Power Density |
Reported Biological Effects |
References: Primary/(Secondary) |
0.00001 μW/m2 |
Altered EEG in human subjects |
Brise 1978 (Firstenberg, Bevington) |
0.0001 μW/m2 |
Effects on immune system in mice |
Bundyuk 1994 (Firstenberg) |
0.0002 μW/m2 |
Stimulation of ovulation in chickens |
Kondra 1970 (Firstenberg) |
0.05 μW/m2 |
Effect on cell growth in yeast |
Grundler 1992 (Firstenberg) |
0.1 μW/m2 |
Conditioned “avoidance” reflex in rats |
Kositsky 2001 (Firstenberg) |
~7 μW/m2 |
(0.05V/m) Adverse health effects around GSM 1800 |
Eger / Naila study (Bevington) |
20 μW/m2 |
Sleep disorders, abnormal blood pressure, nervousness, weakness, fatigue, limb pain, joint pain, digestive problems, fewer schoolchildren promoted—controlled study near a shortwave transmitter |
Altpeter 1995, 1997 (Firstenberg) |
20 to 7000μW/m2 |
Behavior disorders, increased health problems, and reduced milk yield in cows near TV and cell phone transmission antenna |
Loscher W, Kas G 1998 (Lai) |
100 μW/m2 |
A study of medical complaints of people with long-term exposure in their homes: Over 100 µW/m2 only 5-6% of the sample (172 people) did not experience adverse health effects. |
Oberfranken 2005 |
600 μW/m2 |
Altered EEG, disturbed carbohydrate metabolism, enlarged adrenals, altered adrenal hormone levels, structural changes in liver, spleen, testes, and brain—in white rats and rabbits |
Dumanskij 1974 (Firstenberg) |
600 μW/m2 |
Slowing of the heart, change in EEG in rabbits |
Serkyuk, reported in McRee 1980 (Firstenberg) |
|
1 mW/m2 |
(0.6V/m) X3 cancer rate at <400m from a phone mast |
Eger (Naila study) 2004
(Bevington) |
1 to 18 mW/m2 |
Decreased life span, impaired reproduction, structural and developmental abnormalities in duckweed plants |
Magone 1996 (Firstenberg) |
1.3 mW/m2 |
Decreased cell growth (human epithelial amnion cells) |
Kwee 1997 (Firstenberg) |
1.68 – 10.53 mW/m2 |
Irreversible infertility in mice after 5 generations of exposure to RFR from "antenna park" |
Magras & Xenos, 1997 (Sage, Lai) |
1.6 mW/m2 (0.78V/m) |
Skrunda radar (Latvia) affects children’s memory, attention, motor function |
Kolodynski, 1996 (Sage, Bevington) |
<2.7 mW/m2 |
(<1V/m) <350m phone mast: x4 cancer, x10 female cancer |
Wolf & Wolf 2004
(Bevington) |
<2.7 mW/m2 |
(<1V/m) 3G phone mast: cognitive impairment, muscular pains, headaches, dizziness,
|
Zwamborn 2003
(Bevington) |
~2.7mW/m2 to 6.0 mW/m2 |
(~1.0-1.5 V/m) < 400m phone mast : x3 risk of cancer 10 years |
Navarro 2003, Oberfeld 2004, Santini 2002 (Bevington) |
2 - 80 mW/m2 |
Two-fold increase in childhood leukemia / RFR exposure to AM/FM towers |
Hocking, 1996 (Sage, Lai) |
3-16.4 mW/m2 |
Children exposed to 154 to 162 MHz had a reduction in memory/attention, motor runction, and reflexes compared to controls |
(Santini) |
6 mW/m2 |
Change in calcium ion efflux from brain tissue |
Dutta 1986 (Firstenberg) |
6 mW/m2 |
Cardiac arrhythmias and sometimes cardiac arrest (frogs) |
Frey 1968 (Firstenberg) |
8 and 80 mW/m2 |
Increased activity of alkaline phosphatase activity in guinea pigs (2375 MHz) |
Pashovkina MS et al, 2000 (Lai) |
10 mW/m2 |
Whole body microwave irradiation of male mice caused a significant effect on the immune system |
Fesenko, 1999 (Sage, Lai) |
10 mW/m2 |
