Study type: Medical/biological study (experimental study)

The effect of electromagnetic radiation from the Skrunda Radio Location Station on Spirodela polyrhiza (L) Schleiden cultures med./bio.

By: Magone I
Published in: Sci Total Environ 1996; 180 (1): 75-80
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Aim of study (acc. to author)

A sensitive clone of Spirodela polyrhiza (L.) Schleiden was used as a test organsim to study the effects of the Skrunda Radio Location Station in Latvia.

Endpoint

Exposure

Exposure Parameters
Exposure 1: 156–162 MHz
Modulation type: pulsed
Exposure duration: continuous for 5 days

Exposure 1

Main characteristics
Frequency 156–162 MHz
Type
Exposure duration continuous for 5 days
Modulation
Modulation type pulsed
Exposure setup
Exposure source
Distance between exposed object and exposure source 2,000 m
Setup Plants exposed in glass flasks in the vicinity of the Radio location station.
Parameters
Measurand Value Type Method Mass Remarks
electric field strength 6 mV/cm minimum measured - 2.6 V/m max value.

Exposed system:

Methods Endpoint/measurement parameters/methodology

Investigated system:
Time of investigation:
  • after exposure

Main outcome of study (acc. to author)

The vegetative reproduction rate was accelerated in the first 20 days after the end of exposure. Exposure of plants just beginning formation lowered the vegetative growth rate. At 55 days, various morphological and developmental abnormalities appeared in 6-10 daughter plants from 10 exposed mother plants, compared with 0.1 plants per 10 in the control condition. Plants developed completely to daughter fronds under exposure from electromagnetic field had a shorter life-span and a fewer subsequent daughters.

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