Note: This study found no significant biological effects under its experimental conditions. We include all studies for scientific completeness.
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 AbstractIndependently repeated experiments found no genotoxic effect in the comet assay or micronucleus test.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed ES1 cells to 1800 MHz RF-EMF at 2 W/kg SAR with intermittent exposure and tested for DNA damage using the alkaline comet assay and micronucleus test. They also tested V79 Chinese hamster cells and found no genotoxic effect in either assay. Quality control measures were used to rule out test performance issues, exposure failure, or evaluation bias.
Why This Matters
The aim of the study was to observe that genotoxic effects of exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) in cultured mammalian cells are not independently reproducible. The authors noted that reasons for the difference between their results and those reported by the REFLEX project remain unclear.
Exposure Details
- SAR
- 2 W/kg
- Source/Device
- 1800 MHz
Exposure Context
This study used 2 W/kg for SAR (device absorption):
- 5x above the Building Biology guideline of 0.4 W/kg
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Where This Falls on the Concern Scale
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.
Show BibTeX
@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},
}