# WEB-024 — Micronuclei and oxidative responses in rats exposed at 10 or 50 GHz

Why this matters
Genetic-damage markers and antioxidant responses can help identify effects worth investigating. This older study supplies specific microwave conditions and should be read alongside its related publications.

Id: WEB-024

Author: Kumar et al.

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

Year: 2010

Title: Evaluation of genotoxic effects in male Wistar rats following microwave exposure

Journal: Indian journal of experimental biology

Citation: Sanjay Kumar; Kavindra Kumar Kesari; Jitendra Behari. Evaluation of genotoxic effects in male Wistar rats following microwave exposure. Indian journal of experimental biology. 2010. PMID:20882761.

Pmid: 20882761

Topic: DNA and cell responses; Satellite-adjacent microwave research

Verification Group: Original abstract reviewed

Record Role: Original abstract reviewed

Featured: False

Exposure: 10 GHz: 0.214 mW/cm², SAR 0.014 W/kg; 50 GHz: 0.86 μW/cm², SAR 0.0008 W/kg; 2 h/day for 45 days.

Design: 70-day-old male Wistar rats; blood/serum micronucleus, ROS and antioxidant-enzyme measurements.

Finding: Micronuclei and ROS increased, with changes in glutathione peroxidase, superoxide dismutase and catalase.

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

Boundary: Original abstract only; low stated SARs need full dosimetry review. Biomarkers do not demonstrate tumours. Neither exposure is a system-specific satellite experiment.

Related: JNU cluster with WEB-023 and WEB-025; independence not established.

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://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20882761/

Retrieval Links: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20882761/

Verification Date: 2026-10-21

Discovery Id: EML-SAT-002

Technology Tracks: satellite|millimetre

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: cells