Detection of Low Level Microwave Radiation Induced Deoxyribonucleic Acid Damage Vis-à-vis Genotoxicity in Brain of Fischer Rats
Deshmukh PS, Megha K, Banerjee BD, Ahmed RS, Chandna S, Abegaonkar MP, Tripathi AK · 2013
View Original AbstractEven extremely low microwave radiation - 1,000 times below safety limits - damaged DNA in rat brains, challenging current wireless safety standards.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed rats to extremely low-level microwave radiation at cell phone frequencies (900, 1800, and 2450 MHz) for two hours daily over 30 days and found DNA damage in brain tissue. The exposure levels were about 1,000 times lower than current safety limits, yet still caused measurable genetic damage. This suggests that even very weak microwave radiation can harm brain cells at the DNA level.
Why This Matters
This study delivers a sobering message about microwave radiation safety. The researchers found DNA damage in rat brains at exposure levels roughly 1,000 times below current regulatory limits - levels so low they're considered completely safe by government agencies. What makes this particularly concerning is that DNA damage represents the fundamental mechanism by which radiation can cause long-term health problems, including cancer. The study tested three frequencies commonly used in wireless technology, and all three produced similar genetic damage. While we can't directly extrapolate from rat studies to humans, the biological mechanisms for DNA damage are essentially identical across mammalian species. The reality is that our safety standards were established decades ago based on heating effects, not the biological effects this research reveals at much lower exposures.
Exposure Details
- SAR
- 0.0005953 ,0.0005835 , 0.0006672 W/kg
- Source/Device
- 900, 1800 and 2450 MHz
- Exposure Duration
- 2 h/day, 5 days a week for 30 days
Where This Falls on the Concern Scale
Study Details
The present study was designed to investigate the possible deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) damaging effects of low-level microwave radiation in brain of Fischer rats
Experiments were performed on male Fischer rats exposed to microwave radiation for 30 days at three ...
In the present study, we demonstrated DNA damaging effects of low level microwave radiation in brain...
We concluded that low SAR microwave radiation exposure at these frequencies may induce DNA strand breaks in brain tissue.
Show BibTeX
@article{ps_2013_detection_of_low_level_92,
author = {Deshmukh PS and Megha K and Banerjee BD and Ahmed RS and Chandna S and Abegaonkar MP and Tripathi AK},
title = {Detection of Low Level Microwave Radiation Induced Deoxyribonucleic Acid Damage Vis-à-vis Genotoxicity in Brain of Fischer Rats},
year = {2013},
url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3702122/},
}