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Peeling, J., Lewis, J.S., Samoiloff, M., Bock, E., and Tomchuk, E.; Biological effects of magnetic fields: chronic exposure of the nematode Panagrellus redivivus. Magn.Reson.Imaging 6:655-660, 1988

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The Panagrellus redivivus bioassay, an established monitor of adverse toxic effects of different environments, has been used to study the biological effects of exposure to static and time-varying uniform and gradient magnetic fields, and to time-varying magnetic field gradients superimposed on a static uniform magnetic field of 2.35 Tesla. Temporally stationary magnetic fields have no effect on the fitness of the test animals. Time-varying magnetic fields cause some inhibition of growth and maturation in the test populations. The combination of pulsed magnetic field gradients in a static uniform magnetic field also has a small detrimental effect on the fitness of the test animals.