Subject: mobile phones, power levels and risks (fwd) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 093409 -0500 (CDT) From: "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org> To: emfguru@hotmail.com -------------------------------------------------- Marj: Thanks for your message (below). I notice that the WHO 1993 standards for cell-phone exposure are cited..... Am I not correct that those (thermal based) standards are now totally discredited??? Cheerio... 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: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 03:38:55 From: marjlundquist@usa.net To: rbeavers@llion.org Subject: mobile phones, power levels and risks Roy, I have in front of me an article in Danish published in Nov. 1996 in "Ugeskrift for Laeger" which is a Danish medical journal. It is titled "Mobiltelefoner og kraeftrisiko?" which I have translated as "Mobile phones and risks associated with their power?". The authors are Christoffer Johansen & Jorgen H. Olsen of the Kraeftens Bekaempelse, sektor for kraeftepidemiologi (I was unable to translate these terms, except for the "epidemiology" part). Kraeft is a word that can variously be translated as force, energy or power. I can't read this article because I can't read Danish; all I know is that it is a commentary, and it seems to be a very brief review of the latest findings. Here are the English-language references cited; I found them interesting and thought others might, too. - Lai H, Singh NP. Single- and double-strand DNA breaks in rat brain cells after acute exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation Int J Radiat Biol 1996; 69; 513-521. - Anderson JB, Johansen C, Pedersen GF, Raskmark P. On the possible health effects related to GSM and DECT transmissions. A tutorial study for the European Commission. Alborg: Center for Personkommunikation, AUC, 1995. - Leonard A, Berteaud AJ, Bruyere A. An evaluation of the mutagenic, carcinogenic and teratogenic potential of microwaves. Mutation Res 1993; 123; 31-46. - Szmigielski S, Bielec M, Lipski S, Sokolska G. Immunologic and genderrelated aspects of exposure to low-level microwave and radiofrequency fields. In: Marino AA eds. Modern Bioelectricity. New York: Marcel Dekker Inc., 1988: 861-925. - WHO Electromagnetic fields (300-Hz to 300 GHz). Environmental health criteria 137. Geneva: WHO, 1993. - Tynes T, Hanevik M, Andersen A, Vistnes AI, Haldorsen T. Incidence of breast cancer in Norwegian femal radio operators. Cancer Causes Control 1996; 7; 197-204. - Rothman KJ, Loughlin JE, Funch DP, Dreyer NA. Overall mortality of cellular telephone customers. Epidemiology 1996; 7; 303-305. ____________________________________________________________________ Get free e-mail and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com Archive provided courtesy of WaveGuide, http://www.wave-guide.org Reprinted with permission of Roy Beavers, http://www.feb.se/EMF-L/EMF-L.html