Microwave News reports on the health and environmental impacts of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and other types of non-ionizing radiation

Non-ionizing radiation

Non-ionizing radiation refers to any type of electromagnetic radiation that does not carry enough energy per quantum to ionize atoms or molecules—that is, to completely remove an electron from an atom or molecule...

, with special emphasis on cell phones and power lines. It also covers radar, radio and TV broadcast towers and many related topics.

The first print issue was published in January 1981. In June 2003, the publication converted to a Web-based format. Microwave News is independent and is not aligned with any industry or government agency.

A complete archive of the print issues is available in PDF format at no charge from the Microwave News Web site. PDFs of the Web editions may also be downloaded.

A 1990 Time magazine

Time (magazine)

Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...

 profile of Microwave News and its editor, Louis Slesin, said that the newsletter is "meticulously researched and thoroughly documented."

In his 2000 book Voodoo Science

Voodoo science

Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud is a book published in 2000 by physics professor Robert L. Park,critical of research that falls short of adhering to the scientific method. Other authors have used the term "voodoo science", but it remains most closely associated with Park...

, Robert L. Park

Robert L. Park

Robert Lee Park , also known as Bob Park, is an emeritus professor of physics at the University of Maryland, College Park and a former Director of Public Information at the Washington office of the American Physical Society...

 described Microwave News as "an influential newsletter devoted entirely to the EMF-health issue" (Page 141) but stated "Paul Brodeur

Paul Brodeur

Paul Brodeur is an investigative science writer and author, whose writings have appeared in The New Yorker, where he began as a staff writer in 1958. He lives in Cape Cod. For nearly two decades he researched and wrote about the health hazards of asbestos...

and Microwave News in particular, had given the public a seriously distorted view of the scientific facts." (Page 158)