Rat fertility and embryo fetal development: influence of exposure to the Wi-Fi signal.

Florence Poulletier de Gannes (1, 2) , Bernard Billaudel (1) , Emmanuelle Haro (1) , Murielle Taxile (1) , Laureline Le Montagner (1) , Annabelle Hurtier (1) , Saliha Ait Aissa (1, 2) , Hiroshi Masuda (1) , Yann Percherancier (1) , Gilles Ruffié (1) , Philippe Dufour (3) , Bernard Veyret (1, 2) , Isabelle Lagroye (1, 2)

1 IMS - Laboratoire de l'intégration, du matériau au système
2 Laboratoire de Bioélectromagnétisme
3 Evic France

In recent decades, concern has been growing about decreasing fecundity and fertility in the human population. Exposure to non-ionizing electromagnetic fields (EMF), especially radiofrequency (RF) fields used in wireless communications has been suggested as a potential risk factor. For the first time, we evaluated the effects of exposure to the 2450MHz Wi-Fi signal (1h/day, 6days/week) on the reproductive system of male and female Wistar rats, pre-exposed to Wi-Fi during sexual maturation. Exposure lasted 3 weeks (males) or 2 weeks (females), then animals were mated and couples exposed for 3 more weeks. On the day before delivery, the fetuses were observed for lethality, abnormalities, and clinical signs. In our experiment, no deleterious effects of Wi-Fi exposure on rat male and female reproductive organs and fertility were observed for 1h per days. No macroscopic abnormalities in fetuses were noted, even at the critical level of 4W/kg.

Domaines: Toxicologie

Florence Poulletier de Gannes, Bernard Billaudel, Emmanuelle Haro, Murielle Taxile, Laureline Le Montagner, et al.. Rat fertility and embryo fetal development: influence of exposure to the Wi-Fi signal.. Reproductive Toxicology, 2013, 36, pp.1-5. ⟨10.1016/j.reprotox.2012.11.003⟩. ⟨hal-00835391⟩