Abstract
Initial work indicated an inhibition of pre-weaning growth in the first generation of rats born and raised at high negative ion levels. This effect, however, was not carried through to the successive generations. Negative ionization had little apparent effect on post-weaning growth throughout the four generations studied.
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Hinsull, S.M., Bellamy, D. & Head, E.L. The effect of negative air ionization on the growth of four generations of laboratory rats. Int J Biometeorol 28, 163–168 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02191730
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02191730