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Preliminary Study on the Induction of Sperm Head Abnormalities in Mice, Mus musculus, Exposed to Radiofrequency Radiations from Global System for Mobile Communication Base Stations
Domingo 18 de octubre de 2009 · 1789 lecturas
Preliminary Study on the Induction of Sperm Head Abnormalities
in Mice, Mus musculus, Exposed to Radiofrequency Radiations
from Global System for Mobile Communication Base Stations
Abstract The exposure of male mice to radiofrequency
radiations from mobile phone (GSM) base stations at a
workplace complex and residential quarters caused 39.78
and 46.03%, respectively, in sperm head abnormalities
compared to 2.13% in control group. Statistical analysis of
sperm head abnormality score showed that there was a
significant (p\0.05) difference in occurrence of sperm
head abnormalities in test animals. The major abnormalities
observed were knobbed hook, pin-head and bananashaped
sperm head. The occurrence of the sperm head
abnormalities was also found to be dose dependent. The
implications of the observed increase occurrence of sperm
head abnormalities on the reproductive health of humans
living in close proximity to GSM base stations were
discussed.
Keywords Sperm head - Radiofrequency radiation -
Mobile phones - Mutagens
