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Rat fertility and embryo fetal development: influence of exposure to the Wi-Fi signal.
Poulletier de Gannes F, Billaudel B, Haro E, Taxile M, Le Montagner L, Hurtier A, Ait Aissa S, Masuda H, Percherancier Y, Ruffié G, Dufour P, Veyret B, Lagroye I · 2013
View Original AbstractRats showed no fertility problems from high-level Wi-Fi exposure, but human chronic low-level exposure patterns remain understudied.
Plain English Summary
French researchers exposed rats to Wi-Fi signals (2.45 GHz) for one hour daily during sexual maturation, mating, and pregnancy to test effects on fertility and fetal development. The study found no harmful effects on reproductive organs, fertility rates, or fetal abnormalities, even at high exposure levels of 4 watts per kilogram. This suggests Wi-Fi exposure at these levels may not significantly impact reproductive health in rats.
Study Details
We evaluated the effects of exposure to the 2450MHz Wi-Fi signal (1h/day, 6days/week) on the reproductive system of male and female Wistar rats, pre-exposed to Wi-Fi during sexual maturation.
Exposure lasted 3 weeks (males) or 2 weeks (females), then animals were mated and couples exposed fo...
In our experiment, no deleterious effects of Wi-Fi exposure on rat male and female reproductive orga...
Show BibTeX
@article{f_2013_rat_fertility_and_embryo_3310,
author = {Poulletier de Gannes F and Billaudel B and Haro E and Taxile M and Le Montagner L and Hurtier A and Ait Aissa S and Masuda H and Percherancier Y and Ruffié G and Dufour P and Veyret B and Lagroye I},
title = {Rat fertility and embryo fetal development: influence of exposure to the Wi-Fi signal.},
year = {2013},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23178895/},
}