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From: feg@clyde.ATT.COM (Forrest Gehrke)
Newsgroups: rec.ham-radio,sci.med,sci.electronics,sci.misc,sci.physics
Subject: Re: Cancer and Electromagnetic Radiation  [deja vu]
Keywords: Cancer, Radio, Electromagnetic Radiation, ANSI, Chemical Hazards
Message-ID: <19727@clyde.ATT.COM>
Date: 6 Jan 88 15:11:44 GMT
References: <1077@kodak.UUCP> <2519@ihuxz.ATT.COM>
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Whippany, NJ
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In article <2519@ihuxz.ATT.COM>, parnass@ihuxz.ATT.COM (Bob Parnass, AJ9S) writes:
> In article <1077@kodak.UUCP>, ornitz@kodak.UUCP (barry ornitz) writes:
> > 
> > In yesterday's newspaper, I noticed with great interest an article entitled
>  
> >           "Link suggested between cancer,  electromagnetic fields."
> > 
> > The article had the byline of the Associated Press,  Tacoma,  WA.   It  was
> > stated in the article that "amateur radio operators in two states appear to
> > die  at  abnormally high rates from several forms of cancer...
> 
> 
>  Ham radio operators getting cancer -  sound  familiar?   In
>  1988,  the  press  is  repeating the same story published 3
>  years ago.
> 
>  Here is the New York Times article as posted in 1985:



I am glad you posted this, as I remembered the NYT article but didn't
have it at hand.  

Why is it that stories like this have several lives?  It's the same with
the recurring story that video terminals are the cause of stillbirths
for women.  If repeated often enough it seems these stories finally
gain credence, regardless of any other surrounding circumstances that
might account for the real causes.

Actually, I think these kind of stories play to an anti-technology
strain of mindlessness that always lies just beneath the surface of
any civilization.  The press, instead of encouraging it, should 
spend some time on education.

Forrest Gehrke k2bt