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Mutagenesis Advance Access published online on February 15, 2006
Mutagenesis, doi:10.1093/mutage/gel008
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© The Author 2006. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the UK Environmental Mutagen Society. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org
Received January 3, 2006
Revised January 17, 2006
Accepted January 19, 2006

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Cytogenetic investigation of subjects professionally exposed to radiofrequency radiation

Annemarie Maes 1 *, Urbain Van Gorp 1, and Luc Verschaeve 1

1 Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), B-2400 Mol, Belgium

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Annemarie Maes, E-mail: annemie.maes{at}vito.be


  Abstract

Nowadays, virtually everybody is exposed to radiofrequency radiation (RFR) from mobile phone base station antennas or other sources. At least according to some scientists, this exposure can have detrimental health effects. We investigated cytogenetic effects in peripheral blood lymphocytes from subjects who were professionally exposed to mobile phone electromagnetic fields in an attempt to demonstrate possible RFR-induced genetic effects. These subjects can be considered well suited for this purpose as their RFR exposure is ‘normal’ though rather high, and definitely higher than that of the ‘general population’. The alkaline comet assay, sister chromatid exchange (SCE) and chromosome aberration tests revealed no evidence of RFR-induced genetic effects. Blood cells were also exposed to the well known chemical mutagen mitomycin C in order to investigate possible combined effects of RFR and the chemical. No cooperative action was found between the electromagnetic field exposure and the mutagen using either the comet assay or SCE test.


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