Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!rutgers!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: illgen@hq.af.mil (Keneth..Illgen) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Cellular Phones Frying Your Brains Message-ID: Date: 21 Oct 89 14:35:41 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: "Kenneth..Illgen" Organization: Air Force HQ, The Pentagon Lines: 24 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 466, message 6 of 11 In article asuvax!gtephx!bladder! wagnere@ncar.ucar.edu (Eric Wagner) writes: >X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 464, message 3 of 9 >Is there any truth to the rumor that the emissions from the newer >cellular phones can be unhealthy? In particular,...hand-held models... >have been responsible for brain/eye damage. I read about the same thing. I personally don't think it would have any effect on an individual unless they had a 7" antenna stuck in their skull. I wonder (seriously!) about individuals that have pins and such in their bodies and the half-wave matching effects around a particular frequency. Any ideas? ken ******************************* ****************************** * "Maybe we should drop an H- * * Kenneth Illgen * * bomb on them".. Hawkeye * * HQUSAF Air Staff LAN * * * * The Pentagon, Washington * * "Don't try to get on my * * good side".. Col Flagg * * * illgen@hq.UUCP *******************************