Survival Assessment of Mouse Preimplantation Embryos After Exposure to Cell Phone Radiation
Safian F, Khalili MA, Khoradmehr A, Anbari F, Soltani S, Halvaei I. · 2016
View Original AbstractCell phone radiation reduced embryo cell viability in mice, suggesting reproductive effects even when development appears normal.
Plain English Summary
Iranian researchers exposed mouse embryos to cell phone radiation (900-1800 MHz) for 30 minutes daily during their first four days of development. While the embryos still developed normally to the blastocyst stage, they showed significantly higher cell death rates and reduced cell viability compared to unexposed embryos. This suggests that cell phone radiation may damage developing embryos even when overall development appears normal.
Why This Matters
This study adds to mounting evidence that radiofrequency radiation affects reproduction at the cellular level, even at early developmental stages. The researchers used frequencies identical to those emitted by 2G and 3G cell phones, making these findings directly relevant to human exposure. What makes this research particularly concerning is that the damage occurred during a critical window of embryonic development when cells are rapidly dividing and most vulnerable to environmental stressors. The fact that overall development appeared normal while cell viability was compromised suggests that EMF effects on reproduction may be more subtle and complex than previously understood. This aligns with other studies showing that cell phone radiation can affect sperm quality and fertility outcomes, building a case that our wireless devices may be impacting human reproductive health in ways we're only beginning to understand.
Exposure Information
Specific exposure levels were not quantified in this study. The study examined exposure from: 900–1800 MHz Duration: 30 min/day
Study Details
Using cellular phone has rapidly increased all over the world. Also, the concern on the possible health hazards of electromagnetic fields (EMF) induced from cell phones to reproduction has been growing in many countries. The aim of this study was to assess the consequences and effects of exposure to the cell phone radiation on the quality and survival rates of preimplantation embryos in mice.
A total of 40 mice (20 females and 20 males), 6 weeks old and sexually mature BALB/c, were used for ...
The rate of embryo survival to the blastocysts stage was similar in both groups. However, the percen...
The normal embryonic development up to the blastocyst stage indicates that EMF-exposure commonly did not have adverse effect on embryo development in mice. But, it caused loss of blastocysts cell viability.
Show BibTeX
@article{f_2016_survival_assessment_of_mouse_2550,
author = {Safian F and Khalili MA and Khoradmehr A and Anbari F and Soltani S and Halvaei I.},
title = {Survival Assessment of Mouse Preimplantation Embryos After Exposure to Cell Phone Radiation},
year = {2016},
url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4947200/},
}