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The toxic effect of mobile phone radiation on rabbit organs
All Life
  • Shudong Zhu
  • Yan Zhu
  • Hao Li
  • Doudou Zhang
  • Dianzheng Zhang, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1-2020
Abstract

Whether electromagnetic radiation (EMR) emitted from mobile phones is hazardous to human health is largely unknown. We investigated the effects of mobile phone radiation on critical organs in a rabbit model by exposing the animals to mobile phone radiation with sub-thermal specific absorption rate (SAR) of 1.0 and 0.7 W/kg for the head and the body, respectively, for 16 weeks (6 h/day, 6 days/week). There is no apparent change at the organ level. However, H&E staining showed that radiation-exposure significantly increased inflammatory cell infiltration in the liver and the lungs with a lesser degree of myocardial cell cytoplasmic vacuolation. In addition, results from γ-H2AX staining suggest that radiation can also cause DNA damage in the brain. Of note, no apparent activation of Caspase-3 in the organs examined. Our data altogether suggest that mobile phone radiation may be more hazardous to both the liver and the lungs, and less toxic to the brain and heart.

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This article was published in All Life, Volume 13, Issue 1.

The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1080/26895293.2020.1763481.

Copyright © 2020 The Author(s). CC-BY 4.0.

Citation Information
Shudong Zhu, Yan Zhu, Hao Li, Doudou Zhang, et al.. "The toxic effect of mobile phone radiation on rabbit organs" All Life Vol. 13 Iss. 1 (2020)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/dianzheng_zhang/98/