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Tumor promotion by exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields below exposure limits for humans.

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Lerchl A, Klose M, Grote K, Wilhelm AF, Spathmann O, Fiedler T, Streckert J, Hansen V, Clemens M. · 2015

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Exposed animals had significantly more lung and liver tumors and lymphomas than controls, but no clear dose-response effect was found.

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Exposed animals had significantly more lung and liver tumors than sham-exposed controls. Lymphomas were also significantly elevated in exposed animals. No clear dose-response effect was observed.

Why This Matters

The study aimed to investigate tumor promotion by radiofrequency electromagnetic fields below human exposure limits. The researchers confirmed and extended earlier findings from a pilot study with carcinogen-treated mice. They hypothesized that metabolic changes due to exposure may cause the tumor-promoting effects. Many tumor-promoting effects occurred at low to moderate exposure levels well below mobile phone user limits. The findings may help explain increased brain tumor incidences in heavy mobile phone users. Most previous in vitro and in vivo studies did not find cancerogenic effects of RF-EMF.

Exposure Details

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0, 0.04, 0.4 and 2 W/kg

Where This Falls on the Concern Scale

Study Exposure Level in ContextStudy Exposure Level in ContextExtreme Concern - 0.1 W/kgFCC Limit - 1.6 W/kg

Study Details

The aim of this study is to investigate Tumor promotion by exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields below exposure limits for humans.

We have performed a replication study using higher numbers of animals per group and including two ad...

We could confirm and extend the originally reported findings. Numbers of tumors of the lungs and liv...

Our findings may help to understand the repeatedly reported increased incidences of brain tumors in heavy users of mobile phones.

Cite This Study
Lerchl A, Klose M, Grote K, Wilhelm AF, Spathmann O, Fiedler T, Streckert J, Hansen V, Clemens M. (2015). Tumor promotion by exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields below exposure limits for humans. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2015 Mar 6. pii: S0006-291X(15)00398-8. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.02.151.
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@article{a_2015_tumor_promotion_by_exposure_1147,
  author = {Lerchl A and Klose M and Grote K and Wilhelm AF and Spathmann O and Fiedler T and Streckert J and Hansen V and Clemens M.},
  title = {Tumor promotion by exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields below exposure limits for humans.},
  year = {2015},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25749340/},
}
PubMed: 25749340

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The study aimed to investigate tumor promotion by radiofrequency electromagnetic fields below exposure limits for humans.
Exposed animals had significantly more lung and liver tumors and lymphomas than controls.
No clear dose-response effect was found.
They hypothesized that tumor-promoting effects may be caused by metabolic changes due to exposure.