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From: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX)
Newsgroups: rec.ham-radio,sci.med,sci.electronics,sci.misc,sci.physics
Subject: Re: Cancer and Electromagnetic Radiation (Long)
Keywords: Cancer, Radio, Electromagnetic Radiation, ANSI, Chemical Hazards
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Date: 7 Jan 88 23:28:34 GMT
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Reply-To: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX)
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:                               Expected                  Actual
:     Cause                      Deaths                   Deaths
:--------------------------------------------------------------------------
:     Leukemia                     29                       36
:     Lymphatic & Blood Forming
:         Organ Cancers            72                       89
:     Prostate Cancer              67.6 (!)                 78

With such weak evidence as this, I'm surprised the author came to any
conclusions at all!  (The other figures are undoubtedly less convincing,
otherwise they would have been published.)

While Ham Radio fans come from all walks of life, I'd be positively
amazed if they represent a precise cross section of the general
population.  More likely, the ham radio population is significantly
skewed in favor of technicians, tinkerers and craftsmen, and these
are not 50th per centile of anything, in most ways one might care to
measure.  There are probabaly more "nerds" than football fullbacks
in ham radio, and their medical profiles may differ as well.

In the meantime, I nominate Milham honary editor of the Journal of
Irreproducible Results.

Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX Author of YMODEM, ZMODEM, Professional-YAM, ZCOMM, and DSZ
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