Chou CK, McDougall JA, Can KW · 1995
Researchers tested the possibility of tissue heating from an auditory brainstem implant and a modified cochlear implant during MRI using a full-sized human phantom with simulated skull, brain, and muscle. Thermograms were taken before and after a 26-minute MRI scan with 94 excitations and 25 ms echo time set to induce maximum radiofrequency heating. Results showed no observable heating associated with either implant during worst-case MRI of the head.
Sherry CJ, Blick DW, Walters TJ, Brown GC, Murphy MR · 1995
Researchers examined the effect of acute ultrawideband electromagnetic radiation exposure on monkeys performing a Primate Equilibrium Platform task. The exposure had no effect on task performance when tested immediately after exposure. Each monkey was exposed twice for 2 minutes at a pulse repetition rate of 60 Hz with a peak electric field strength of 250 kV/m.
Grigor'ev IuG, Luk'ianova SN, Makarov VP, Rynskov VV · 1995
Researchers exposed thirty rabbits to thirty-minute microwave irradiation at 1.5 GHz with a pulse intensity of 0.3 mW/cm2 and tested several pulsed modes. A reliable effect was detected only in the hippocampus, shown as an amplification of theta-range activity within normal functioning. The total bioelectrical activity of the cortex, caudate nucleus, hypothalamus, amygdala, and septum was not reliably changed.
Dutta SK, Verma M, Blackman CF · 1994
Researchers exposed Escherichia coli cultures to electric and magnetic fields and measured the activity of enolase, an enzyme being tested clinically for detection of neoplasia. Exposure to a 147 MHz carrier wave amplitude-modulated at 16 Hz enhanced enolase activity by 62%, while modulation at 60 Hz reduced it by 28%. Exposure to 16 Hz fields alone enhanced enolase activity by 59%, while 60 Hz fields alone reduced activity by 24%. Sham exposures and continuous-wave 147 MHz radiation showed no change in enolase activity.
Akoev IG, Mel'nikov VM, Usachev AV, Kozhokaru AF, · 1994
Researchers studied whether exposure to low-intensity radiofrequency radiation after a lethal dose of gamma-radiation could modify the resulting injury in mice. The radiofrequency exposure lasted up to 23 hours at an intensity of 5 plus or minus 1.5 microwatts per square centimeter, covering frequency ranges of 2-8, 8-18, and 19-27 GHz with a swing frequency of 12-14 Hz. A clearly pronounced modification of acute radiation injury was obtained when the radiofrequency exposure was applied immediately after the gamma-radiation.
Zhao Z, Zhang S, Wang S, Yao Z, Zho H, Tao S, Tao L · 1994
The study aimed to investigate exposure limits for ultra-short wave radiation in work environments. Eighteen male rabbits were divided into four groups; three groups were irradiated with ultra-short waves at 100 MHz at power densities of 35, 1.5-3.5, and 0.07 mW/cm2 for 3 hours per day, 5 days per week for 24 weeks. Thermal effects occurred at 35 mW/cm2 and the thermal threshold limit value was set at 1.5 mW/cm2. An epidemiological survey of 136 factory workers and TV operators exposed to 0.2 mW/cm2 for over one year was compared with 108 controls. The exposure limit value for short wave radiation was set at 0.2 mW/cm2 using 15- and 20-fold safety factors.
Litovitz TA, Krause D, Penafiel M, Elson EC, Mullins JM, · 1993
The study investigated the role of coherence time in the effect of microwaves on ornithine decarboxylase activity. Amplitude-modulated 915 MHz microwaves at SAR 2.5 W/kg modulated at 55, 60, or 65 Hz approximately doubled ornithine decarboxylase activity after 8 h, and switching modulation frequencies at coherence times of 1.0 s or less abolished the enhancement while times of 10 s or longer provided full enhancement.
Verma M, Dutta SK. · 1993
The study aimed to investigate microwave induced alteration in neuron specific enolase gene expression. Researchers exposed pNGE7 cells containing the neuron specific enolase gene to 915 MHz, 16 Hz AM radiation at SAR 0.05 mW/kg. Exposure resulted in elevation of neuron specific enolase, a diagnostic marker for neuron and lung cancer. Ion-exchange chromatography separated neuron specific enolase activity from non-neuronal enolase activity and showed altered expression of both.
