French Health Agency Finds No Evidence Linking Radiofrequencies to Cancer
Paris,France – november 26,2025 - France’s National Agency for Food,Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES) announced today that a comprehensive review of scientific literature has found no established link between exposure to radiofrequencies – from sources like mobile phones and transmission infrastructure – and the progress of cancerous pathologies. The findings update the agency’s previous work following a 2011 classification by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) labeling radiofrequencies as a ”possible carcinogen.”
The report, compiled by a panel of fifteen experts, assessed available studies across three key areas: biological mechanisms, animal studies, and epidemiological studies in humans. ANSES modeled its approach on that of the IARC, meticulously evaluating the accumulated data since the initial 2011 assessment.
Despite widespread public concern – fueled by near-universal exposure, with mobile phone use reaching 98% of the population over 12 years old – the agency concluded that current evidence does not support a causal relationship, even in scenarios involving prolonged and close-proximity exposure, such as typical mobile phone usage.
“The search for health effects of radiofrequencies remains for us a major public health question because the entire population or almost all is exposed,” explained Olivier Merckel, head of the physical Agents and New Technologies unit at ANSES. “In particular through the use of mobile telephones… but also through transmitting infrastructures, the number of which is regularly increasing.”
The ANSES report represents a critically important contribution to the ongoing global debate surrounding the potential health impacts of radiofrequency radiation and provides updated guidance for public health policy.
