Authored By:

Meo SA et al
Summary:

This cross-sectional study investigated the association between RF radiation and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Two schools with a total of 159 students were included in the study. Both schools were about 200 metres from the mobile phone base stations (operating at a frequency of 925 MHz) and students were exposed for 6 hours daily, 5 days a week. The RF exposure was measured in one school to be 9.601 nW/cm² (around 0.002% of the public exposure limit), which was roughly 5 times higher than the level at the other school. Although the authors reported that the students at the school with higher RF exposure had a significantly higher incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus, the parameter used to measure the disease was not very different between the two schools.

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Int J Environ Res Public Health 2015; 12 (11): 14519 - 14528

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