TESTICULAR MORPHOLOGY

EFFECTS OF MOBILE PHONE INDUCED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS ON MICE TESTES.

Abstract

Objective: To study the effects of mobile phone induced Electromagnetic fields (EMFs) on testis of young mice. Settings: Department of Anatomy, College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, Regional Centre, Islamabad. Period: January to June, 2008. Study Design: Experimental animal study. Materials & Methods: This study was conducted on two groups of young BALB-c (6 weeks of age) purchased from National Institute of Health Islamabad. These animals were divided into two groups control and treated, each consisting of twenty animals. The treated group was exposed for one month to mobile phone induced EMFs by placing a mobile phone in the floor of the cage. This phone was rung upon from any other line or cell phone twice daily for 15 minutes. The control group was kept under identical conditions except for mobile phone on the cage floor. Results and observations: Histological comparison of testis of the both group animals showed a significant increase, in the number of tubules with sperms in the lumen, increased sub capsular congestion of vessels, presence of vacuolation and giant cells in germinal epithelium and abnormal cells in the lumen of seminiferous tubules of the treated group. Conclusion: The results indicate altered testicular morphology of the EMFs exposed mice.