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Measurements of alkali-labile DNA damage and protein-DNA crosslinks after 2450 MHz microwave and low-dose gamma irradiation In vitro.

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Lagroye I, Hook GJ, Wettring BA, Baty JD, Moros EG, Straube WL, Roti Roti JL. · 2004

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Two-hour exposure to 2450 MHz radiation at cell phone-level intensities produced no detectable DNA damage in this laboratory study.

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Researchers exposed mouse cells to 2450 MHz microwave radiation (the same frequency used in microwave ovens and older WiFi) for 2 hours at 1.9 W/kg to test whether it damages DNA or creates harmful protein-DNA bonds. The study found no detectable DNA damage or crosslinks from the microwave exposure, even when combined with gamma radiation that was known to cause DNA damage.

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In vitro experiments were performed to determine whether 2450 MHz microwave radiation induces alkali-labile DNA damage and/or DNA–protein or DNA–DNA crosslinks in C3H 10T½ cells

After a 2-h exposure to either 2450 MHz continuous-wave (CW) microwaves at an SAR of 1.9 W/kg or 1 m...

we quantified the proteins that were recovered with DNA after microwave exposure, using CDDP and γ i...

Thus 2-h exposures to 1.9 W/ kg of 2450 MHz CW microwaves did not induce measurable alkali-labile DNA damage or DNA–DNA or DNA–protein crosslinks.

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Lagroye I, Hook GJ, Wettring BA, Baty JD, Moros EG, Straube WL, Roti Roti JL. (2004). Measurements of alkali-labile DNA damage and protein-DNA crosslinks after 2450 MHz microwave and low-dose gamma irradiation In vitro. Radiat Res. 161(2): 201-214, 2004.
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@article{i_2004_measurements_of_alkalilabile_dna_2917,
  author = {Lagroye I and Hook GJ and Wettring BA and Baty JD and Moros EG and Straube WL and Roti Roti JL.},
  title = {Measurements of alkali-labile DNA damage and protein-DNA crosslinks after 2450 MHz microwave and low-dose gamma irradiation In vitro.},
  year = {2004},
  
  url = {https://meridian.allenpress.com/radiation-research/article-abstract/161/2/201/41934/Measurements-of-Alkali-Labile-DNA-Damage-and},
}

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Researchers exposed mouse cells to 2450 MHz microwave radiation (the same frequency used in microwave ovens and older WiFi) for 2 hours at 1.9 W/kg to test whether it damages DNA or creates harmful protein-DNA bonds. The study found no detectable DNA damage or crosslinks from the microwave exposure, even when combined with gamma radiation that was known to cause DNA damage.