A comparative study on the increased radioresistance to lethal doses of gamma rays after exposure to microwave radiation and oral intake of flaxseed oil.
Mortazavi SMJ, Mosleh-Shirazi MA, Tavassoli AR, Taheri M, Bagheri Z, Ghalandari R, Bonyadi S, Shafie M , Haghani M. · 2011
View Original AbstractMobile phone microwave exposure doubled radiation survival rates in rats, potentially interfering with cancer radiation treatments.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed rats to microwave radiation (from mobile phones) before giving them a lethal dose of gamma rays, then tracked survival rates. The microwave-exposed rats showed 100% survival compared to only 53% in unexposed controls, suggesting microwave radiation triggered protective cellular responses. This finding raises important questions about how everyday cell phone exposure might affect medical radiation treatments like cancer therapy.
Why This Matters
This study reveals a fascinating but concerning phenomenon: microwave radiation from mobile phones appears to trigger adaptive responses that protect cells from subsequent radiation damage. While this might sound beneficial, the reality is more complex. The 100% survival rate in microwave-exposed rats versus 53% in controls suggests these devices fundamentally alter how our cells respond to radiation. What this means for you is particularly important if you're undergoing or may need radiation therapy. The researchers specifically warn that cell phone exposure could interfere with cancer treatments that rely on radiation to destroy tumors. Put simply, the same protective mechanism that helped rats survive gamma rays could potentially help cancer cells survive therapeutic radiation. The science demonstrates that EMF exposure creates measurable biological changes, even when those changes might initially appear protective.
Exposure Information
Specific exposure levels were not quantified in this study.
Study Details
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of irradiation of rats with microwaves and/or treatment with flaxseed oil on the induction of adaptive response to a subsequent lethal dose (LD) of gamma rays.
Eighty male rats were randomly divided into 6 groups of 13-15 animals. The animals in the 1st to 5th...
No death event was observed during days 1-9 after LD irradiation in either group. At day 10, death e...
While these findings open new horizons in radiation protection, the radioresistance induced by microwave radiations emitted by a mobile phone may interfere with the outcome of any subsequent therapeutic application of photons or radioisotopes.
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@article{smj_2011_a_comparative_study_on_2432,
author = {Mortazavi SMJ and Mosleh-Shirazi MA and Tavassoli AR and Taheri M and Bagheri Z and Ghalandari R and Bonyadi S and Shafie M and Haghani M. },
title = {A comparative study on the increased radioresistance to lethal doses of gamma rays after exposure to microwave radiation and oral intake of flaxseed oil.},
year = {2011},
url = {http://ijrr.com/browse.php?a_id=727&sid=1&slc_lang=en},
}