Title :
Albumin leakage into the brain and wireless-communication radiation
Author_Institution :
Illinois Univ., Chicago, IL, USA
fDate :
4/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A series of reports from Lund, Sweden, based on observed leakages of endogenous serum albumin in blood, suggested that repeated exposure to microwave radiation from GSM cellular telephones could alter the permeability of the blood-brain barrier at SARs that were well below the maximum permissible level for cellular telephones. While an effort to confirm had failed at SARs of 0.3-1.5 W/kg, it had confirmed extravasation of serum albumin at 7.5 W/kg: a level about four times greater than the maximum permissible level for cellular telephones. Currently, there is considerable interest from several laboratories around the world in replicating the reported occurrence of abnormal neurons in the rat brain resulting from leakage of endogenous serum albumin.
Keywords :
biological effects of microwaves; blood; brain; cellular radio; health hazards; neurophysiology; GSM cellular telephones; Global System for Mobile Communication; abnormal neurons; albumin leakage; blood; blood-brain barrier; brain; endogenous serum albumin; wireless-communication radiation; Animals; Blood; Electromagnetic radiation; GSM; Health and safety; Humans; Neurons; Permeability; Rats; Telephony;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAP.2004.1305582