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AUTHORS' ABSTRACT: Kumar and Shula 2014 (IEEE #5553): The possible adverse reproductive effects resulting from exposure to electromagnetic
fields (EMF) are currently of great public concern. The objective of the present study is to
reveal possible effects of electromagnetic fields emitted from a CDMA mobile phone on the
ultrastructural aspects of the testicular cells. Approximately 6 weeks old Swiss albino rats
were procured from LLRUVAS, Hisar, Haryana. Rats were acclimatized in plastic cages in a
room maintained at 24 ± 1o C and 50 ± 5 % humidity with an alternating 12 h light-darkness
cycle. After one week, rats were exposed under electromagnetic radiation emitted from a
CDMA mobile phone with 3 hrs exposure followed by 30 minutes rest and then again 3 hrs exposure per day for five months. One sham group was kept away from the source of radiation and was used as control for the experimental groups. Immediately after the last irradiation, rats were sacrificed and their testes were analyzed using Electron Microscopic techniques. Studies revealed pycnotic nuclei in germ cells, vacuolization in spermatogenic cells and detachment of spermatogonia and sertoli cells from basal lamina. Shrinkage was induced on the surface of the seminiferous epithelium due to exposure. Residual cytoplasm and debris of degenerating cells were also observed in the seminiferous tubules. |
