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Measurement of DNA damage after exposure to 2450 MHz electromagnetic radiation.
Malyapa RS, Ahern EW, Straube WL, Moros EG, Pickard WF, Roti Roti JL · 1997
View Original AbstractLab cells showed no DNA damage from 24-hour microwave exposure at levels comparable to cell phone radiation.
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Researchers exposed lab-grown cells to microwave radiation at 2450 MHz (the same frequency used in microwave ovens and older WiFi) for up to 24 hours to see if it would damage DNA. Using a highly sensitive test called the comet assay, they found no DNA damage at either exposure level tested. This contradicted earlier studies that suggested microwave radiation could break DNA strands in brain cells.
Study Details
we endeavored to determine if exposure of cultured mammalian cells in vitro to 2450 MHz radiation causes DNA damage.
The alkaline comet assay (single-cell gel electrophoresis), which is reportedly the most sensitive m...
No significant differences were observed between the test group and the controls after exposure to 2...
Thus 2450 MHz irradiation does not appear to cause DNA damage in cultured mammalian cells under these exposure conditions as measured by this assay.
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@article{rs_1997_measurement_of_dna_damage_2919,
author = {Malyapa RS and Ahern EW and Straube WL and Moros EG and Pickard WF and Roti Roti JL},
title = {Measurement of DNA damage after exposure to 2450 MHz electromagnetic radiation.},
year = {1997},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9399707/},
}