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Investigation of Co-genotoxic Effects of Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields In Vivo.

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Verschaeve, L., Heikkinen, P., Verheyen, G., Van Gorp, U., Boonen, F., Vander Plaetse, F., Maes, A., Kumlin, T., Maki-Paakkanen, J., Puranen, L. and Juutilainen, J. · 2006

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Two-year mobile phone radiation exposure didn't worsen DNA damage from a toxic chemical, but this doesn't address EMF's independent biological effects.

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Researchers exposed female rats to mobile phone radiation (900 MHz) for 2 hours daily over 2 years, while also giving them a known cancer-causing chemical in their drinking water. They wanted to see if the radiation would make the chemical's DNA damage worse. The study found no evidence that the radiofrequency radiation enhanced the genetic damage caused by the toxic chemical.

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We investigated the possible combined genotoxic effects of radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic fields (900 MHz, amplitude modulated at 217 Hz, mobile phone signal) with the drinking water mutagen and carcinogen 3-chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MX).

Female rats were exposed to RF fields for a period of 2 years for 2 h per day, 5 days per week at av...

We did not find significant genotoxic activity of MX in blood and liver cells. However, MX induced D...

In conclusion, this 2-year animal study involving long-term exposures to RF radiation and MX did not provide any evidence for enhanced genotoxicity in rats exposed to RF radiation.

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Verschaeve, L., Heikkinen, P., Verheyen, G., Van Gorp, U., Boonen, F., Vander Plaetse, F., Maes, A., Kumlin, T., Maki-Paakkanen, J., Puranen, L. and Juutilainen, J. (2006). Investigation of Co-genotoxic Effects of Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields In Vivo. Radiat. Res. 165, 598-607, 2006.
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@article{verschaeve_2006_investigation_of_cogenotoxic_effects_3464,
  author = {Verschaeve and L. and Heikkinen and P. and Verheyen and G. and Van Gorp and U. and Boonen and F. and Vander Plaetse and F. and Maes and A. and Kumlin and T. and Maki-Paakkanen and J. and Puranen and L. and Juutilainen and J.},
  title = {Investigation of Co-genotoxic Effects of Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields In Vivo.},
  year = {2006},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16669742/},
}
PubMed: 16669742

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Female rats exposed to 900 MHz mobile phone radiation for 2 hours daily over 2 years showed no significant DNA damage in blood, liver, or brain cells. The study found no evidence of genotoxic effects from this chronic radiofrequency exposure pattern.
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