Subject:  Re Failing sperm counts..... (fwd)
Date:     Mon, 27 Apr 1998 230140 -0500 (CDT)
From:     "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org>
To:       emfguru@hotmail.com
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Thanks for the "explanatory" joke, Chris......

Roy Beavers (EMFguru)
rbeavers@llion.org..............http://www.feb.se/EMF-L/EMF-L.html
................................It is better to light a single candle ...
than to curse the darkness...............................................

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 02:11:42 +0100
From: Christoph Reuss 
To: "Roy L. Beavers" 
Subject: Re: Failing sperm counts.....

> Britain orders probe into failing sperm counts

"Falling" or "Failing" ?  What a Freudian Typo ...


>             He said the government would spend over three million pounds
> ($5 million) on two studies.
>             The first would be into whether sperm counts and quality
> were declining in men, and whether this was associated with
> increases in testicular cancer and birth defects in boys.
>             The second would focus on fish and other marine wildlife,
> especially in British estuaries, to see whether they are
> suffering hormonal problems.

Declining sperm counts&quality and hormonal problems in fish are already
known and pretty well researched.  See
                http://www.monitor.net/rachel/r545.html
                http://www.monitor.net/rachel/r547.html
for an overview.

The article you forwarded seems to reflect the "more research is needed"-
delaying strategy  we know so well from EMF politics....


> Roy Beavers (EMFguru).....alias ...."The Dirty Old Man"......

This reminds me of the following joke....  ;-)))

Cheerio
Chris


____________________________________FWD____________________________________
The Old Man and the Umbrella

An 80 year old man was having his annual checkup and the doctor
asked him how he was feeling.

"I've never been better!" he boasted. "I've got an eighteen
year old having my child! What do you think about that?"

The doctor considered this for a moment, then said, "Let me
tell you a story. I knew a guy who was an avid hunter. He never
missed a season. But one day he went out in a bit of a hurry and he
accidentally grabbed his umbrella instead of his gun." The
doctor continued, "So he was in the woods and suddenly a grizzly bear
appeared in front of him! He raised up his umbrella, pointed it
at the bear and squeezed the handle."

"And do you know what happened?" the doctor queried.

Dumbfounded, the old man replied, "No."

The doctor continued, "The bear dropped dead in front of him!"

"That's impossible!" exclaimed the old man. "Someone else must
have shot that bear!"

"That's kind of what I'm getting at . . . . ." replied the doctor.





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