A possible role for extra-cellular ATP in plant responses to high frequency, low amplitude electromagnetic field
Roux D, Faure C, Bonnet P, Girard S, Ledoigt G, Davies E, Gendraud M, Paladian F, Vian A. · 2008
View Original AbstractCell phone frequency radiation disrupted plant cellular energy by 27% in 30 minutes, showing EMF creates biological stress at the most basic level.
Plain English Summary
French researchers exposed tomato plants to 900 MHz radiofrequency radiation (similar to cell phone frequencies) and found that it rapidly disrupted the plants' cellular energy systems. Within just 30 minutes, the plants' ATP levels (their main energy currency) dropped by 27%, and their overall energy status declined by 18%. This suggests that even low-level EMF exposure can interfere with fundamental cellular processes that keep living organisms functioning properly.
Why This Matters
This plant study reveals something important about how EMF affects living cells at the most basic level. The researchers found that 900 MHz radiation - the same frequency used by GSM cell phones - disrupted cellular energy production in ways that mirror stress responses. What makes this particularly significant is that plants can't have psychosomatic responses or placebo effects. When plants show measurable biological changes from EMF exposure, we're seeing direct physical interactions with living tissue. The rapid 27% drop in ATP levels suggests that EMF exposure forces cells to work harder or disrupts their normal energy production pathways. While we can't directly extrapolate from tomatoes to humans, this adds to the growing body of evidence that EMF exposure creates measurable biological stress at the cellular level - the same fundamental processes that power all living things.
Exposure Information
Specific exposure levels were not quantified in this study.
Study Details
To investigate the possible role for extra-cellular ATP in plant responses to high frequency, low amplitude electromagnetic field
In parallel to evoking the accumulation of stress-related transcripts, exposure to low level 900 MHz...
Show BibTeX
@article{d_2008_a_possible_role_for_2545,
author = {Roux D and Faure C and Bonnet P and Girard S and Ledoigt G and Davies E and Gendraud M and Paladian F and Vian A. },
title = {A possible role for extra-cellular ATP in plant responses to high frequency, low amplitude electromagnetic field},
year = {2008},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19704572/},
}