Rusland: Nieuwe onderzoeksmethode toont duidelijk gentoxische effecten straling mobiele telefonie.

Bron; Mutation Research 8 okt. 2012 O pii: S1383-5718(12)00291-4. doi: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2012.08.010.

Comparison of cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of plutonium-239 alpha particles and mobile phone GSM 900 radiation in the Allium cepa test.

Pesnya DS, Romanovsky AV.
D. Papanin Institute for biology of inland waters Russian Academy of Sciences, 152742 Borok/Russia. Electronic address: 24pesnya@gmail.com.

Abstract
The goal of this study was to compare the cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of plutonium-239 alpha particles and GSM 900 modulated mobile phone radiation in the Allium cepa test.

Three groups of bulbs were exposed to mobile phone radiation during 0 (sham), 3 and 9hours. A positive control group was treated during 20min with plutonium-239 alpha-radiation. Mitotic abnormalities, chromosome aberrations, micronuclei and mitotic index were analyzed.

Exposure to alpha-radiation from plutonium-239 and exposure to modulated radiation from mobile phone during 3 and 9h significantly increased the mitotic index. GSM 900 mobile phone radiation as well as alpha-radiation from plutonium-239 induced both clastogenic and aneugenic effects. However, the aneugenic activity of mobile phone radiation was more pronounced.

After 9hours of exposure to mobile phone radiation, polyploid cells, three-groups metaphases, amitoses and some unspecified abnormalities were detected, which were not registered in the other experimental groups. Importantly, GSM 900 mobile phone radiation increased the mitotic index, the frequency of mitotic and chromosome abnormalities, and the micronucleus frequency in a time-dependent manner.

Due to its sensitivity, the Allium cepa test can be recommended as a useful cytogenetic assay to assess cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields.

Voor het originele abstract zie:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23059817?dopt=Abstract .

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