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Prenatal exposure to radiofrequencies: Effects of WiFi signals on thymocyte development and peripheral T cell compartment in an animal model.
Laudisi F, Sambucci M, Nasta F, Pinto R, Lodato R, Altavista P, Lovisolo GA, Marino C, Pioli C. · 2012
View Original AbstractThis study found no immune system effects from high-level prenatal WiFi exposure in mice, but doesn't address other developmental concerns.
Plain English Summary
Italian researchers exposed pregnant mice to WiFi signals (2.45 GHz) at high levels for 2 hours daily throughout pregnancy to study effects on their offspring's immune system development. They found no detrimental effects on T cell development, immune cell counts, or immune function in the offspring at either 5 weeks or 26 weeks of age. This suggests that prenatal WiFi exposure may not harm developing immune systems, though the study used exposure levels much higher than typical human exposure.
Study Details
We examined the effects of prenatal (in utero) exposure to wireless fidelity (WiFi) signal-associated electromagnetic fields (2450 MHz center-frequency band) on T cell development and function.
Pregnant mice were exposed whole body to a specific absorption rate of 4 W/kg, 2 h per day, starting...
No effects on cell count, phenotype, and proliferation of thymocytes were observed. Also, spleen cel...
In conclusion, our results do not support the hypothesis that the exposure to WiFi signals during prenatal life results in detrimental effects on the immune T cell compartment.
Show BibTeX
@article{f_2012_prenatal_exposure_to_radiofrequencies_3182,
author = {Laudisi F and Sambucci M and Nasta F and Pinto R and Lodato R and Altavista P and Lovisolo GA and Marino C and Pioli C.},
title = {Prenatal exposure to radiofrequencies: Effects of WiFi signals on thymocyte development and peripheral T cell compartment in an animal model.},
year = {2012},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22556007/},
}