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Lack of promoting effects of chronic exposure to 1.95-GHz W-CDMA signals for IMT-2000 cellular system on development of N-ethylnitrosourea-induced central nervous system tumors in F344 rats.
Shirai T, Ichihara T, Wake K, Watanabe SI, Yamanaka Y, Kawabe M, Taki M, Fujiwara O, Wang J, Takahashi S, Tamano S. · 2007
View Original AbstractTwo-year exposure to cell phone radiation at typical SAR levels did not promote brain tumor development in rats.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed young rats to cell phone-like radiation (1.95 GHz W-CDMA signals) for 2 years to see if it would promote brain tumor development in animals already given a cancer-causing chemical. The study found no significant increase in brain tumors from the radiation exposure at levels of 0.67 and 2.0 W/kg SAR. This suggests that chronic exposure to this type of cell phone radiation does not accelerate brain tumor formation in this animal model.
Study Details
The present study was performed to evaluate effects of a 2-year exposure to an electromagnetic near-field (EMF) equivalent to that generated by cellular phones on tumor development in the central nervous system (CNS) of rats.
For this purpose, pregnant F344 rats were given a single administration of N-ethylnitrosourea (ENU) ...
The incidence and numbers of brain tumors in female rats exposed to 1.95-GHz W-CDMA signals showed t...
Thus, under the present experimental conditions, exposure of heads of rats to 1.95-GHz W-CDMA signals for IMT-2000 for a 2-year period was not demonstrated to accelerate or otherwise affect ENU-initiated brain tumorigenesis.
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@article{t_2007_lack_of_promoting_effects_3395,
author = {Shirai T and Ichihara T and Wake K and Watanabe SI and Yamanaka Y and Kawabe M and Taki M and Fujiwara O and Wang J and Takahashi S and Tamano S.},
title = {Lack of promoting effects of chronic exposure to 1.95-GHz W-CDMA signals for IMT-2000 cellular system on development of N-ethylnitrosourea-induced central nervous system tumors in F344 rats.},
year = {2007},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17516507/},
}