Are wireless phones safe? A review of the issue review

Endpoint

• genotoxicity/mutation: DNA-damage (strand breaks)
• cell transformation: tumor promotion, ornithine decarboxylase activity
• effects on the reproductive system: abortion, malformation
• effects on the neurological system: blood brain barrier permeability, calcium-efflux; EEG
• hypersensitivity/subjective complaints: headache, warmth around/behind the ear, difficulties in concentration
• epidemiology: cancer and other health effects

Exposure

• • 2.45 GHz
• • radar
  • Radio/TV transmitter
  • mobile communications
  • mobile phone base station
  • GSM