AFP, 14 July 2010: "A court-ordered study has found that electromagnetic waves beamed by Vatican Radio leave residents living near the station's antennas at a higher risk of cancer, Italian media said Wednesday. ... The Vatican spokesman said the Holy See would soon publish its own experts' conclusion in the case."

BBC News, 14 July 2010, David Willey: "There is a 'coherent and significant connection' between radiation from Vatican Radio aerials and childhood cancer, researchers have said. The Italian experts looked at high numbers of tumours and leukaemia in children who live close to Vatican Radio transmitters. The 60 antennas stand in villages and towns near Rome. The Vatican said it was astonished and would present contrary views to a court in Rome. ... Some 60 huge steel aerials were erected on farmland owned by the Vatican during the last century. They transmit Vatican Radio programmes around the world on medium and short wave. However, the technology is now largely obsolete, as Catholic radio stations in many countries rebroadcast Vatican Radio shows after picking them up on the Internet."

-- And in many countries, local stations do not rebroadcast Vatican Radio programs.

Radio Business Report, 14 July 2010: "The radio's director, Federico Lombardi [said], 'Vatican Radio has always observed international directives on electromagnetic emissions and since 2001 has observed more restrictive norms set by Italy to allay the concerns of the neighboring populations.' Speaking on Vatican Radio, he said: 'According to international scientific literature on the matter, the existence of a causal link like the one apparently hypothesized by the report had never been established.'"