RADIO FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION EXPOSURE EMITTEDFROM CELL PHONE ALTERS THE FSH, LH HORMONES LEVELIN VITRO.

Background: Increasing use of cell phones emitting radiofrequency electromagnetic field(RF-EMF) in daily life and through in vitro and in vivo studies, EMF exposure was found to alter the reproductive endocrine hormones, gonadal function, embryonic development, pregnancy, and fetal development. Aims: This study aimed to investigate the effects of in vitro radiofrequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) exposure emitted from cellphone on FSH, LH, hormoneslevel. Subjects and methods: The study was performed in the physiology & medical physics department, College of medicine, university of Diyala, Iraq in Feb 2016. The blood samples collected from 15 males & 13 females; and were divided into two groups , group l (control group) was not exposed to EMF and group II (exposure group) was exposed to radiofrequency emitted from cell phone for 20 minutes. Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and Luteinizing hormone (LH)levels weremeasured by radioimmunoassay. Results: Two hypotheses was tested.Paired t test were used to examine the FSH, LH hormone levels after exposed to radiofrequency emitted from cell phone for 20 minutes. There was no significant effects in LH and FSH levels in RF-EMF exposure groups compared to thecontrol groups (p>0.05) in female and male samples. Female: FSH;Mean: before=4.552, after=4.691;t= 0.7, df= 12, p>0.05;LH;Mean: before= 5.247, after=5.521;t= 0.135, df= 12, p>0.05. Male: FSH;Mean: before= 7.04 , after =7.491; t= 0.96, df= 14, p>0.05;LH; Mean: before =5.959, after = 6.054t= 0.1593, df= 14, p0>.05. Conclusions: We conclude that in vitro exposure to Radiofrequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF)emitted from cell phone of no significanteffect on the level of FSH, LH hormones in the males and females blood samples.