[TenTec] 95% Shield--Leukemia?

[Ron Castro]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim WA9YSD" <wa9ysd at yahoo.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] 95% Shield


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> 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