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Multigenerational effects of whole body exposure to 2.14 GHz W-CDMA cellular phone signals on brain function in rats.

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Shirai T, Imai N, Wang J, Takahashi S, Kawabe M, Wake K, Kawai H, Watanabe S-I, Furukawa F, Fujiwara O. · 2014

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Three generations of rats showed no brain effects from 20-hour daily cell phone radiation exposure at levels within current safety limits.

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Japanese researchers exposed rats to cell phone radiation (2.14 GHz W-CDMA signals) for 20 hours daily across three generations to see if it affected brain development and behavior. They found no abnormalities in brain function, behavior, or general health in any generation of rats, even with continuous exposure from pregnancy through adulthood. The study suggests that this type of cell phone radiation at these exposure levels does not cause harmful effects that pass from parents to offspring.

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The present experimental study was carried out with rats to evaluate the effects of whole body exposure to 2.14 GHz band code division multiple access (W-CDMA) signals for 20 h a day, over three generations.

The average specific absorption rate (SAR, in unit of W/kg) for dams was designed at three levels: h...

No abnormalities were observed in the mother rats (F0 , F1 , and F2 ) and in the offspring (F1 , F2 ...

Thus, it was concluded that under the experimental conditions applied, multigenerational whole body exposure to 2.14 GHz W-CDMA signals for 20 h/day did not cause any adverse effects on the F1 , F2 , and F3 offspring.

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Shirai T, Imai N, Wang J, Takahashi S, Kawabe M, Wake K, Kawai H, Watanabe S-I, Furukawa F, Fujiwara O. (2014). Multigenerational effects of whole body exposure to 2.14 GHz W-CDMA cellular phone signals on brain function in rats. Bioelectromagnetics 35(7):497-511, 2014.
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@article{t_2014_multigenerational_effects_of_whole_3396,
  author = {Shirai T and Imai N and Wang J and Takahashi S and Kawabe M and Wake K and Kawai H and Watanabe S-I and Furukawa F and Fujiwara O. },
  title = {Multigenerational effects of whole body exposure to 2.14 GHz W-CDMA cellular phone signals on brain function in rats.},
  year = {2014},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25196377/},
}

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Japanese researchers exposed rats to cell phone radiation (2.14 GHz W-CDMA signals) for 20 hours daily across three generations to see if it affected brain development and behavior. They found no abnormalities in brain function, behavior, or general health in any generation of rats, even with continuous exposure from pregnancy through adulthood. The study suggests that this type of cell phone radiation at these exposure levels does not cause harmful effects that pass from parents to offspring.