Genotoxicity assessment of combined exposure to WiFi and UV radiation on human keratinocytes in vitro

Zsofia Szilagyi (1) , Gyorgyi Kubinyi (1) , Erika Szabó (1) , Bertalan Pinter (1) , Brahim Selmaoui (2) , György Thuróczy (1)

1 National Public Health Center
2 INERIS - Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques

In the last decades the exposure to radiofrequency (RF) radiation emitted by wireless devices has increased in the human environment, whereupon has raised concerns about health effects. The International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies RF radiation as “possible carcinogenic” (Group 2B), and the ultraviolet (UV) radiation as “carcinogenic” (Group 1) respectively. We tested whether consecutive exposures of UV radiation and 2422 MHz WiFi field have any effect on human keratinocytes. Genetic toxicity was examined during in vitro experiments. We found no conclusive and coherent evidence for an induction of DNA damages, but in some cases we reported some positive results of the adverse effect of WiFi irradiation.

Domains: Toxicology

Zsofia Szilagyi, Gyorgyi Kubinyi, Erika Szabó, Bertalan Pinter, Brahim Selmaoui, et al.. Genotoxicity assessment of combined exposure to WiFi and UV radiation on human keratinocytes in vitro. Annual meeting of the Bioelectromagnetics Society and the European BioElectromagnetics Association (BioEM 2021), Sep 2021, Ghent, Belgium. ⟨ineris-03899889⟩