Rats reproduce and rear litters during chronic exposure to 150‐kV/m, 60‐Hz electric fields

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Abstract
Mature female rats and their subsequent litters were exposed either to 112‐ or to 150‐kV/m, 60‐Hz electric fields or sham‐exposed for 19 h daily through pre‐breeding, breeding, and rearing periods of experimentation. Exposed females mated in equal percentages and reared litters of equal numbers, and mean body masses of pups were the same as those of sham‐exposed animals. Thus, experiments to investigate electric‐field effects on reproduction and development in rats are feasible at effective field strengths of 112 and 150 k V/m.