Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!blkcat!f421.n109.z1.fidonet.org!Paul.Heller From: Paul.Heller@f421.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Paul Heller) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: VDT Electric Fields Message-ID: <3508.27C0B13A@blkcat.fidonet.org> Date: 19 Feb 91 01:01:56 GMT Sender: ufgate@blkcat.fidonet.org (newsout1.26) Organization: FidoNet node 1:109/421 - The Twilight Clone, Paul Heller Lines: 104 jf> While on the topic of EM fields and vdt's, can anyone point me to a so jf> for jf> information on health effects of em fields? I have a few callers inter jf> and would like to repost whatever I can find for wider dissemination. Here's an item that came over one of the local ham radio packet bulletin boards today: -------------- Path: N4QQ!KD3DE!KE2M!WB2MNF!K2ADJ!KB4CYC!KB1BD!N2DSY!KD6TH Date: 18 Feb 91 04:37:32 Z From: n2irz@kd6th.nj.usa.na (Don ) To: ALL@NJNET Subject: 60 Hz = Leukemia Message-ID: <50616_KD6TH> To: all@njnet The following is the complete text of an article appearing in "The Record", a large daily newspaper based in Hackensack, NJ, on Feb. 9, 1991 on Page D-8. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Associated Press LOS ANGELES - Children may face twice the risk of getting leukemia if they live near power lines, frequently use hair dryers, or watch black-and-white television, a study sponsored by electric utilities indicates. The findings offer "considerable support for a relationship between children's electrical appliance use and leukemia risk," said a summary of the study by the University of Southern California. The USC study of 464 Los Angeles County children ages 10 and younger is considered important because it was financed by the Electric Power Research Institute. The utility organization in Palo Alto had been skeptical of earlier studies linking cancer to electromagnetic fields. The study will "raise general national concern about the role of electric and magnetic fields in causing cancer," Dr. David Carpenter, dean of public health at the State University of New York in Albany, said in Friday's Los Angeles Times. The institute, however, said no single study can settle the controversy over electrical and magnetic fields, which are emitted by every wire and device that carries current. Dr. John Peters, director of USC's occupational health division, outlined his team's preliminary findings on Thursday during a closed-door scientific meeting in Carmel, Calif. The university issued a statement saying the scientists would refuse to discuss the results until they are reviewed by other researchers and published in a scientific journal in about four months. But, in an unusual step, the institute released two summaries of Peter's findings. One was on USC letterhead, the other written by the institute. Half the children in Peter's study developed leukemia between 1980 and 1987. They were compared with a similar group of children without leukemia. The study found children who live closest to neighborhood power lines were up to 2 1/2 times more likely to suffer leukemia - a finding consistent with earlier studies conducted in Colorado. [END OF ARTICLE] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Something to think about, especially if you live near high-tension wires. Also, of particular importance to the Amateur community, previous studies have shown that the effects of electromagnetic fields increase at higher frequencies. Shield all of your equipment, and move anything running higher power (over 100 Watts or so) as far away from your operating position as possible. Even an electric blanket can be a source of EM fields. An recent editorial in "73 Amateur Radio Today" raised some additional points regarding EM fields, and precautions to take. As a matter of fact, I remember another editorial in 73 less than 2 years ago that dealt with the subject in great detail. Even though you can't feel anything, there's a chance that an EM field is doing wierd things to your body. Precautions are cheap - I urge you to investigate further and take action to protect yourself and those you love. Feedback is welcomed. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 73 de Don Rotolo * Every private citizen has a * * N2IRZ@kd6th.nj.usa * public responsibility. * * CIS : 73227,2644 * -Myra Janco Daniels in "Newsweek" * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ------------- End of re-posted message ... -- Paul Heller, Paul.Heller@f421.n109.z1.fidonet.org via The Black Cat's Shack's FidoNet<->Usenet Gateway blkcat.fidonet.org and Fidonet 1:109/401