Note: This study found no significant biological effects under its experimental conditions. We include all studies for scientific completeness.
EFFECT OF DISCONTINUOUS MICROWAVES EXPOSURE (2.45 GHz) ON ESCHERICHIA COLI MEMBRANE: INVESTIGATIONS ON THERMAL VERSUS NON THERMAL EFFECTS.
Rougier C, Prorot A, Chazal P, Leveque P, Leprat P · 2014
View Original AbstractMicrowave radiation damaged bacterial cell membranes even at controlled temperatures, suggesting EMF effects beyond heating alone.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed E. coli bacteria to 2.45 GHz microwave radiation (the same frequency used in microwave ovens and WiFi) at various power levels while keeping the temperature constant at body temperature. They found that higher power levels (400-2000 watts) caused slight damage to bacterial cell membranes, even though the temperature wasn't hot enough to explain this damage through heating alone. This suggests microwave radiation may have biological effects beyond just heating.
Study Details
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects on the cell membranes of Escherichia coli of 2.45 GHz - microwave (MW) treatment under various conditions with an average temperature of the cell suspension maintained at 37°C in order to examine the possible thermal versus non thermal effects of short duration MW exposure.
To this purpose, microwave irradiation of bacteria was performed under carefully defined and control...
No effect was detected when bacteria were exposed to conventional heating or 200 W, whereas cell mem...
Show BibTeX
@article{c_2014_effect_of_discontinuous_microwaves_3339,
author = {Rougier C and Prorot A and Chazal P and Leveque P and Leprat P},
title = {EFFECT OF DISCONTINUOUS MICROWAVES EXPOSURE (2.45 GHz) ON ESCHERICHIA COLI MEMBRANE: INVESTIGATIONS ON THERMAL VERSUS NON THERMAL EFFECTS.},
year = {2014},
url = {https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262928987_EFFECT_OF_DISCONTINUOUS_MICROWAVES_EXPOSURE_245_GHz_ON_ESCHERICHIA_COLI_MEMBRANE_INVESTIGATIONS_ON_THERMAL_VERSUS_NON_THERMAL_EFFECTS},
}