Effects of stress-inducing microwave radiation on life-cycle parameters in the nematode Caenorrabditis elegans

De Pomerai DI, Daniells C, Barker SL, Scott S, Duce IR, Thomas DW, Sewell PD, Tattersall JEH

Presented at the Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Bioelectromagnetics Society, St. Pete Beach, FL, June 1999

Overnight exposure to microwave radiation (750 MHz, 0.5 W) shifted the worm size distribution markedly towards the larger size ranges. The size increase was correlated with a faster rate of progression through the stages of larval development.