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Human Fibroblasts and 900 MHz Radiofrequency Radiation: Evaluation of DNA Damage after Exposure and Co-exposure to 3-Chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-Hydroxy-2(5h)-furanone (MX).
Sannino A, Di Costanzo G, Brescia F, Sarti M, Zeni O, Juutilainen J, Scarfì MR · 2009
View Original AbstractCell phone-level RF radiation showed no DNA damage in human cells, even in genetically vulnerable individuals.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed human skin cells to 900 MHz radiofrequency radiation (the same frequency used by GSM cell phones) for 24 hours at power levels similar to phone use. They found no DNA damage from the RF radiation alone, and the radiation did not make cells more vulnerable to damage from a known cancer-causing chemical. This suggests that cell phone-level RF exposure may not directly break DNA strands in human cells.
Study Details
The aim of this study was to investigate DNA damage in human dermal fibroblasts from a healthy subject and from a subject affected by Turner's syndrome that were exposed for 24 h to radiofrequency (RF) radiation at 900 MHz.
The RF-radiation exposure was carried out alone or in combination with 3-chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5...
The results revealed no genotoxic and cytotoxic effects from RF radiation alone in either cell line....
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@article{a_2009_human_fibroblasts_and_900_3362,
author = {Sannino A and Di Costanzo G and Brescia F and Sarti M and Zeni O and Juutilainen J and Scarfì MR},
title = {Human Fibroblasts and 900 MHz Radiofrequency Radiation: Evaluation of DNA Damage after Exposure and Co-exposure to 3-Chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-Hydroxy-2(5h)-furanone (MX).},
year = {2009},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19580481/},
}