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The effects of simultaneous combined exposure to CDMA and WCDMA electromagnetic fields on rat testicular function.
Lee HJ, Jin YB, Kim TH, Pack JK, Kim N, Choi HD, Lee JS, Lee YS. · 2011
View Original AbstractMale rats showed no reproductive harm from 12 weeks of cell phone radiation at twice current safety limits.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed male rats to combined cell phone signals (CDMA and WCDMA) at very high levels for 12 weeks to study effects on sperm production and reproductive health. The study found no measurable harm to sperm count, testosterone levels, or testicular function even at radiation levels twice the current safety limits. This suggests that typical cell phone use may not directly damage male fertility through electromagnetic field exposure.
Study Details
We therefore examined the effects of combined exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) on rat testicular function, specifically with respect to sensitive processes such as spermatogenesis.
Male rats were exposed to single code division multiple access (CDMA) and wideband code division mul...
we concluded that simultaneous exposure to CDMA and WCDMA RF-EMFs at 4.0 W/kg SAR did not have any observable adverse effects on rat spermatogenesis.
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@article{hj_2011_the_effects_of_simultaneous_3186,
author = {Lee HJ and Jin YB and Kim TH and Pack JK and Kim N and Choi HD and Lee JS and Lee YS.},
title = {The effects of simultaneous combined exposure to CDMA and WCDMA electromagnetic fields on rat testicular function.},
year = {2011},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22012556/},
}