Efeitos biológicos e comportamentais da radiação de micro-ondas em Rattus norvegicus.

Abstract

This work presents a preliminary analysis of the effects of radiation, in the microwave range, on laboratory rats of the species Rattus norvegicus. The experiments were carried out for the 2.45 GHz frequency, using a power density of 1.6 mW/cm2 (which represents the maximum security level adopted by international regulatory bodies, for human beings submitted to radiation for that frequency), applied for a period of one hour, every day. During the development of the project several experiments were performed, among them one can cite: monitoring water and food consumption, weighing of the guinea pigs, hematocrit, anatomo-pathologic exams, observation of alterations on the estral cycle of females, behavioral effects and effects on the number of offspring produced.