Irradiation (5 hours) with low-power microwaves stimulates the immune potential of macrophages |
Novoselova, 1999 (Sage, Lai) |
|
10 mW/m2 |
Headache, dizziness, irritability, fatigue, weakn and T cells ess, insomnia, chest pain, difficulty breathing, indigestion (humans—occupational exposure) |
Simonenko 1998 (Firstenberg) |
10 mW/m2 |
Stimulation of white cells in guinea pigs |
Shandala 1978 (Firstenberg) |
10 – 24 mW/m2 |
Chronic irradiation of American Embassy in Moscow of 600 MHz to 9.5 GHz resulted in increased risk of leukemia and uterine cancer |
(Santini) |
13 - 57 mW/m2 |
Two-fold increase in leukemia in adults from AM RF exposure |
Dolk, 1997 (Sage) |
20 mW/m2 |
“Microwave hearing”—clicking, buzzing, chirping, hissing, or high-pitched tones |
Frey 1963, 1969,1971, 1973, 1988, Justeson 1979, Olsen 1980, Wieske 1963, Lin 1978 (Firstenberg) |
25 mW/m2 |
Breakdown of blood-brain barrier (used a digital cellular phone to provide the radiation) |
Salford 1997 (Firstenberg) |
-40 mW/m2 |
Altered white blood cell activity in schoolchildren |
Chiang 1989 (Firstenberg) |
~20-40 mW/m2 |
Direct effect of RFR on ion channels in cells/opening of acetycholine channels |
D'Inzeo, 1988 (Sage) |
40-100 mW/m2 |
Visual reaction time in children is slowed//lower memory function in tests |
Chiang, 1989 (Sage) |
~50 – 100 mW/m2 |
(4.3-6.1V/m) x10 leukaemia, x6 NHL |
Szmigielski 1996 (Bevington) |
50 mW/m2 |
Exposure of pregnant rats to GSM-like 940 MHz radiation results in aberrant expression of bone morphogenetic proteins in the kidneys of newborn rats |
Pyrpasopoulou et al, 2004 (Panagopoulos-Margaritis) |
50-1200 mW/m2 |
Increased mortality of avian embryos |
Xenos and Magras, 2003 (Panagopoulos-Margaritis) |
|
50 mW/m2 |
Biochemical and histological changes in liver, heart, kidney, and brain tissue |
Belokrinitskiy l982 (Firstenberg) |
50 - 100 mW/m2 |
Impaired nervous system activity |
Dumansky, 1974 (Sage, Bevington) |
50 mW/m2 |
Leukemia, skin melanoma and bladder cancer near TV and FM transmitter |
Dolk 1997 (Firstenberg) |
66 mW/m2 |
(5V/m) Decreased sperm count |
Adey 1982 (Bevington) |
100 mW/m2 |
Decreased size of litter, increased number of stillborns in mice |
Il’Chevich (reported in McRee 1980) (Firstenberg) |
100 mW/m2 |
Redistribution of metals in the lungs, brain, heart, liver, kidney, muscles, spleen, bones, skin, blood |
Shutenko 1981 (Firstenberg) |
100 mW/m2 (0.0027 W/Kg SAR) |
Changes in active avoidance conditioned reflex (behavioral change) after 0.5 hour exposure |
Navakatikian, 1994 (Sage) |
100-200 mW/m2 |
Increase in micronuclei (abberant DNA form) found in workers chronically exposed to microwaves at 1250-1350 MHz. |
Garaj-Vrhovac, 1999 (Sage, Bevington) |
100 - 250 mW/m2 |
Changes in the hippocampus of the brain |
Belokrinitsky, 1982 (Sage) |
200 mW/m2 |
900 MHz pulsed with 217 Hz result in slight transient elevation in cortisol production |
Mann, K et al 1998 (Lai) |
300 mW/m2 (0.015 W/Kg SAR) |
Immune system effects - elevation of PFC count (antibody-producing cells) |
Veyret, 1991 (Sage) |
500 mW/m2 |
An 18% reduction in REM sleep (important to memory and learning functions) |
Mann, 1996 (Sage) |
1000mW/m2 |
Changes in immune system function |
Elekes, 1996 (Sage) |
1000 mW/m2 (0.027 W/Kg SAR) |
A 24% drop in testosterone after 6 hours exposure |
Navakatikian, 1994 (Sage) |