Effect of Low Level Subchronic Microwave Radiation on Rat Brain.
Deshmukh PS, Megha K, Nasare N, Banerjee BD, Ahmed RS, Abegaonkar MP, Tripathi AK, Mediratta PK. · 2016
View Original AbstractThis study shows brain damage and DNA breaks at microwave levels 3,000 times lower than FCC safety limits.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed rats to cell phone radiation (900 MHz) at extremely low levels for 90 days. The rats developed impaired learning and memory, elevated stress proteins, and DNA damage in brain cells at radiation levels thousands of times below current safety standards.
Why This Matters
This study delivers a sobering message about microwave radiation safety. The researchers used SAR levels around 0.0006 W/kg-roughly 3,000 times lower than the FCC's 1.6 W/kg limit for cell phones. Yet even at these minimal exposure levels, the rats experienced measurable brain damage including cognitive decline and DNA breaks. What makes this research particularly significant is the 90-day exposure period, which better reflects real-world chronic exposure patterns than the brief heating studies typically used to set safety standards. The fact that multiple frequencies produced similar harmful effects across different brain measures strengthens the biological plausibility of these findings. You don't have to accept that current safety standards adequately protect your brain when independent research consistently demonstrates biological effects at exposures far below regulatory limits.
Exposure Details
- SAR
- 0.0005953 W/kg
- Source/Device
- 900 MHz
- Exposure Duration
- 90 days
Where This Falls on the Concern Scale
Study Details
The present study was designed to investigate the effects of subchronic low level microwave radiation (MWR) on cognitive function, heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) level and DNA damage in brain of Fischer rats.
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Show BibTeX
@article{ps_2016_effect_of_low_level_750,
author = {Deshmukh PS and Megha K and Nasare N and Banerjee BD and Ahmed RS and Abegaonkar MP and Tripathi AK and Mediratta PK.},
title = {Effect of Low Level Subchronic Microwave Radiation on Rat Brain.},
year = {2016},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S089539881730003X},
}