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Effects of gestational exposure to 1.95‐GHz W‐CDMA signals for IMT‐2000 cellular phones: Lack of embryotoxicity and teratogenicity in rats
Ogawa K, Nabae K, Wang J, Wake K, Watanabe S, Kawabe M, Fujiwara O, Takahashi S, Ichihara T, Tamano S, Shirai T · 2009
View Original AbstractThis study found no pregnancy or fetal harm from cell phone radiation at typical exposure levels in rats.
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Researchers exposed pregnant rats to cell phone radiation (1.95-GHz W-CDMA signals) for 90 minutes daily during the critical period of fetal development (days 7-17 of pregnancy). They found no harmful effects on pregnancy outcomes, fetal development, or birth defects at exposure levels up to 2.0 W/kg brain SAR. This suggests that typical cell phone radiation exposure during pregnancy may not cause developmental problems in offspring.
Study Details
The present study was designed to evaluate whether gestational exposure to an EMF targeting the head region, similar to that from cellular phones, might affect embryogenesis in rats.
A 1.95‐GHz wide‐band code division multiple access (W‐CDMA) signal, which is one applied for the Int...
There were no differences in maternal body weight gain. No adverse effects of EMF exposure were obse...
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@article{k_2009_effects_of_gestational_exposure_2790,
author = {Ogawa K and Nabae K and Wang J and Wake K and Watanabe S and Kawabe M and Fujiwara O and Takahashi S and Ichihara T and Tamano S and Shirai T},
title = {Effects of gestational exposure to 1.95‐GHz W‐CDMA signals for IMT‐2000 cellular phones: Lack of embryotoxicity and teratogenicity in rats},
year = {2009},
doi = {10.1002/bem.20456},
url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/bem.20456},
}