There is nothing to it other than a bunch of "ambulance chaser" lawsuits.
If you ask the Centers for Disease Control what diseases or disorders are
associated with RF, they'll tell you there aren't any! Certainly the
"microwave oven effect" is well-known and you can injure yourself by simply
cooking your tissues and voltages can get high enough to cause nasty burns,
but as for anything else, it's all hype and hysteria, just like the hogwash
about how 60 Hz 'radiation' from power lines is a hazard. The result of
that is costing ratepayers in most areas an extra 4% on their utility bills
every month according to a story I read a few years ago.
Most of the hysteria about RFR (also called NEIR by zoning types) started
with a really bad research project released around 1979 that determined
there were an unusual number of odd cancers rarely seen in the US within a
three mile radius of the Sutro tower in San Francisco. The research failed
to notice that most of the cancers were occurring in gay men and that the
area had one of the largest concentrations of gay men in the world. Of
course, what they were seeing was AIDS, which had not yet been identified
and has nothing to do with RF.
Another really flawed research project used death certificates of hams in
California and Oregon who were listed in "Silent Keys" in QST. It
determined that hams were more likely to die of certain types of cancers.
What didn't make the headlines is that hams also seemed to be less likely to
die of other types of cancers. Of course the problem was that the data were
unreliable since only two states were included, no correction factor was
given regarding the bands, power, amount of activity or proximity to
antennas of the subjects, no contributing factors such as smoking, diet,
family history or sun exposure were considered, and death certificates don't
always tell the whole story about what caused the death.
Ron N6IE
www.N6IE.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim WA9YSD" <wa9ysd@yahoo.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] 95% Shield
Leukemia I read the survey results From the FCC and other publications
on biological effects or RFI. No authority on the subject by a long
shot. Magnetic fields and inadequate shielding is a hazard. Follow
the ARRL publications on the distances and FCC requirements for annual
testing of your station, and you cannot go wrong. The fact that they
even want us to do this should say HAY THERE IS SOMETHING TO THIS !
Keep The Faith, Jim K9TF/WA9YSD
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