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Review: Weak radiofrequency radiation exposure from mobile phone radiation on plants.

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Halgamuge MN. · 2017

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A review of 45 publications found 89.9% of studies showed physiological or morphological effects of mobile phone RF-EMF on plants.

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The analysis found that 89.9% of studies reported physiological or morphological effects from mobile phone RF-EMF (p < 0.001). Maize, roselle, pea, fenugreek, duckweeds, tomato, onions, and mungbean appeared especially sensitive to RF-EMF.

Why This Matters

The authors note that longer exposure durations and whole-organism experiments are needed. The findings align with an earlier study indicating that exposure duration must be considered when characterizing biological effects. The authors state that none of the findings can be directly associated with humans, but indirect impacts on human welfare and health cannot be excluded. The review is intended as a reference for researchers conducting epidemiological studies and long-term experiments using whole organisms.

Exposure Information

A logarithmic frequency spectrum from 10 Hz to 100 GHz showing where this study's 2.40 GHz - 8 GHz exposure sits relative to common EMF sources.Where This Frequency Sits on the EMF SpectrumELFVLFLF / MFHF / VHFUHFSHFmm10 Hz100 GHzThis study: 2.40 GHz - 8 GHzPower lines50/60 Hz5G mm28 GHzLogarithmic scale

Specific exposure levels were not quantified in this study. The study examined exposure from: 800, 1500 and 2400 MHz, 3500 and 8000 MHz

Study Details

The aim of this article was to explore the hypothesis that non-thermal, weak, radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) have an effect on living plants.

In this study, we performed an analysis of the data extracted from the 45 peer-reviewed scientific p...

Our analysis demonstrates that the data from a substantial amount of the studies on RF-EMFs from mob...

The available literature on the effect of RF-EMFs on plants to date observed the significant trend of radiofrequency radiation influence on plants. Hence, this study provides new evidence supporting our hypothesis. Nonetheless, this endorses the need for more experiments to observe the effects of RF-EMFs, especially for the longer exposure durations, using the whole organisms. The above observation agrees with our earlier study, in that it supported that it is not a well-grounded method to characterize biological effects without considering the exposure duration. Nevertheless, none of these findings can be directly associated with human; however, on the other hand, this cannot be excluded, as it can impact the human welfare and health, either directly or indirectly, due to their complexity and varied effects (calcium metabolism, stress proteins, etc.). This study should be useful as a reference for researchers conducting epidemiological studies and the long-term experiments, using whole organisms, to observe the effects of RF-EMFs.

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Halgamuge MN. (2017). Review: Weak radiofrequency radiation exposure from mobile phone radiation on plants. Electromagn Biol Med. 36(2):213-235, 2017.
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@article{mn._2017_review_weak_radiofrequency_radiation_2140,
  author = {Halgamuge MN.},
  title = {Review: Weak radiofrequency radiation exposure from mobile phone radiation on plants.},
  year = {2017},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27650031/},
}
PubMed: 27650031

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Quick Questions About This Study

The aim was to explore the hypothesis that non-thermal, weak, radiofrequency electromagnetic fields from mobile phones have an effect on living plants.
89.9% of the studies showed physiological or morphological effects from mobile phone RF-EMF (p < 0.001).
Maize, roselle, pea, fenugreek, duckweeds, tomato, onions, and mungbean appeared very sensitive to RF-EMF.
Plants were more responsive to frequencies between 800-1500 MHz, 1500-2400 MHz, and 3500-8000 MHz.