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Chronic, low-level (1.0 W/kg) exposure of mice prone to mammary cancer to 2450 MHz microwaves.
Frei, MR, Jauchem, JR, Dusch, SJ, Merritt ,JH, Berger, RE, Stedham, MA, · 1998
View Original AbstractLong-term microwave exposure at 1.0 W/kg showed no increase in breast cancer rates in cancer-prone mice.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed 100 mice genetically prone to breast cancer to microwave radiation at 2450 MHz (the same frequency used in microwave ovens and early WiFi) for 78 weeks, 20 hours per day. They found no difference in cancer rates between exposed mice (38%) and unexposed mice (30%), and no difference in how quickly tumors developed or grew. This suggests that chronic exposure to this specific level of microwave radiation did not increase breast cancer risk in these cancer-prone animals.
Study Details
The aim of this study is to investigate Chronic, low-level (1.0 W/kg) exposure of mice prone to mammary cancer to 2450 MHz microwaves
In the current study, the specific absorption rate (SAR) was increased from 0.3 W/kg to 1.0 W/kg. Th...
There was no significant difference between exposed and sham-exposed groups with respect to the inci...
Thus long-term exposures of mice prone to mammary tumors to 2450 MHz RF radiation at SARs of 0.3 and 1.0 W/kg had no significant effects when compared to sham-irradiated animals.
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@article{frei_1998_chronic_lowlevel_10_wkg_3026,
author = {Frei and MR and Jauchem and JR and Dusch and SJ and Merritt andJH and Berger and RE and Stedham and MA and},
title = {Chronic, low-level (1.0 W/kg) exposure of mice prone to mammary cancer to 2450 MHz microwaves.},
year = {1998},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9806599/},
}