EEG Changes Due to Experimentally Induced 3G Mobile Phone Radiation
Roggeveen S, van Os J, Viechtbauer W, Lousberg R · 2015
View Original Abstract3G mobile phone placement was associated with significant changes in alpha, slow beta, fast beta, and gamma EEG activity, with effects seen at the ear but not the chest.
Plain English Summary
Researchers investigated whether placement of a 3G dialing mobile phone causes direct changes in EEG activity compared to placement of a sham phone. Thirty-one healthy females each participated on two days, with the phone placed at the ear on one day and the chest on the other. Significant radiation effects were found for the alpha, slow beta, fast beta, and gamma bands, with ear placement showing significant results and chest placement not.
Why This Matters
The study used a single-blind, cross-over design, so each participant served as her own control. EEG and radiofrequency radiation were recorded at the same time during each assessment. Six frequency bands were examined: delta, theta, alpha, slow beta, fast beta, and gamma. The researchers used multilevel random regression analyses with radiation as the main predictor to test the link between radiation exposure and EEG. The researchers noted that further studies are required to demonstrate the physiological relevance of these findings.
Exposure Details
- SAR
- 0.69 W/kg
- Source/Device
- 1.9291–1.9397 GHz
- Exposure Duration
- 15 minutes
Exposure Context
This study used 0.69 W/kg for SAR (device absorption):
- 1.7x above the Building Biology guideline of 0.4 W/kg
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Where This Falls on the Concern Scale
Study Details
The aim of this study was to investigate whether a 15-minute placement of a 3G dialing mobile phone causes direct changes in EEG activity compared to the placement of a sham phone. Furthermore, it was investigated whether placement of the mobile phone on the ear or the heart would result in different outcomes.
Thirty-one healthy females participated. All subjects were measured twice: on one of the two days th...
Significant radiation effects were found for the alpha, slowbeta, fastbeta, and gamma bands. When an...
Show BibTeX
@article{s_2015_eeg_changes_due_to_175,
author = {Roggeveen S and van Os J and Viechtbauer W and Lousberg R},
title = {EEG Changes Due to Experimentally Induced 3G Mobile Phone Radiation},
year = {2015},
url = {https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0129496},
}