An international project to confirm soviet-era results on immunological and teratological effects of RF field exposure in wistar rats and comments on Grigoriev et al. [2010]

• Published in: Bioelectromagnetics 2011-05, Vol.32 (4), p.325-330
• Main Authors: Repacholi, Michael, Buschmann, Jochen, Pioli, Claudio, Sypniewska, Roza
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: animal study; Animals; Complement Fixation Tests; Congenital Abnormalities - etiology; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Female; Immune System - radiation effects; immunological effects; International Agencies; Internationality; Radiation Injuries, Experimental - etiology; Radio Waves - adverse effects; Rats; Rats, Wistar; RF fields; Soviet studies; teratological effects; USSR; Validation Studies as Topic
• ISSN: 0197-8462; 1521-186X
• DOI: 10.1002/bem.20638

Results of key Soviet‐era studies dealing with effects on the immune system and teratological consequences in rats exposed to radiofrequency (RF) fields serve, in part, as a basis for setting exposure limits in the USSR and the current RF standards in Russia. The World Health Organization's (WHO) International EMF Project considered these Soviet results important enough that they should be confirmed using more modern methods. Since the Soviet papers did not contain comprehensive details on how the results were obtained, Professor Yuri Grigoriev worked with Dr. Bernard Veyret to agree on the final study protocol and to conduct separate studies in Moscow and Bordeaux under the same protocol. The International Oversight Committee (IOC) provided oversight on the conduct of the studies and was the firewall committee that dealt with the sponsors and researchers. This paper gives the IOC comments and conclusions on the differing results between the two studies. Bioelectromagnetics 32:325–330, 2011. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.