Dutta SK, Das K, Ghosh B, Blackman CF · 1992
Researchers examined the impact of radiofrequency radiation exposure on acetylcholinesterase activity. Neuroblastoma cells (NG108) exposed for 30 minutes to 147-MHz radiation amplitude-modulated at 16 Hz demonstrated enhanced acetylcholinesterase activity. The authors concluded that radiofrequency radiation affects both calcium-ion release and acetylcholinesterase activity in nervous system-derived cells in culture in a common dose-dependent manner.
Conover DL et al. · 1992
Researchers measured foot currents in workers who stood at their normal operating positions near industrial dielectric heaters generating fields at frequencies from 6.5 to 65 MHz. Nearly 27 percent of the heaters induced foot currents exceeding the proposed 200-mA ANSI C95.1 limit, and 20 percent exceeded 350 mA. Specific absorption rates in ankles were calculated from foot currents and approximated 5 W/kg at 100 mA, 29 W/kg at 250 mA, and 57 W/kg at 350 mA, with a maximum of approximately 176 W/kg at 617 mA.
Veyret B et al. · 1991
French researchers exposed mice to low-power pulsed microwaves (similar to radar frequencies) for 10 hours daily over five days to test effects on immune system function. They found that simple pulsed signals had little effect, but when the signals included additional amplitude modulation, the mice showed significant changes in antibody production - some frequencies strengthened immune responses while others weakened them.
Garson OM, McRobert TL, Campbell LJ, Hocking BA, Gordon I. · 1991
Researchers studied chromosome damage in 38 radio-linemen exposed to radio-frequency radiation and 38 matched controls. They analyzed Two hundred metaphases per person, scored blind, and found the rate of aberrant cells was the same in both groups. There were no statistically significant differences in the types of chromosome aberrations.
Balcer-Kubiczek EK, Harrison GH. · 1991
Researchers exposed actively growing cultures of C3H/10T1/2 cells for 24 hours to 2.45-GHz microwaves pulse-modulated at 120 Hz. The electromagnetic fields alone had no effect on cell survival or induction of neoplastic transformation. When combined with the tumor promoter TPA, the enhancement of transformation was highly significant and ranged up to a level equivalent to that produced by 1.5 Gy of X rays. The frequency of neoplastic transformation was dependent on the level of electromagnetic exposure and was additive with doses of X rays given as a cocarcinogen.
Koveshnikov IV, Antipenko EN · 1991
Schwartz JL, House DE, Mealing GA · 1990
Unknown authors · 1987
Typical power densities near residences did not exceed 100 pW/cm², and the highest level along Cedar Lake Road was 580 pW/cm², below the FCC guideline of 1,000 pW/cm². Near the KYGO-FM tower base, a level of 10,000 pW/cm² was found, with exceedances over a large area in a residential zone accessible to the public.
Unknown authors · 1986
The EPA proposed four alternative approaches to limit public exposure to radiofrequency radiation. Three options are regulatory and would set whole-body average SAR limits of 0.04, 0.08, and 0.4 W/kg for frequencies above 3 MHz. For frequencies below 3 MHz, the regulatory options would limit electric field intensity to 87, 275, and 614 V/m and magnetic field intensity to 0.23, 0.73, and -1.63 A/m respectively. The fourth option is nonregulatory and would use information and technical assistance programs instead of adopting Federal Guidance.
Unknown authors · 1985
Thomas C. Rozzell · 1984
The article reports that West Germany published its first official human-exposure guidelines for electromagnetic fields, applicable to both workers and the general public. The German standard covers frequencies from 0.01 MHz to 3900 GHz, which is wider than the ANSI standard’s 0.1 MHz to 100 GHz range.
Przemyslaw Czerski, Mays L. Swicord · 1984
Eric J. Lerner · 1984
B.M. Savin et al. · 1983
Billy C.W. Nesmith · 1983
Unknown authors · 1982
Unknown authors · 1982