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Cytological effects of 50 Hz electromagnetic fields on human lymphocytes in vitro
A Antonopoulos1, B Yang, A Stamm
1Department of Genetics, University of Essen, Germany.
Mutation Research
|March 1, 1995
Abstract:
Incubation of human peripheral blood cultures in the presence of an electromagnetic field (EMF) of 50 Hz and 5 mT leads to stimulation of the cell cycle of dividing lymphocytes but has no influence on the frequencies of sister-chromatid exchanges. Comparative studies with two different exposure systems and with different culture temperatures indicate that the effect on the cell cycle results from the EMF and is not a thermal effect. These data support the assumption that with respect to their suspected carcinogenic effects EMFs have no initiating but probably promoting effects.