Abstract:
Objective: To study the effects of electromagnetic radiations on follicles of Thyroid gland of mice.
Study Design: Laboratory based randomized controlled trials.
Place and Duration of Study: 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.
Materials and methods: 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: Results showed statistically significant difference in number and mean size of Thyroid follicles in gland of
experimental groups.
Conclusion: Thus it is concluded that exposure to EMFs causes decrease in size and increase in number of follicles
of thyroid gland of mice, indicating hyperactivity of gland.
