Effects of GSM-like radiofrequency irradiation during the oogenesis and spermiogenesis of Xenopus laevis.
Boga A, Emre M, Sertdemir Y, Uncu İ, Binokay S, Demirhan O. · 2016
View Original AbstractExposing adult Xenopus laevis frogs to 900 MHz RF-EMR during egg or sperm development led to higher rates of abnormal and dead embryos compared with controls.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed adult Xenopus laevis frogs to GSM-like radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation at 900 MHz for 8 hours a day over a 5-week period, then measured effects on the embryos produced from different combinations of exposed and unexposed parents. In the control group, 2.2% of embryos were abnormal and none were dead; when only males were exposed, embryo abnormality rose to 3.3% and dead embryos rose to 8.3%. When only females were exposed, abnormal and dead embryo rates each reached 11.7%; when both parents were exposed, dead embryos reached 15% and abnormal embryos reached 11.7%. Offspring of RF-exposed females also showed more aggressive behavior compared with the control group.
Why This Matters
Each exposed combination showed statistically significant differences from controls in embryo outcomes (p<0.001). Body growth in the embryos was largely unaffected except in the group where both parents were exposed. The researchers assessed teratogenic effects, mortality, body growth, and behavior in first-generation embryos.
Exposure Details
- SAR
- 1 W/kg
- Source/Device
- 900 MHz
- Exposure Duration
- 8 h a day over a 5-week period
Exposure Context
This study used 1 W/kg for SAR (device absorption):
- 2.5x above the Building Biology guideline of 0.4 W/kg
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Where This Falls on the Concern Scale
Study Details
We aimed to evaluate the effect of GSM-like radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation (RF-EMR) on the oogenesis, and spermiogenesis of Xenopus laevis, and so the development of the embryos obtained from Normal Females+Normal Males (i.e. “N(F)+N(M)”); Normal Females+RF-exposed Males (i.e. “N(F)+RF(M)”); RF-exposed Female+Normal Male (i.e. “RF(F)+N(M)”); and RF-exposed Female+RF-exposed Male (i.e. “RF(F)+RF(M)”.
Various, assessments were performed to determine potential teratogenic effects and mortality, body g...
In our present study (control group; 2.2% abnormal, 0.0% dead); with the N(F)+RF(M) combination, the...
Show BibTeX
@article{a_2016_effects_of_gsmlike_radiofrequency_867,
author = {Boga A and Emre M and Sertdemir Y and Uncu İ and Binokay S and Demirhan O.},
title = {Effects of GSM-like radiofrequency irradiation during the oogenesis and spermiogenesis of Xenopus laevis.},
year = {2016},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0147651316300756},
}