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The effects of microwave radiation on rabbit's retina

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Talebnejad MR, Sadeghi-Sarvestani A, Hossein Nowroozzadeh M, Mortazavi SMJ, Khalili MR · 2017

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Microwave radiation from a GSM simulator did not significantly affect rabbit retina function or structure, but higher doses were associated with ciliary body congestion.

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Researchers exposed 40 adult white New Zealand rabbits to GSM-simulated microwave radiation at distances of 10 cm or 30 cm for one or three days. Electroretinography responses measured seven days after exposure showed no statistically significant differences between any groups. Retinal tissue appeared normal without degeneration, but ciliary body congestion occurred more often in rabbits receiving higher microwave doses.

Why This Matters

Scotopic and photopic ERG recordings were taken at baseline and again seven days after the final exposure. Although the group comparisons were not statistically significant, the authors noted a non-significant trend toward larger ERG changes in the irradiated eyes. The histological assessment concluded that simulated cell phone microwave irradiation had no significant detrimental effect on the retina. Ciliary body congestion was again reported as more frequent in the higher-dose groups.

Study Details

Mobile cell phones are used extensively these days, and their microwave (MW) radiation has been shown to affect the eye. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effects of MW radiation on rabbit retina.

This experimental study (concluded in 2015) was conducted on 40 adult white New Zealand rabbits. A G...

ERG responses obtained 7 days after irradiation did not show any statistically significant differenc...

Histopathologically, cell phone simulated MW irradiation had no significant detrimental effect on the retina. However, ciliary body congestion was observed in greater fraction of those who received higher MW doses. Although there was no significant difference between post-treatment mean ERG values, there were statistically non-significant trends toward greater changes in the MW irradiated eyes.

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Talebnejad MR, Sadeghi-Sarvestani A, Hossein Nowroozzadeh M, Mortazavi SMJ, Khalili MR (2017). The effects of microwave radiation on rabbit's retina J Curr Ophthalmol.2017 Oct 9;30(1):74-79.
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@article{mr_2017_the_effects_of_microwave_3438,
  author = {Talebnejad MR and Sadeghi-Sarvestani A and Hossein Nowroozzadeh M and Mortazavi SMJ and Khalili MR},
  title = {The effects of microwave radiation on rabbit's retina},
  year = {2017},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29564413/},
}
PubMed: 29564413

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Quick Questions About This Study

Rabbits were randomized to five groups and exposed to a GSM cell phone simulator at 10 cm or 30 cm for one or three days, with a sham group receiving no irradiation.
ERG responses seven days after exposure showed no statistically significant differences between any of the exposure groups.
The retina appeared normal with no signs of degeneration or infiltration in any group.
Ciliary body congestion was observed in a greater fraction of rabbits that received higher microwave doses.
A Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) cell phone simulator was used for the microwave irradiation.