assessment of exposure; consultation and training; development of dosimetric methods; epidemiology, etc.

Publications in this Field

• Eliyahu I, Luria R, Hareuveny R, Margaliot M, Meiran N, Shani G. Effects of Radiofrequency Radiation Emitted By Cellular Telephones on the Cognitive Functions of Humans. Bioelectromagnetics. 2006; 27:119-126
• Luria R, Eliyahu I, Hareuveny R, Margaliot M, Meiran N. Cognitive Effects of Radiation Emitted by Cellular Phones – The Influence of Exposure Side and Time. Bioelectromagnetics. 2009; 30:198-204
• Hareuveny R, Eliyahu I, Luria R, Meiran N, Margaliot M. Cognitive Effects of Cellular Phones: A Possible Role of Non-Radiofrequency Radiation Factors (Brief Communication). Bioelectromagnetics. 2011; 32:585-588