Genotoxicity by Electromagnetic Fields

Genotoxicity - A Predictable Risk to Our Actual World Pub Date : 2018-07-11 DOI:10.5772/INTECHOPEN.74128

J. Heredia-Rojas, R. Gomez-flores, Eulogio De laCruz-Torres, Omar Heredia-Rodríguez, E. Campos-Góngora, P. C. Cantú-Martínez, Laura E. Rodríguez-Flores, A. O. Fuente

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Abstract

Modern life implies a constant exposure of living organisms to many sources of radiation, especially electromagnetic fields (EMFs) generated by our technological devices. The question of whether or not EMFs in the non-ionizing extremely low frequency (ELF) range can induce genotoxic effects is currently a subject of interest. People of industrialized societies are commonly exposed to EMFs and waves in a very broad range of frequencies, including power lines, telecommunications, and domestic and industrial equipment. In this review, we present controversial evidence from our research group and others of genotoxicity induced by ELF-EMFs, since scientific community consider EMF devices produce marginal amounts of energy, which does not justify any DNA alterations, together with conflicting laboratory results and few epidemiological studies. However, in 2002 the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) categorized ELF-EMFs as being potential carcinogenic and genotoxic agents to humans. The aim of the present chapter is to discuss the role of ELM-EMFs on human genotoxicity.

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电磁场的遗传毒性

现代生活意味着生物体不断暴露在许多辐射源中，特别是由我们的技术设备产生的电磁场。在非电离极低频(ELF)范围内的电磁场是否会诱发基因毒性效应是目前人们感兴趣的一个问题。工业化社会的人们通常接触到频率范围很广的电磁场和波，包括电力线、电信、家庭和工业设备。在这篇综述中，我们提出了来自我们的研究小组和其他研究小组的有争议的证据，证明elf -EMF引起的遗传毒性，因为科学界认为EMF装置产生的能量微乎其微，这并不能证明任何DNA改变是合理的，而且实验室结果相互矛盾，流行病学研究也很少。然而，2002年，国际癌症研究机构(IARC)将ELF-EMFs归类为对人类潜在的致癌和遗传毒性物质。本章的目的是讨论ELM-EMFs对人类遗传毒性的作用。

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