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. 2014 Nov 17;9(11):e112139.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112139. eCollection 2014.

Diverse radiofrequency sensitivity and radiofrequency effects of mobile or cordless phone near fields exposure in Drosophila melanogaster

Styliani Geronikolou  1 , Stelios Zimeras  2 , Constantinos H Davos  1 , Ioannis Michalopoulos  1 , Stephanos Tsitomeneas  3
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Diverse radiofrequency sensitivity and radiofrequency effects of mobile or cordless phone near fields exposure in Drosophila melanogaster

Styliani Geronikolou et al. PLoS One. .
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Abstract

Introduction: The impact of electromagnetic fields on health is of increasing scientific interest. The aim of this study was to examine how the Drosophila melanogaster animal model is affected when exposed to portable or mobile phone fields.

Methods/results: Two experiments have been designed and performed in the same laboratory conditions. Insect cultures were exposed to the near field of a 2G mobile phone (the GSM 2G networks support and complement in parallel the 3G wide band or in other words the transmission of information via voice signals is served by the 2G technology in both mobile phones generations) and a 1880 MHz cordless phone both digitally modulated by human voice. Comparison with advanced statistics of the egg laying of the second generation exposed and non-exposed cultures showed limited statistical significance for the cordless phone exposed culture and statistical significance for the 900 MHz exposed insects. We calculated by physics, simulated and illustrated in three dimensional figures the calculated near fields of radiation inside the experimenting vials and their difference. Comparison of the power of the two fields showed that the difference between them becomes null when the experimental cylinder radius and the height of the antenna increase.

Conclusions/significance: Our results suggest a possible radiofrequency sensitivity difference in insects which may be due to the distance from the antenna or to unexplored intimate factors. Comparing the near fields of the two frequencies bands, we see similar not identical geometry in length and height from the antenna and that lower frequencies tend to drive to increased radiofrequency effects.

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Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1. Experimental exposure graphic.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Three dimensional illustration of the Sexp for 1880 MHz vs h and radius.
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Figure 3. Three dimensional illustration of the Sexp for 900 MHz vs h and radius.
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Figure 4. Three dimensional illustration of the squared differences between 1880 and 900 MHz vs h and radius.
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