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BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF LONG-TERM EXPOSURE OF RATS TO 970-MHZ RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION
Citation:
Smialowicz, R., C. Weil, P. Marsh, M. Riddle, AND R.R. Rogers. BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF LONG-TERM EXPOSURE OF RATS TO 970-MHZ RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-81/079 (NTIS PB83193474).
Description:
Rats (N=16) exposed individually in circularly polarized waveguides to 970-MHz electromagnetic radiation (SAR=2.5 mW/g, 22 h daily for 70 consecutive days) had significantly higher serum levels of triglycerides, albumin, and total protein compared with sham-irradiated controls. No difference was observed in the weights, hematologic profile, or in vitro lymphocyte responses to mitogens between these two groups. The higher serum levels of triglycerides in radiofrequency-radiation-exposed rats suggest a nonspecific stress reaction.