Cytogenetic effects of 900 MHz (GSM) microwaves on human lymphocytes

✍ Scribed by A. Maes; M. Collier; L. Verschaeve

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 115 KB
• Volume: 22
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0197-8462
• DOI: 10.1002/1521-186x(200102)22:2<91::aid-bem1011>3.0.co;2-w

✦ Synopsis

The cytogenetic effects of 900 MHz radiofrequency fields were investigated with the chromosome aberration and sister chromatid exchange frequency methods. Three different modes of exposure (continuous, pseudo-random and dummy burst) were studied for different power outputs (0, 2, 8, 15, 25, 50 W). The specific absorption rates varied between 0 and 10 W/kg. We investigated the possible effects of the 900 MHz radiation alone as well as of combined exposure to the chemical or physical mutagens mitomycin C and X-rays. Overall, no indication was found of a mutagenic, and/or co-mutagenic/synergistic effect of this kind of nonionizing radiation.