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Professor C. Susskind and Dr. S. Prausnitz, University of California at Berkeley [ref. 39] carried out the first reported long term study for the US Air Force in 1962. They exposed male Swiss albino mice to microwaves at 0.1 mW/cm2 for 4.5 minutes per day, 5 days a week for 59 weeks. They found two adverse effects in the exposed mice compared to the unexposed mice. Testicular degeneration occurred in 40% of the exposed compared to 8% of the unexposed mice, and leukemia occurred in 35% of the exposed mice compared to 10% of the unexposed.
In 1985 Professor Guy [ref. 40] and his team carried out a long term study at the University of Washington, funded by the US Air Force. They exposed 100 rats to pulsed radar-like MW EMF at SAR below 0.4 W/Kg, the human exposure level allowable under the ANSI standard. Guy and his team found 18 malignancies in the exposed rats compared to 5 in the unexposed group. This led the US EPA to classify RF/MW as a possible human carcinogen (group C) in 1985.
A study in Poland (1982) showed similar effects of MW EMF in inducing cancer in mice [ref. 41].
In 1980 a study at Duke University Medical Center gave direct evidence that long term MW EMF exposure caused chronic immuno-suppression.
A study in India (1990) showed behavioral disturbances in rats (lower food and drink intake) and changed blood chemistry, as well as adverse effects on vital organs [ref. 42].
In 1997 [ref. 43] scientists at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, exposed 100 transgenic mice to MW radiation similar to GSM digital mobile phone antenna emissions for 30 minutes twice a day during 18 months. The study was conducted by Dr Repacholi funded by Australian telecommunication giant Telstra. At the end of the test period, the exposed mice had more than double the cancer rate compared to unexposed mice.
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