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Measurement of DNA damage after acute exposure to pulsed-wave 2450 MHz microwaves in rat brain cells by two alkaline comet assay methods.
Lagroye I, Anane R, Wettring BA, Moros EG, Straube WL, Laregina M, Niehoff M, Pickard WF, Baty J, Roti JL. · 2004
View Original AbstractTwo-hour exposure to 2450 MHz microwaves showed no detectable DNA damage in rat brain cells, though this doesn't address long-term cumulative effects.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed rats to 2450 MHz microwave radiation (the same frequency used in microwave ovens and older WiFi) for 2 hours and then examined their brain cells for DNA damage using sensitive laboratory tests. They found no detectable DNA damage in the brain cells, even when using two different testing methods designed to catch subtle genetic harm. This suggests that short-term exposure to this type of microwave radiation at moderate power levels may not cause immediate DNA damage in brain tissue.
Study Details
To investigate the effect of 2450 MHz pulsed‐wave microwaves on the induction of DNA damage in brain cells of exposed rats and to discover whether proteinase K is needed to detect DNA damage in the brain cells of rats exposed to 2450 MHz microwaves.
Sprague–Dawley rats were exposed to 2450 MHz pulsed‐wave microwaves and sacrificed 4 h after a 2‐h e...
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No DNA damage in brain cells was detected following exposure of rats to 2450 MHz microwaves pulsed‐wave at a specific absorption rate of 1.2 W kg−1 regardless of whether or not proteinase K was included in the assay. Thus, the results support the conclusion that low‐level 2450 MHz pulsed‐wave microwave exposures do not induce DNA damage detectable by the alkaline comet assay.
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@article{i_2004_measurement_of_dna_damage_2916,
author = {Lagroye I and Anane R and Wettring BA and Moros EG and Straube WL and Laregina M and Niehoff M and Pickard WF and Baty J and Roti JL.},
title = {Measurement of DNA damage after acute exposure to pulsed-wave 2450 MHz microwaves in rat brain cells by two alkaline comet assay methods.},
year = {2004},
doi = {10.1080/09553000310001642911},
url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09553000310001642911},
}