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Lack of teratogenicity after combined exposure of pregnant mice to CDMA and WCDMA radiofrequency electromagnetic fields.

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Lee HJ, Lee JS, Pack JK, Choi HD, Kim N, Kim SH, Lee YS. · 2009

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Combined cell phone radiation exposure during pregnancy showed no birth defects in mice at levels near regulatory limits.

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Researchers exposed pregnant mice to cell phone signals (CDMA and WCDMA) at high levels throughout their entire pregnancy to test whether this radiation could cause birth defects. The study found no observable harmful effects on the developing fetuses, including no increased death rates, growth problems, or physical abnormalities. This suggests that exposure to these specific types of cell phone radiation during pregnancy may not cause obvious developmental problems in offspring.

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we investigated the teratogenic effects of multi-signal radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF EMFs) on mouse fetuses.

Pregnant mice were simultaneously exposed to two types of RF signals, single code division multiple ...

From the results, we report for the first time that simultaneous experimental exposure to CDMA and W...

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Lee HJ, Lee JS, Pack JK, Choi HD, Kim N, Kim SH, Lee YS. (2009). Lack of teratogenicity after combined exposure of pregnant mice to CDMA and WCDMA radiofrequency electromagnetic fields. Radiat Res. 172(5):648-652, 2009.
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@article{hj_2009_lack_of_teratogenicity_after_3183,
  author = {Lee HJ and Lee JS and Pack JK and Choi HD and Kim N and Kim SH and Lee YS.},
  title = {Lack of teratogenicity after combined exposure of pregnant mice to CDMA and WCDMA radiofrequency electromagnetic fields.},
  year = {2009},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19883234/},
}
PubMed: 19883234

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