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The lack of histological changes of CDMA cellular phone-based radio frequency on rat testis.

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Lee HJ, Pack JK, Kim TH, Kim N, Choi SY, Lee JS, Kim SH, Lee YS. · 2010

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This 12-week rat study found no sperm damage from cell phone radiation at 2.0 W/kg SAR, higher than typical phone use.

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Researchers exposed male rats to cell phone radiation at 848.5 MHz for 12 weeks to study effects on sperm production and testicular health. They found no changes in sperm count, testicular tissue structure, or markers of cellular damage compared to unexposed rats. This suggests that exposure to this specific frequency and power level did not harm male reproductive function in rats.

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We examined the histological changes by radiofrequency (RF) fields on rat testis, specifically with respect to sensitive processes such as spermatogenesis.

Male rats were exposed to 848.5 MHz RF for 12 weeks. The RF exposure schedule consisted of two 45-mi...

we concluded that subchronic exposure to 848.5 MHz with 2.0 W/kg SAR RF did not have any observable adverse effects on rat spermatogenesis.

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Lee HJ, Pack JK, Kim TH, Kim N, Choi SY, Lee JS, Kim SH, Lee YS. (2010). The lack of histological changes of CDMA cellular phone-based radio frequency on rat testis. Bioelectromagnetics.31(7):528-534, 2010.
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@article{hj_2010_the_lack_of_histological_3184,
  author = {Lee HJ and Pack JK and Kim TH and Kim N and Choi SY and Lee JS and Kim SH and Lee YS.},
  title = {The lack of histological changes of CDMA cellular phone-based radio frequency on rat testis.},
  year = {2010},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20607737/},
}

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Researchers exposed male rats to cell phone radiation at 848.5 MHz for 12 weeks to study effects on sperm production and testicular health. They found no changes in sperm count, testicular tissue structure, or markers of cellular damage compared to unexposed rats. This suggests that exposure to this specific frequency and power level did not harm male reproductive function in rats.