# WEB-023 — Reproductive-cell responses after repeated 10 GHz rat exposure

Why this matters
Repeated microwave exposure has been examined through reproductive-cell endpoints. This study is useful to retrieve with its laboratory conditions and research lineage clearly identified.

Id: WEB-023

Author: Kumar et al.

Full Authors: Sanjay Kumar; Kavindra Kumar Kesari; Jitendra Behari

Year: 2011

Title: Influence of microwave exposure on fertility of male rats

Journal: Fertility and sterility

Citation: Sanjay Kumar; Kavindra Kumar Kesari; Jitendra Behari. Influence of microwave exposure on fertility of male rats. Fertility and sterility. 2011. doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.04.078.

Doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.04.078

Pmid: 20723534

Topic: Reproductive cell injury in animals; Satellite-adjacent microwave research

Verification Group: Original abstract reviewed

Record Role: Original abstract reviewed

Featured: False

Exposure: 10 GHz; reported SAR 0.014 W/kg and density 0.21 mW/cm²; 2 h/day for 45 days.

Design: 70-day-old male rats; sham/exposed comparison; reactive oxygen, apoptosis and cell-cycle assays.

Finding: ROS, histone-kinase activity, apoptotic-cell measures and G2/M cell-cycle proportion differed from sham.

Statistics: See reported finding and original tables; effect sizes not independently recalculated.

Boundary: Original abstract only; full dosimetry and sample size not audited. 10 GHz is below the 10.7 GHz user-downlink edge discussed in the dossier; near-band laboratory evidence, not a Starlink study.

Related: JNU cluster with WEB-024 and WEB-025; cohort independence unresolved.

Protection Question: Which exposure conditions and biological models reproduce this response, and what would establish its relevance to health?

Access: Original abstract and bibliographic metadata checked; full methods and dosimetry not audited.

Locator: Original abstract; methods verification incomplete

Notice: Linked notice fields in retrieved Europe PMC/PubMed records checked 21 October 2026; no correction or retraction surfaced there. Publisher-history and forward-citation screening are not exhaustive.

Funding: Not established from retrieved original abstract.

Conflicts: Not established from retrieved original abstract.

Source Url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.04.078

Retrieval Links: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.04.078 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20723534/

Verification Date: 2026-10-21

Discovery Id: EML-SAT-001

Technology Tracks: satellite

Technology Connection: Microwave laboratory research at an adjacent or overlapping frequency; not a Starlink or satellite-system exposure.

Publication Type: Original journal research

Study Setting: Animals

Browse Categories: reproduction|cells