de Pomerai DI et al. (2000) Nature "Non-thermal heat-shock response to microwaves."

Daniells C, de Pomerai DI, Tattersall J, Jones D, Sewell P, Allan J, Thomas D, Duce I, Mutwakil MHAZ, Candido EPM, David HE

[Nature, 2000]

Exposure limits set for microwave radiation assume that any biological effects result from tissue heating: non-thermal effects have been reported but remain controversial. We show here that prolonged exposure to low-intensity microwave fields can induce heat-shock responses in the soil nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. This effect appears to be non-thermal, suggesting that current exposure limits set for microwave equipment may need to be reconsidered.