The ocular effects of microwaves on hypothermic rabbits: a study of microwave cataractogenic mechanisms

Kramar PO, Emery AF, Guy AW, Lin JC

Ann NY Acad Sci. 1975 Feb 28;247:155-65, 1975

Rabbits, irradiated by known cataractogenic levels of 2.45 GHz radiation at 5 cm, did not develop cataracts if kept under general hypothermia. Radiation-induced temperature elevation appears to be essential for the cataractogenic effect of microwaves.