ID Number		422
Study Type		In Vivo
Model		9.27 GHz (PW) exposure to mice and analysis of cancer and pathology (2-yr bioassay)
Details		Swiss Albino mice were exposed to 9.27 GHz (PW at 500 pps) at 1000 mW/cm2 for 4.5 min/day, 5 days/week, for 59 weeks. The exposure elevated body temperature by 3.3 oC. Following a whole body pathology on animals at the end of the study, white cell cancer (leucosis) and testicular degeneration were reported.
Findings		Effects
Status		Completed With Publication
Principal Investigator		MIT, Cambridge MA, USA
Funding Agency		Private/Instit.
Country		UNITED STATES
References		Prausnitz, S et al. IRE Trans. Bio-Med. Electron., (1962) BME-9:104-108 Roberts, NJ et al. Health Phys., (1983) 44:430-433
Comments		Critical reviews of the study, however, have determined that the report was of poor quality; therefore, the effects have not been accepted [see Roberts and Michaelson, Health Physics (1983) 44:430-433 and Kirk (1984), Biological Effects of Radiofrequency Radiation, Chapter 5.9, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA-600/8-83-026F)].