The effect of Base Transceiver Station waves on some immunological and hematological factors in exposed persons

Taheri, Mohammad; Roshanaei, Ghodratollah; Ghaffari, J; Rahimnejad, Samira; Khosroshahi, Behzad Nazel; Aliabadi, Mostafa Mirzaei; Eftekharian, Mohammad Mahdi

doi:10.3233/hab-160303

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“…The immediate effects [3,4,12] and long-term effects [8] are available in academic studies. Recent studies showed much more subtle effects [12][13][14][15]. Such high EMR values as observed in this study were not even considered in any of those studies.…”

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confidence: 69%

“…Taking into consideration the measurement values and the EMR metrology ambiguity, one may have serious concerns about maintenance people's health in light of recent studies [12][13][14][15]. Since the current urban percentage of co-sited BSs is 60% for three MNOs and 24% for two MNOs [17], precautionary and regulatory steps should be taken in order to mitigate such occupational risks in these multioperator co-sited BSs.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This exposure raises concerns and questions about the impact of the EMR on human health and life. A number of papers were devoted to the issue of bioelectromagnetic effects [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. These include cellular, immunological, hematological, auditory level responses to EMR exposure such as heat shock protein secretions, protein leakages, cellular ion channel anomalies, blood sugar level fluctuations, and hearing loss, as well as cognitive function degradations.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Electromagnetic radiation exposure of multioperator co-sited urban base stations

Uluaydin¹,

Dlugosz²,

Şeker³

2019

Turk J Elec Eng & Comp Sci

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Mobile network operators (MNOs) concurrently use different generations of wireless technologies. The base stations (BSs) of different technology generations are co-located in order to decrease operational costs. Furthermore, the MNOs cooperate in order to co-site their base stations. Such an urban site includes more than 25 actively radiating antennas on average with different frequencies and modulations. Electromagnetic radiation (EMR) measurements performed in such an environment may have reduced accuracy. In this paper, the authors propose a new approach for the measurement of EMR in multiple mobile technology interwoven urban BS sites, where more than one operator exists. The maintenance activities are also investigated with their frequency of occurrence and their duration for EMR exposure assessment and the statistics are reported for the first time in academia. On sampling the signal strength and radiation in different positions for the tested urban sites, electrical field strengths as high as 90 V/m were observed. The results are classified according to frequency bands and possible technologies. The probable bioelectromagnetic effects of such EMR exposure on maintenance workers are discussed with the provision of statistical data of co-located BSs and their maintenance activities. A new occupational EMR exposure risk assessment approach is proposed by taking into consideration the massive multiinput multioutput (MIMO) antenna technology.

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confidence: 99%

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Electromagnetic radiation exposure of multioperator co-sited urban base stations

Uluaydin¹,

Dlugosz²,

Şeker³

2019

Turk J Elec Eng & Comp Sci

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“…Kazemi et al [11] showed a significant increase of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in monocytes extracted from peripheral blood after exposure of blood samples to 900 MHz EMFs, whereas it was not significant in lymphocytes. Taheri et al [12] investigated the blood from people living in the vicinity of tower antennas for mobile phones and they found that some blood parameters, such as the percent of monocyte cells, were altered by exposure. This latter study raised an alert for health safety of people involved in long-term exposure to EMFs.…”

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DNA-Related Modifications in a Mixture of Human Lympho-Monocyte Exposed to Radiofrequency Fields and Detected by Raman Microspectroscopy Analysis

2019

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Human exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) has risen considerably during the last decades, because of the industrial and technical development and the consequent increase of artificial EMFs sources. In particular, blood is largely involved in the environmental EMF exposure, because it is located everywhere in the human body. Lympho-monocyte cells are blood components that protect the human organism against infections. In this study, we investigate biochemical changes in lympho-monocyte cells extracted from human peripheral blood after exposure to EMFs at 1.8 GHz frequency and 200 V/m electric field strength for times ranging from 5 to 20 h inside a reverberation chamber. Some mixtures of cells, coming from many human subjects, were exposed and successively investigated by means of Raman micro-spectroscopy technique and principal components analysis. The spectral analysis was able to detect variations of the biochemical composition of the nucleus of exposed cells. Such modifications are mainly detectable as an intensity decrease of some DNA and nucleic acid Raman peaks with respect to the intensity of some protein peaks and they were most evident in the case of 20 h exposed samples. These results were in agreement with the increase of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, observed in the exposed cells. Overall, the obtained results point out that EMFs exposure may induce modifications of the DNA in some blood cells of long-term exposed people.

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Immunity and electromagnetic fields

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Wójcik-Piotrowicz

Gil

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Environmental Research

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The effect of Base Transceiver Station waves on some immunological and hematological factors in exposed persons

Abstract: It seems that radiation of mobile phone antennas influenced the blood and immune systems, but further study should be done to exactly determine the targets.

Cited by 8 publications

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Electromagnetic radiation exposure of multioperator co-sited urban base stations

Electromagnetic radiation exposure of multioperator co-sited urban base stations

DNA-Related Modifications in a Mixture of Human Lympho-Monocyte Exposed to Radiofrequency Fields and Detected by Raman Microspectroscopy Analysis

Immunity and electromagnetic fields

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