Effects of Low Intensity Microwave Radiation on Mammalian Serum Components

摘要

In vivo exposure of Dutch rabbits to 1.7 and 2.45 GHz microwave radiation at intensities of 5, 10 and 25 mW/sq cm resulted in statistically significant dose-dependent alterations in serum glucose, blood urea nitrogen, and uric acid. Other serum components were also found to be altered by such exposure, but not to the extent of these dependent variables. Statistically significant dose-dependent decreases in the duration of sodium pentobarbital-induced sleeping time in the Dutch rabbit were induced by exposure to 1.7 and 2.45 GHz microwave fields in the intensity range of from 5 to 50 mW/sq cm. The 2.45 GHz irradiations produced a statistically significantly greater reduction in sleeping time than exposure at 1.7 GHz at the microwave intensities employed in this investigation. Significant increases in total creatine phosphokinase (CPK) enzyme levels and in CPK isoenzymes were detected in the serum of Dutch rabbits exposed to 2.45 GHz CW microwave fields for two hours at intensities of 10 and 25 mW/sq cm. Serum triglyceride levels were also elevated as a result of such exposure, but the increases were not statistically significant as compared to sham-irradiated controls.