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2004 APR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prenatal exposures to magnetic fields do not adversely affect murine fetuses.
"In order to evaluate the importance of gestational age in possible effects due to exposure to a 20 kHz sawtooth magnetic field, pregnant ICR mice at gestational 2.5-15.5 days post-coitus, which is the most sensitive stage for the induction of major congenital malformations, were exposed in a carrousel irradiator," scientists in South Korea report.
"The mice were exposed to a 20 kHz intermediate frequency (IF) sawtooth magnetic field had a 6.5 micro T peak intensity for 8 hours/day. The animals were sacrificed on the 18th day of gestation; and the fetuses were examined for mortality, growth retardation, changes in head size, and other morphological abnormalities," wrote S.H. Kim and colleagues, Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Laboratory for Radiation Effects.
"From the above conditions, it is concluded that ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Prenatal exposures to magnetic fields do not adversely affect murine...