In a first experiment, body weight and weight of reproductiveorgans were determined post mortem after 90 days of exposure. In a second experiment, male and femal mice, 60 days of age, were separately exposed for 90 days to 50 Hz/25 µT magnetic field. After exposure, each exposed male was individually mated with two unexposed virgin females. Each exposed female was mated with one unexposed male. After a 10 day mating period, females were examined for fertility.
No effects on the fertility of male or female mice could be demonstrated. Also, no alteration neither in body weight nor in organ weight in males could be found. Only ovarian weight was significantly increased in exposed female mice. The results of this study suggest that magnetic fieldexposure had no adverse effect on fertility of mice.
Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
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