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Effects of 837 and 1950 MHz radiofrequency radiation exposure alone or combined on oxidative stress in MCF10A cells.

No Effects Found

Hong MN, Kim BC, Ko YG, Lee YS, Hong SC, Kim T, Pack JK, Choi HD, Kim N, Lee JS. · 2012

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Cell phone frequencies at four times legal exposure limits showed no oxidative stress in breast cells during 2-hour laboratory exposure.

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Researchers exposed human breast tissue cells to cell phone frequencies (837 MHz and 1950 MHz) at high power levels for 2 hours to test whether radiofrequency radiation causes oxidative stress, a type of cellular damage linked to disease. The study found no signs of oxidative stress in the cells, even when exposed to both frequencies simultaneously. This suggests that under these specific laboratory conditions, RF radiation did not trigger the cellular damage processes that scientists look for as early warning signs of health effects.

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The aim of this study was to determine whether the exposure to either single or multiple radio-frequency (RF) radiation frequencies could induce oxidative stress in cell cultures.

Exposures of human MCF10A mammary epithelial cells to either a single frequency (837 MHz alone or 19...

Intracellular levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS), the antioxidant enzyme activity of superoxide...

These results indicate that single or multiple RF radiation exposure did not elicit oxidative stress in MCF10A cells under our exposure conditions

Cite This Study
Hong MN, Kim BC, Ko YG, Lee YS, Hong SC, Kim T, Pack JK, Choi HD, Kim N, Lee JS. (2012). Effects of 837 and 1950 MHz radiofrequency radiation exposure alone or combined on oxidative stress in MCF10A cells. Bioelectromagnetics. 33(7):604-611, 2012.
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@article{mn_2012_effects_of_837_and_2876,
  author = {Hong MN and Kim BC and Ko YG and Lee YS and Hong SC and Kim T and Pack JK and Choi HD and Kim N and Lee JS.},
  title = {Effects of 837 and 1950 MHz radiofrequency radiation exposure alone or combined on oxidative stress in MCF10A cells.},
  year = {2012},
  doi = {10.1002/bem.21731},
  url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/bem.21731},
}

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Researchers exposed human breast tissue cells to cell phone frequencies (837 MHz and 1950 MHz) at high power levels for 2 hours to test whether radiofrequency radiation causes oxidative stress, a type of cellular damage linked to disease. The study found no signs of oxidative stress in the cells, even when exposed to both frequencies simultaneously. This suggests that under these specific laboratory conditions, RF radiation did not trigger the cellular damage processes that scientists look for as early warning signs of health effects.