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No effects of GSM-modulated 900 MHz electromagnetic fields on survival rate and spontaneous development of lymphoma in female AKR/J mice.
Sommer AM, Streckert J, Bitz AK, Hansen VW, Lerchl A · 2004
View Original AbstractLifelong cell phone-level radiation exposure didn't increase lymphoma rates in genetically susceptible mice, challenging direct RF-cancer promotion theories.
Plain English Summary
German researchers exposed 320 female mice genetically programmed to develop lymphoma to cell phone-level radiation (900 MHz) 24 hours a day for their entire lives. Despite this intense exposure at levels similar to heavy cell phone use, the radiation did not increase cancer rates or affect survival compared to unexposed mice. The study suggests that radiofrequency radiation may not promote lymphoma development, even in animals already predisposed to this cancer.
Study Details
Several reports indicated that non-thermal electromagnetic radiation such as from mobile phones and base stations may promote cancer. Therefore, it was investigated experimentally, whether 900 MHz electromagnetic field exposure influences lymphoma development in a mouse strain that is genetically predisposed to this disease. The AKR/J mice genome carries the AK-virus, which leads within one year to spontaneous development of thymic lymphoblastic lymphoma.
320 unrestrained female mice were sham-exposed or exposed (each n = 160 animals) to GSM like 900 MHz...
Electromagnetic field exposure had a significant effect on body weight gain, with higher values in e...
These data do not support the hypothesis that exposure to 900 MHz electromagnetic fields is a significant risk factor for developing lymphoma in a genetically predisposed species, even at a relatively high exposure level.
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@article{am_2004_no_effects_of_gsmmodulated_3410,
author = {Sommer AM and Streckert J and Bitz AK and Hansen VW and Lerchl A},
title = {No effects of GSM-modulated 900 MHz electromagnetic fields on survival rate and spontaneous development of lymphoma in female AKR/J mice.},
year = {2004},
doi = {10.1186/1471-2407-4-77},
url = {https://bmccancer.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2407-4-77},
}