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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 AbstractTwo-hour cell phone radiation exposure showed no DNA damage in immune cells, even at levels 5 times higher than typical phone use.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed human white blood cells to cell phone radiation (1.9 GHz) for 2 hours at various power levels to see if it would damage DNA or cause genetic abnormalities. They found no evidence of DNA damage or genetic changes at any exposure level tested, including levels 5 times higher than typical cell phone use. This Canadian government study suggests that short-term radiofrequency exposure may not directly harm genetic material in immune cells.
Study Details
To investigate whether acute (2h) exposure to a 1.9 GHz continuous wave (CW) radiofrequency field could elicit primary DNA damage and/or induce micronucleus formation in cultured human leukocytes.
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.
Show BibTeX
@article{jp_2002_dna_damage_and_micronucleus_3238,
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://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12236820/},
}