The effect of radiofrequency radiation on DNA and lipid damage in female and male infant rabbits.
Güler G, Tomruk A, Ozgur E, Sahin D, Sepici A, Altan N, Seyhan N. · 2012
View Original AbstractCell phone-level radiation caused DNA and cellular damage in developing rabbits, highlighting potential risks during critical growth periods.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed infant rabbits to cell phone-type radiation (1800 MHz) either before birth, after birth, or both, then measured cellular damage in their livers. They found that this radiation increased both DNA damage and lipid damage (cellular breakdown) in the young animals. The study suggests that developing organisms may be particularly vulnerable to radiofrequency radiation from wireless devices.
Why This Matters
This research adds to growing evidence that developing organisms face heightened risks from radiofrequency radiation. The 1.8 W/kg exposure level used here falls within the range of typical cell phone use, making these findings directly relevant to human exposure scenarios. What makes this study particularly significant is its focus on developmental stages - examining both prenatal and early postnatal exposure windows when cellular growth and differentiation are most active. The finding that female rabbits showed more DNA damage than males also aligns with other research suggesting sex-specific vulnerabilities to EMF exposure. While we can't directly extrapolate animal studies to humans, this research reinforces concerns about wireless device exposure during pregnancy and early childhood, periods when protective measures may be most critical.
Exposure Details
- SAR
- 1.8 W/kg
- Source/Device
- 1800 MHz
- Exposure Duration
- continuous for 15 min/day on 7 days (female) or 14 days (male)
Exposure Context
This study used 1.8 W/kg for SAR (device absorption):
- 4.5x above the Building Biology guideline of 0.4 W/kg
Building Biology guidelines are practitioner-based limits from real-world assessments. BioInitiative Report recommendations are based on peer-reviewed science. Check Your Exposure to compare your own measurements.
Where This Falls on the Concern Scale
Study Details
We aimed to design a prolonged radiofrequency (RF) radiation exposure and investigate in an animal model, possible bio-effects of RF radiation on the ongoing developmental stages of children from conception to childhood.
A total of 72 New Zealand female and male white rabbits aged one month were used. Females were expos...
Lipid peroxidation levels in the liver tissues of female and male infant rabbits increased under RF ...
It can be concluded that GSM-like RF radiation may induce biochemical changes by increasing free radical attacks to structural biomolecules in the rabbit as an experimental animal model.
Show BibTeX
@article{g_2012_the_effect_of_radiofrequency_529,
author = {Güler G and Tomruk A and Ozgur E and Sahin D and Sepici A and Altan N and Seyhan N.},
title = {The effect of radiofrequency radiation on DNA and lipid damage in female and male infant rabbits.},
year = {2012},
doi = {10.3109/09553002.2012.646349},
url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/09553002.2012.646349},
}