[Biological effects of mobile phone electromagnetic field on chick embryo (risk assessment using the mortality rate)]
Grigor'ev IuG. · 2003
View Original AbstractMobile phone radiation increased embryonic death rates from 16% to 75%, suggesting developing organisms face extreme vulnerability to EMF exposure.
Plain English Summary
Russian researchers exposed developing chicken embryos to electromagnetic fields from GSM mobile phones for 21 days during incubation. The mortality rate jumped from 16% in unexposed embryos to 75% in those exposed to mobile phone radiation. This dramatic increase suggests that developing embryos may be particularly vulnerable to radiofrequency radiation during critical growth periods.
Why This Matters
This study reveals one of the most striking mortality increases documented in EMF research, with embryonic death rates nearly quintupling under mobile phone radiation exposure. The findings align with a growing body of evidence showing that developing organisms face heightened vulnerability to electromagnetic fields during critical growth phases. What makes this particularly concerning is that the exposure came from standard GSM phones, the same technology millions use daily. While we can't directly extrapolate from chicken embryos to human pregnancy, the dramatic biological response raises important questions about EMF exposure during human fetal development. The science demonstrates that electromagnetic fields can profoundly disrupt biological processes during the most sensitive developmental windows.
Exposure Information
Specific exposure levels were not quantified in this study.
Study Details
The aim of this study is to investigate Biological effects of mobile phone electromagnetic field on chick embryo (risk assessment using the mortality rate)
Chicken embryos were exposed to EMF from GSM mobile phone during the embryonic development (21 days)...
As a result the embryo mortality rate in the incubation period increased to 75% (versus 16% in contr...
Show BibTeX
@article{iug._2003_biological_effects_of_mobile_2126,
author = {Grigor'ev IuG.},
title = {[Biological effects of mobile phone electromagnetic field on chick embryo (risk assessment using the mortality rate)]},
year = {2003},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14658287/},
}