Experiments with White Rats, Bush Beans, and Tradescantia Plants in the Vicinity of Television Receivers

Weanling Wistar rats, all located within 10 inches of a color television set and which accumulated about 240 times the average dosage of a television viewer watching for 1000 hours at a distance of only 40 inches, developed normally and produced normal offspring whose behavior and anatomy were normal. Examination of sample tissue of the brain, gonad, spleen, and sternum showed no abnormal morphology. Likewise, bush bean seedlings and ´Tradescantia cuttings grew to maturity and reproduced without abnormal morphology.