Note: This study found no significant biological effects under its experimental conditions. We include all studies for scientific completeness.
Effect of in utero wi-fi exposure on the pre- and postnatal development of rats.
Poulletier de Gannes F, Haro E, Hurtier A, Taxile M, Athane A, Ait-Aissa S, Masuda H, Percherncier Y, Ruffié G, Billaudel B, Dufour P, Veyret B, Lagroye I. · 2012
View Original AbstractWi-Fi exposure during rat pregnancy showed no birth defects at levels far exceeding typical home exposure.
Plain English Summary
French researchers exposed pregnant rats to Wi-Fi signals (2.45 GHz) for 2 hours daily during pregnancy to test whether this radiation could harm developing babies. They found no birth defects, developmental problems, or other harmful effects in the rat pups, even at the highest exposure level tested (4 W/kg). This study suggests that Wi-Fi exposure during pregnancy may not cause developmental harm at levels tested.
Study Details
The increase in exposure to the Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) wireless communication signal has raised public health concerns especially for young people. Animal studies looking at the effects of early life and prenatal exposure to this source of electromagnetic fields, in the radiofrequency (RF) range, on development and behavior have been considered as high priority research needs by the World Health Organization.
For the first time, our study assessed the effects of in utero exposure to a 2450 MHz Wi-Fi signal (...
For all test conditions, no abnormalities were noted in the pregnant rats and no significant signs o...
In the present study, no teratogenic effect of repeated exposures to the Wi-Fi wireless communication signal was demonstrated even at the highest level of 4 W/kg. The results from this screening study aimed at investigating Wi-Fi effects, strengthen the previous conclusions that teratology and development studies have not detected any noxious effects of exposures to mobile telephony-related RF fields at exposure levels below standard limits.
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@article{f_2012_effect_of_in_utero_3309,
author = {Poulletier de Gannes F and Haro E and Hurtier A and Taxile M and Athane A and Ait-Aissa S and Masuda H and Percherncier Y and Ruffié G and Billaudel B and Dufour P and Veyret B and Lagroye I.},
title = {Effect of in utero wi-fi exposure on the pre- and postnatal development of rats.},
year = {2012},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22311618/},
}