Environmental magnetic noise may be a health risk.
It has been demonstrated that magnetic fields stronger than those used in magnetic resonance imaging can be mutagenic, even teratogenic to the human genome. Recent experimental data has shown that magnetic fields ranging from the earth's steady magnetic field to the ten thousand gauss used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can enhance oncogenic expression, among a variety of other effects both positive and negative. It is the purpose of this presentation to suggest that fields considerably weaker than the geomagnetic may have deleterious effects on the human genome, in addition to noting that very weak fields may also be physiologic.
Jacobson
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Institute of Theoretical Physics and Advanced Studies for Biophysical Research, Jupiter, Florida 33458.
D015894:Genome, Human; D006801:Humans; D008280:Magnetics; D012306:Risk