Note: This study found no significant biological effects under its experimental conditions. We include all studies for scientific completeness.
935 MHz cellular phone radiation. An in vitro study of genotoxicity in human lymphocytes
Stronati L, Testa A, Moquet J, Edwards A, Cordelli E, Villani P, Marino C, Fresegna AM, Appolloni M, Lloyd D · 2006
View Original AbstractThis study found no DNA damage from 24-hour cell phone radiation exposure at realistic use levels in human immune cells.
Plain English Summary
Italian and British researchers exposed human immune cells (lymphocytes) to 935 MHz cell phone radiation for 24 hours at levels similar to what tissues experience during phone use. Using multiple DNA damage tests, they found no genetic damage from the radiation alone, and the radiation didn't make X-ray damage worse. This suggests that 24-hour exposure to this type of cell phone radiation doesn't directly break DNA or interfere with DNA repair.
Study Details
The possibility of genotoxicity of radiofrequency radiation (RFR) applied alone or in combination with x-rays was investigated in vitro using several assays on human lymphocytes. The chosen specific absorption rate (SAR) values are near the upper limit of actual energy absorption in localized tissue when persons use some cellular telephones. The purpose of the combined exposures was to examine whether RFR might act epigenetically by reducing the fidelity of repair of DNA damage caused by a well-characterized and established mutagen.
Blood specimens from 14 donors were exposed continuously for 24 h to a Global System for Mobile Comm...
By comparison with appropriate sham-exposed and control samples, no effect of RFR alone could be fo...
This study has used several standard in vitro tests for chromosomal and DNA damage in Go human lymphocytes exposed in vitro to a combination of x-rays and RFR. It has comprehensively examined whether a 24-h continuous exposure to a 935 MHz GSM basic signal delivering SAR of 1 or 2 W/Kg is genotoxic per se or whether, it can influence the genotoxicity of the well-established clastogenic agent; x-radiation. Within the experimental parameters of the study in all instances no effect from the RFR signal was observed.
Show BibTeX
@article{l_2006_935_mhz_cellular_phone_3427,
author = {Stronati L and Testa A and Moquet J and Edwards A and Cordelli E and Villani P and Marino C and Fresegna AM and Appolloni M and Lloyd D},
title = {935 MHz cellular phone radiation. An in vitro study of genotoxicity in human lymphocytes},
year = {2006},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16782651/},
}