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Investigation of co-genotoxic effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields in vivo.
Verschaeve L, Heikkinen P, Verheyen G, Van Gorp U, Boonen F, Vander Plaetse F, Maes A, Kumlin T, Maki-Paakkanen J, Puranen L, Juutilainen J. · 2006
View Original AbstractTwo-year cell phone radiation exposure didn't amplify DNA damage from environmental toxins in rats at typical phone SAR levels.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed female rats to cell phone radiation (900 MHz) for 2 years while also giving them a known cancer-causing chemical in their drinking water to see if the radiation would make DNA damage worse. They found that the radiation alone didn't cause genetic damage, and it didn't increase the DNA damage caused by the chemical. This suggests that long-term exposure to cell phone-level radiation may not enhance the harmful effects of other toxins on our genetic material.
Study Details
We investigated the possible combined genotoxic effects of radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic fields (900 MHz, amplitude modulated at 217 Hz, mobile phone signal) with the drinking water mutagen and carcinogen 3-chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MX).
Female rats were exposed to RF fields for a period of 2 years for 2 h per day, 5 days per week at av...
We did not find significant genotoxic activity of MX in blood and liver cells. However, MX induced D...
In conclusion, this 2-year animal study involving long-term exposures to RF radiation and MX did not provide any evidence for enhanced genotoxicity in rats exposed to RF radiation.
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@article{l_2006_investigation_of_cogenotoxic_effects_2932,
author = {Verschaeve L and Heikkinen P and Verheyen G and Van Gorp U and Boonen F and Vander Plaetse F and Maes A and Kumlin T and Maki-Paakkanen J and Puranen L and Juutilainen J.},
title = {Investigation of co-genotoxic effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields in vivo.},
year = {2006},
url = {https://meridian.allenpress.com/radiation-research/article-abstract/165/5/598/42389/Investigation-of-Co-genotoxic-Effects-of},
}