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Genotoxic effects of exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) in cultured mammalian cells are not independently reproducible.
Speit G, Schütz P, Hoffmann H. · 2007
View Original AbstractThis study found no DNA damage from cell phone-level RF radiation, contradicting earlier research and highlighting inconsistent results in EMF genotoxicity studies.
Plain English Summary
German researchers exposed mammalian cells to radiofrequency radiation at cell phone levels (1800 MHz, SAR 2 W/kg) to test whether RF exposure causes DNA damage. Using two different cell lines and multiple DNA damage tests, they found no genetic damage from the radiation exposure. This study contradicted earlier findings from the REFLEX project that had reported DNA damage from similar RF exposures.
Study Details
The aim of this study is to observe Genotoxic effects of exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) in cultured mammalian cells are not independently reproducible.
We therefore exposed ES1 cells to RF-EMF (1800 MHz; SAR 2 W/kg, continuous wave with intermittent ex...
For both tests, clearly negative results were obtained in independently repeated experiments. We als...
The reasons for the difference between the results reported by the REFLEX project and our experiments remain unclear.
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@article{g_2007_genotoxic_effects_of_exposure_2929,
author = {Speit G and Schütz P and Hoffmann H.},
title = {Genotoxic effects of exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) in cultured mammalian cells are not independently reproducible.},
year = {2007},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1383571806002816},
}