CASE STUDY OF HIGH BLOOD GLUCOSE CONCENTRATION EFFECTS OF 850 MHZ ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS USING GTEM CELL

The efiect of 850MHz electromagnetic radiation on diabetic blood at 2W and 60W power levels was investigated and compared with normal blood cells. The power levels respectively represent radiations from a cell phone and the cell phone tower, both operating 850MHz. A GTEM cell was designed for the tests to generate the desired uniform electromagnetic fleld and power in a shielded environment. Blood samples, having normal and high glucose concentrations, were placed in the usable area inside the GTEM cell for 10, 30, 60minutes and the glucose levels and red and white blood cell viabilities were monitored and compared with the controls. Results show that the 850MHz exposure signiflcantly in∞uences the blood cell counts and the glucose level in both normal and high glucose blood samples. In cell survivability analysis in normal blood samples it was found that the white blood cells are signiflcantly higher than the control at 60min exposure from cell phone radiation, while both the white and red blood cell are signiflcantly higher following a 30min exposure from tower radiation. For high glucose blood tests at 30 and 60min exposure times, the tower radiation for 60min and the cell phone radiation at both the exposure times show signiflcantly changes in white blood cell counts, whereas there was no efiect in red blood cells. Also, for 30 and 60min exposure times, the glucose