Cell phone radiations affect early growth of Vigna radiata (mung bean) through biochemical alterations.
Sharma VP, Singh HP, Batish DR, Kohli RK. · 2010
View Original AbstractCell phone radiation stunted plant growth and disrupted cellular function in just 30 minutes at everyday exposure levels.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed mung bean seedlings to cell phone radiation at a power density of 8.55 microwatts per square centimeter for periods ranging from 30 minutes to 4 hours. The electromagnetic fields significantly stunted growth and reduced the plants' protein and carbohydrate content, while triggering stress-response enzymes. This demonstrates that even brief exposures to cell phone-level radiation can disrupt basic biological processes in living organisms.
Why This Matters
This plant study provides compelling evidence that cell phone radiation disrupts fundamental biological processes at the cellular level. The power density used (8.55 microwatts per square centimeter) is well within the range of typical cell phone exposures, making these findings directly relevant to human health concerns. What's particularly striking is that measurable biological effects occurred after just 30 minutes of exposure. While plants aren't humans, they share many basic cellular processes with us, including protein synthesis and enzyme function. The fact that the seedlings activated stress-response enzymes suggests their cellular machinery recognized the EMF exposure as harmful. This adds to the growing body of evidence showing that wireless radiation affects living systems at levels far below current safety standards, which only consider heating effects and ignore these types of biological disruptions.
Exposure Details
- Power Density
- 0.00855 µW/m²
- Exposure Duration
- 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 h
Exposure Context
This study used 0.00855 µW/m² for radio frequency:
- 855Kx above the Building Biology guideline of 0.1 μW/m²
- 14.3Kx above the BioInitiative Report recommendation of 0.0006 μW/cm²
Building Biology guidelines are practitioner-based limits from real-world assessments. BioInitiative Report recommendations are based on peer-reviewed science. Check Your Exposure to compare your own measurements.
Where This Falls on the Concern Scale
Study Details
This study evaluates Cell phone radiations affect early growth of Vigna radiata (mung bean) through biochemical alterations
We investigated the impact of cell phone electromagentic field (EMF) radiations (power density, 8.55...
Cell phone EMF radiations significantly reduced the seedling length and dry weight of V radiata afte...
The study concludes that cell phone EMFs impair early growth of V radiata seedlings by inducing biochemical changes.
Show BibTeX
@article{vp_2010_cell_phone_radiations_affect_571,
author = {Sharma VP and Singh HP and Batish DR and Kohli RK.},
title = {Cell phone radiations affect early growth of Vigna radiata (mung bean) through biochemical alterations.},
year = {2010},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20355324/},
}