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Lack of effect of 94 GHz radio frequency radiation exposure in an animal model of skin carcinogenesis.
Mason PA, Walters TJ, DiGiovanni J, Beason CW, Jauchem JR, Dick EJ Jr, Mahajan K, Dusch SJ, Shields BA, Merritt JH, Murphy MR, Ryan KL · 2001
View Original AbstractEven at exposure levels 1000 times higher than safety limits, 94 GHz radiation showed no cancer-promoting effects in mice.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed mice to 94 GHz millimeter wave radiation (the same frequency range used in some 5G networks) to see if it would promote skin cancer development. Even at very high power levels - 1000 times stronger than typical exposure limits - the radiation showed no effect on tumor formation or growth. This suggests that millimeter wave radiation at these frequencies does not act as a cancer promoter in skin tissue.
Study Details
In this study we investigated whether a single (1.0 W/cm(2) for 10 s) or repeated (2 exposures/week for 12 weeks, 333 mW/cm(2) for 10 s) exposure to 94 GHz RFR serves as a promoter or co-promoter in the 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA)-induced SENCAR mouse model of skin carcinogenesis.
Neither paradigm of MMW exposure significantly affected papilloma development, as evidenced by a lac...
Therefore, we conclude that exposure to 94 GHz RFR under these conditions does not promote or co-promote papilloma development in this animal model of skin carcinogenesis.
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@article{pa_2001_lack_of_effect_of_3233,
author = {Mason PA and Walters TJ and DiGiovanni J and Beason CW and Jauchem JR and Dick EJ Jr and Mahajan K and Dusch SJ and Shields BA and Merritt JH and Murphy MR and Ryan KL},
title = {Lack of effect of 94 GHz radio frequency radiation exposure in an animal model of skin carcinogenesis.},
year = {2001},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11577012/},
}