Mother Jones posted this link:
http://biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2016/05/26/055699.f...Key points:
- The rats were exposed in utero and throughout their lifetimes
- They did pilot studies to find what radiation level did not cause a body temperature rise to remove that as a confusing factor
- 900MHz CDMA and GSM signals
- SAR of 0, 1.5, 3, 6 W/kg. For comparison the FCC limit is 1.2 W/kg in 1 gram of tissue. In the UK/EU it's 2 W/kg.
- 18 hour cycle each day, 10 minutes off, 10 minutes on (i.e. a 9 hour 50% duty cycle)
- 90 rats per gender per group (I think 1260 total)
- 106 week study
- Litter weights were slightly lower in exposed groups (~10%), but over time there was no significant weight difference between the exposed and control groups
- For the things they studied, the exposed rats had a defect rate of a few percent compared to control values of zero. Historic control values were (in my opinion) comparable to the exposed group and it seems to be barely statistically significant. The exception seems to be heart schwannomas which were as high as 7%.
- More will be published this and next year.
Here's a fun statement:
At the end of the 2-year study, survival was lower in the control group of males than in all groups of male rats exposed to GSM-modulated RFR. Survival was also slightly lower in control females than in females exposed to 1.5 or 6 W/kg GSM-modulated RFR. In rats exposed to CDMA-modulated RFR, survival was higher in all groups of exposed males and in the 6 W/kg females compared to controls.