Abstract:
The study was carried out in department of Anatomy, Army Medical College
Rawalpindi in collaboration with National Institute of Health, Islamabad from
November 2009 to November 2010. To study the effects of electromagnetic radiations
on size of follicles in thyroid gland of Balb/C mice all the experiments were performed
in laboratory based randomized controlled trials.
Twenty adult Balb/C male mice were divided randomly into two study groups,
comprising of 10 animals in each group. Group A was kept under experimental
conditions without mobile phone exposure, group B exposed to radiations for 1 hour
/day, for two months from mobile phone set. Thyroid glands were removed and
sectioned after exposure period. Sections were stained with hematoxylin and eosin for
microscopic examination. Results were analyzed statistically. Results showed the
statistically significant difference in mean size of thyroid follicles in gland of
experimental group. Thus it is concluded that exposure to EMFs causes decrease in size
of follicles of thyroid gland of mice, indicating hyperactivity of gland.
