Study of the Effects of 50 Hz Magnetic Field on Embryonic Development: Dependence on Field Level and Field Vector

Abstract

We studied the influence of power frequency and vector of EMF on avian and mammalian embryogenesis at a high level of magnetic induction (10 mT professional exposures and using therapeutic devices of Czech provenance) and at a low level (6 μΤ -environmental occurrence). No significant alterations of either avian or mammalian embryogenesis were found after repeated exposures to 50 Hz MF at 10 mT or 6 μΤ, nor with different vectors.

Differential effects of high and low strength magnetic fields on mouse embryonic development and vasculogenesis of embryonic stem cells

“…The question we intended to answer was: Does the exposure of embryos from pregnant mice either to low (1 mT AC or 1 mT DC) MFs or to high (10 mT AC or 10 mT DC) MFs, towards which potentially pregnant women are exposed during working hours [6,9,[51][52][53], affect their developmental pattern? Moreover, we tried to elucidate the role of MF-triggered changes in organ-related VEGF protein levels using a combination of animal experiments as well as in vitro experiments based on ES cell-derived embryoid bodies (EBs) to study the biological mechanisms of MF exposure during embryonic development.…”