Note: This study found no significant biological effects under its experimental conditions. We include all studies for scientific completeness.
Genotoxicity evaluation of electromagnetic fields generated by 835-MHz mobile phone frequency band.
Chang SK, Choi JS, Gil HW, Yang JO, Lee EY, Jeon YS, Lee ZW, Lee M, Hong MY, Ho Son T, Hong SY. · 2005
View Original AbstractMobile phone radiation at 4 W/kg showed no DNA damage in bacterial cells, though human cellular responses may differ significantly.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed bacterial cells to 835-MHz mobile phone radiation at high intensity (4 W/kg SAR) for 48 hours to test whether it causes DNA damage or genetic mutations. The study found no evidence that this radiofrequency radiation caused DNA breakdown or increased mutation rates in the bacterial test systems. This suggests that mobile phone frequencies may not directly damage genetic material under these laboratory conditions.
Study Details
We examined the biological effects of an EMF at 835 MHz, the most widely used communication frequency band in Korean CDMA mobile phone networks, on bacterial reverse mutation (Ames assay) and DNA stability (in vitro DNA degradation).
In the Ames assay, tester strains alone or combined with positive mutagen were applied in an artific...
In the presence of the 835-MHz EMF radiation, incubation with positive mutagen 4-nitroquinoline-1-ox...
Thus, we suggest that 835-MHz EMF under the conditions of our study neither affected the reverse mutation frequency nor accelerated DNA degradation in vitro.
Show BibTeX
@article{sk_2005_genotoxicity_evaluation_of_electromagnetic_2968,
author = {Chang SK and Choi JS and Gil HW and Yang JO and Lee EY and Jeon YS and Lee ZW and Lee M and Hong MY and Ho Son T and Hong SY.},
title = {Genotoxicity evaluation of electromagnetic fields generated by 835-MHz mobile phone frequency band.},
year = {2005},
url = {https://journals.lww.com/eurjcancerprev/Abstract/2005/04000/Genotoxicity_evaluation_of_electromagnetic_fields.14.aspx},
}