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DNA damage and micronucleus induction in human leukocytes after acute in vitro exposure to a 1.9 GHz continuous-wave radiofrequency field.
McNamee JP, Bellier PV, Gajda GB, Miller SM, Lemay EP, Lavallee BF, Marro L, Thansandote A. · 2002
View Original AbstractThis study found no DNA damage in blood cells exposed to 1.9 GHz radiation for 2 hours, even at levels 100 times higher than typical cell phone exposure.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed human white blood cells to 1.9 GHz radiofrequency radiation for 2 hours at various power levels to test whether RF exposure causes DNA damage or creates abnormal cell structures called micronuclei. They found no evidence of genetic damage at any exposure level tested, including levels 100 times higher than typical cell phone emissions.
Study Details
The aim of the study is to observe DNA damage and micronucleus induction in human leukocytes after acute in vitro exposure to a 1.9 GHz continuous-wave radiofrequency field.
Human blood cultures were exposed to a 1.9 GHz continuous-wave (CW) radiofrequency (RF) field for 2 ...
No evidence of increased primary DNA damage was detected by any parameter for RF-field-exposed cultu...
These results do not support the hypothesis that acute, nonthermalizing 1.9 GHz CW RF-field exposure causes DNA damage in cultured human leukocytes.
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@article{jp_2002_dna_damage_and_micronucleus_2922,
author = {McNamee JP and Bellier PV and Gajda GB and Miller SM and Lemay EP and Lavallee BF and Marro L and Thansandote A.},
title = {DNA damage and micronucleus induction in human leukocytes after acute in vitro exposure to a 1.9 GHz continuous-wave radiofrequency field.},
year = {2002},
url = {https://meridian.allenpress.com/radiation-research/article-abstract/158/4/523/331871/DNA-Damage-and-Micronucleus-Induction-in-Human},
}