Electromagnetic Field Toxicology Reporter

Evaluation and Assessment of Extremely Low Frequency EMF Bioeffects
Volume 1, Number 1, March 1999

Basic Mechanisms

by Robert B. Goldberg, Ph.D., Editor

Summary

Results of studies are discussed which show both EMF-enhanced gene expression and increased transcription and negative results obtained in other studies. A Japanese group examined gene expression in a Chinese Hamster cell line and an American group examined transcription in HL-60 cells exposed to EMF. Another group looked at molecular-level responses in B-lineage lymphoid cells exposed to 1-G, 60-Hz fields. A German research group examined the effects of 50-Hz magnetic fields on micronuclei formation and apoptosis in human cells in vitro. A Canadian research group proposed that magnetic field effects can be produced via free radicals. This article concludes with a summary of work in which investigators tried to show an EMF aumentation of stimulation of growth of neuroblastoma cells when exposed to nerve growth factor. [two pages, 10 references].

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