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No Evidence for Genotoxic Effects from 24 h Exposure of Human Leukocytes to 1.9 GHz Radiofrequency Fields.
McNamee, J. P., Bellier, P. V., Gajda, G. B., Lavallee, B. F., Marro, L., Lemay, E. and Thansandote, A. · 2003
View Original AbstractThis study found no DNA damage in human blood cells after 24-hour exposure to 1.9 GHz radiation at levels exceeding typical cell phone use.
Plain English Summary
Canadian researchers exposed human white blood cells to 1.9 GHz radiofrequency radiation for 24 hours at levels ranging from 0 to 10 W/kg (a range that includes typical cell phone exposure levels). They found no evidence of DNA damage or genetic harm using two different laboratory tests that measure cellular damage. This study suggests that extended RF exposure at these levels does not cause detectable genetic damage to human blood cells under controlled laboratory conditions.
Study Details
The current study extends our previous investigations of 2-h radiofrequency (RF)-field exposures on genotoxicity in human blood cell cultures by examining the effect of 24-h continuous-wave (CW) and pulsed-wave (PW) 1.9 GHz RF-field exposures on both primary DNA damage and micronucleus induction in human leukocyte cultures.
Mean specific absorption rates (SARs) ranged from 0 to 10 W/kg, and the temperature within the cultu...
No significant differences in primary DNA damage were observed between the sham-treated controls and...
In conclusion, the current study found no evidence of 1.9 GHz RF-field-induced genotoxicity in human blood cell cultures after a 24-h exposure period.
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@article{mcnamee_2003_no_evidence_for_genotoxic_2924,
author = {McNamee and J. P. and Bellier and P. V. and Gajda and G. B. and Lavallee and B. F. and Marro and L. and Lemay and E. and Thansandote and A.},
title = {No Evidence for Genotoxic Effects from 24 h Exposure of Human Leukocytes to 1.9 GHz Radiofrequency Fields.},
year = {2003},
url = {https://meridian.allenpress.com/radiation-research/article-abstract/159/5/693/332032/No-Evidence-for-Genotoxic-Effects-from-24-h},
}