Study overviews

Experimental studies on the effects of young animals include studies with young animals prenatally or postnatally (before or after hatching) exposed to electromagnetic fields.

Young animals in this spirit means animals of the whole animal kingdom (but in this context mainly mammals and birds), exposed and investigated before their adulthood.

The graphics also include some experimental studies with children.

Experimental studies on the effects of low and radio frequency on young animals

842 studies in total
  1. 308 studies
  2. 297 studies
  3. 115 studies
  4. 52 studies
  5. 45 studies
  6. 15 studies
  7. 10 studies

Teratogenicity, embryogenesis

308 studies in total
  1. 156 studies
  2. 134 studies
  3. 38 studies
  4. 2 studies
Authors Year Exposed system Endpoints Frequency range SAR Exposure duration Parameters
Severini M et al. 2010 animal, spawn and tadpoles of <i>Xenopus laevis</i>, whole body tadpole development and teratogenic effects 50 Hz - continuous for 22 days magnetic field, low frequency, 50/60 Hz
Severini M et al. 2010 animal, tadpoles of <i>Xenopus laevis</i>, whole body tadpole development and teratogenic effects 50 Hz - continuous for 60 days magnetic field, low frequency, 50/60 Hz
Krylov VV 2010 invertebrate, <i>Daphnia magna</i> Straus (great water flea) embryogenesis, developmental stages, morphometric and production characteristics of adult females that developed from the exposed eggs; survival rate 45–500 Hz - up to 43.70 h magnetic field, low frequency
Severini M et al. 2009 animal, African clawed frog tadpoles (<i>Xenopus laevis</i>), whole body tadpole development 0–50 Hz - not reported, probably during the whole development magnetic field, static magnetic field, 50/60 Hz
Shams Lahijani M et al. 2009 animal, chicken embryos/White Leghorn, whole body histopathological and ultrastructural changes in livers in chicken embryos and malformations 50 Hz - continuous for 24 hr magnetic field, 50/60 Hz
Nishimura I et al. 2009 - - - - - magnetic field, PC/TV monitor, induction cooker, intermediate frequency
Lee HJ et al. 2009 animal, mouse/ICR, whole body mortality and morphological abnormalities, uterine contents 20 kHz - 8 h/day from day 2.5 to day 15.5 of gestation magnetic field, intermediate frequency, occupational
Shams Lahijani M et al. 2007 animal, chicken embryos/White Leghorn, whole body brain and eye development 50 Hz - 24 h continuous magnetic field, 50/60 Hz
Komazaki S et al. 2007 animal, japanese fire belly newt/<i>Cynops pyrrhogaster</i> (embryo), whole body embryo development 50 Hz - 5 days magnetic field, 50/60 Hz
Ravera S et al. 2006 - - 75 Hz - 150 min low frequency, magnetic field
Okudan B et al. 2006 animal, rat/Wistar albino, whole body bone mineral content and bone mineral density 50 Hz - continuous for 28 days; from day 7 of gestation to 14 days post delivery electric field, static electric field, 50/60 Hz
Karja NW et al. 2006 - - - - - electric field, signals/pulses
Saito K et al. 2006 animal, mouse/SS - - - continuous for 60 min on day 7.5, 9.5, 10.5, 11.5, 12.5, 13.5, or 14.5 of pregnancy static magnetic field
Kuzna-Grygiel W et al. 2005 invertebrate, fertilized eggs of pig roundworm (<i>Ascaris suum</i>) embryonic development 50 Hz - continuous for 60 days 50/60 Hz, power transmission line
Roda-Murillo O et al. 2005 animal, fertilized eggs of <i>Gallus domesticus</i> (chicken; Leghorn HR7 variety) teratogenicity (body weight and cranial/cephalic development) 50 Hz - continuous for 15 or 21 days 50/60 Hz
Shi Y et al. 2005 animal, mouse/CD-1, whole body embryo development (expression of embryo <i>c-fos</i> mRNA) 50 Hz - continuous from gestation day 5.5 to gestation day 8.5 magnetic field, 50/60 Hz
Winnicki A et al. 2004 animal, fish/pike (<i>Esox lucius</i>) (eggs) embryonic motorics 50 Hz - continuous for 30 min magnetic field, static magnetic field, low frequency, 50/60 Hz
Grimaldi S et al. 2004 animal, African clawed frog (<i>Xenopus laevis</i>) (tadpoles), whole body tadpole survival and metamorphosis-rate 50 Hz - continuous for 65 days magnetic field, low frequency, 50/60 Hz
Shams Lahijani M et al. 2004 fertilized chicken eggs teratogenicity/embryonal development 50 Hz - continuous for 24 h low frequency, 50/60 Hz, magnetic field
Dupont MJ et al. 2004 animal, rat/Wistar albino, whole body effects on neurons and glia cells 500 mHz - continuous for 9 days ( 2 days befor and 7 days after birth) magnetic field, low frequency, signals/pulses
Chung MK et al. 2004 animal, rat/Sprague Dawley (embryo and adult), whole body - 60 Hz - repeated daily exposure, 21 h/day from day 6 of gestation to day 21 of lactation. magnetic field, 50/60 Hz
Rajendra P et al. 2004 animal, chicken embryos (eggs), whole body neurotransmitter levels in the brain and tissue damage in chicken embryos 50 Hz - continuous for 5, 10 and 15 days magnetic field, 50/60 Hz
Kim SH et al. 2004 - - 20 kHz - repeated daily exposure, 8 h/d, from Day 2.5 to 15.5 of gestation. magnetic field, intermediate frequency
Jiang ML et al. 2003 animal, rat/Sprague-Dawley (embryo), whole body: <i>in utero</i> - - - - MRI
Gagnon ZE et al. 2003 animal, mouse/Swiss Webster, whole body embryo development 0 Hz–25 MHz - exposure started on the 18th day of pregnancy; one week later, offspring was born and maintained together with their mothers for 21 days. After that, only the mothers were left to continue for another 4 weeks. EMF general