Changes in the dielectric properties of rat tissue as a function of age at microwave frequencies.
Peyman A, Rezazadeh AA, Gabriel C · 2001
View Original AbstractYoung tissue absorbs significantly more cell phone radiation than adult tissue, suggesting children face greater EMF exposure risks.
Plain English Summary
Researchers measured how different rat tissues absorb microwave radiation at various ages, from young to adult rats. They found that younger animals' tissues absorb significantly more radiation than older animals, particularly in brain, skull, and skin tissues. This suggests that children may absorb more EMF radiation from cell phones and other wireless devices than adults do.
Why This Matters
This research provides crucial evidence for what many parents intuitively understand: children are not just small adults when it comes to EMF exposure. The study demonstrates that tissue properties change dramatically with age, meaning young animals (and by extension, children) absorb more microwave radiation than adults. What makes this particularly significant is that these measurements were taken at cellular phone frequencies, the same radiation emitted by the devices children use daily. The science shows that a child's developing brain, with its higher water content and different tissue composition, acts like a more efficient antenna for wireless radiation. This isn't theoretical - it's measurable physics that regulatory agencies have largely ignored when setting exposure limits based on adult male models.
Exposure Information
Specific exposure levels were not quantified in this study. The study examined exposure from: 130 MHz to 10 GHz
Study Details
To investigate the changes in the dielectric properties of rat tissue as a function of age at microwave frequencies
The dielectric properties of ten rat tissues at six different ages were measured at 37 degrees C in ...
The results show a general decrease of the dielectric properties with age. The trend is more apparen...
Show BibTeX
@article{a_2001_changes_in_the_dielectric_2523,
author = {Peyman A and Rezazadeh AA and Gabriel C},
title = {Changes in the dielectric properties of rat tissue as a function of age at microwave frequencies.},
year = {2001},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11419623/},
}