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1: Environ Health Perspect. 2003 Jun;111(7):881-3; discussion A408.Click here to read Click here to read Links

Nerve cell damage in mammalian brain after exposure to microwaves from GSM mobile phones.

Salford LG, Brun AE, Eberhardt JL, Malmgren L, Persson BR.

Department of Neurosurgery, Lund University, The Rausing Laboratory and Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden. Leif.Salford@neurokir.lu.se

The possible risks of radio-frequency electromagnetic fields for the human body is a growing concern for our society. We have previously shown that weak pulsed microwaves give rise to a significant leakage of albumin through the blood-brain barrier. In this study we investigated whether a pathologic leakage across the blood-brain barrier might be combined with damage to the neurons. Three groups each of eight rats were exposed for 2 hr to Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) mobile phone electromagnetic fields of different strengths. We found highly significant (p< 0.002) evidence for neuronal damage in the cortex, hippocampus, and basal ganglia in the brains of exposed rats.

PMID: 12782486 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC1241519