vitamin c and vitamin e protected b95-8 and balb/c-3t3 cells from apoptosis induced by intermittent 50hz elf-emf radiation

background: the extremely low-frequency electromagnetic field (elf-emf), mainly emitted by electric transmission lines and household electronic appliances, is becoming a worldwide health risk. it is imperative to investigate the biological impacts of elf-emf and to identify products that are resistant to the radiation from 50 hz elf-emf. in this study, we investigated the biological impacts of apoptosis caused by 50 hz power line elf-emf and the protective effects of vit c and vit e. methods: we conducted this study in beijing, china in 2013. b 95-8  and balb/c-3t3 cells were divided into a sham group, an expo group and 3 expo groups in which the cells were preincubated with various concentrations of vit c and vit e. then, all of the cells were exposed to 50 hz power line elf-emf and examined for apoptosis. the cells were collected for apoptosis detection after exposure. results: the percent of cells that undergoing apoptosis and preincubated with various concentrations of vit c and vit e were significantly lower than in the expo group. conclusion: vit c and vit e exert significant protective effects from 50 hz elf-emf radiation. the optimal protective concentrations of vit c and vit e are 10 μmol/l and 25 μmol/l, respectively. the protective effect of vitamins was more apparent for balb/c-3t3 cells than b 95-8 cells.