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Re: [TenTec] 95% Shield--Leukemia?

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] 95% Shield--Leukemia?
From: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
Reply-to: Ron Castro <ronc@sonic.net>, Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 11:51:48 -0700
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim WA9YSD" <wa9ysd@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] 95% Shield



Leukemia is linked to long term exposer to RF fields, High percentage of Radio engineers has it and/or died from it.


I couldn't in good faith let that one go. There is not a shred truth to that statement. No credible, peer-reviewed study has ever linked RF fields to leukemia. Only greedy lawyers looking for someone to sue have ever made that connection but it has never been backed by credible science. The "tin foil hat" kooks may believe that, but it's just not true.

If you look up leukemia on Wikipedia, you'll see that one of the suspected causes is *ionizing* radiation, which is completely a different animal that RF, which is *non-ionizing* radiation.

I have been a broadcast engineer for over 40 years and I have never seen any cases of leukemia among the hundreds of folks I have worked with who are regularly exposed to high RF fields. I have seen lots of folks die from lung cancer, AIDS, motorcycle accidents, heart attacks, etc., but I can't think of a single one who ever died from leukemia.

Ron N6IE

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