''A few studies suggest that biological effects can be seen at low levels of exposure''.

Gerelateerd artikel: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14735565 .

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L. Verschaeve is lid van de Beraadsgroep Straling en Gezondheid van de Gezondheidsraad, E. van Rongen is secretaris van deze Commissie.

Bron: Mutation Research 2010 Oct 15.

In vitro and in vivo genotoxicity of radiofrequency fields.

Verschaeve L, Juutilainen J, Lagroye I, Miyakoshi J, Saunders R, de Seze R, Tenforde T, van Rongen E, Veyret B, Xu Z.

O.D. Public Health & Surveillance, Laboratory of Toxicology, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, and Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.

Abstract
There has been growing concern about the possibility of adverse health effects resulting from exposure to radiofrequency radiations (RFR), such as those emitted by wireless communication devices. Since the introduction of mobile phones many studies have been conducted regarding alleged health effects but there is still some uncertainty and no definitive conclusions have been reached so far.

Although thermal effects are well understood they are not of great concern as they are unlikely to result from the typical low-level RFR exposures. Concern rests essentially with the possibility that RFR exposure may induce non-thermal and/or long-term health effects such as an increased cancer risk. Consequently, possible genetic effects have often been studied but with mixed results.

In this paper we review the data on alleged RFR-induced genetic effects from in vitro and in vivo investigations as well as from human cytogenetic biomonitoring surveys. Attention is also paid to combined exposures of RFR with chemical or physical agents. Again, however, no entirely consistent picture emerges.

Many of the positive studies may well be due to thermal exposures, but a few studies suggest that biological effects can be seen at low levels of exposure. Overall, however, the evidence for low-level genotoxic effects is very weak

Voor het originele abstract zie:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20955816?dopt=Abstract .



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