Subject:  (Ferguson) RE Dial F for FEAR, R for Ridicule...... (fwd)
Date:     Tue, 13 Apr 1999 050354 -0500 (CDT)
From:     "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org>
To:       emfguru <rbeavers@llion.org>
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Jim:

Thank you for the added info you provide on the 'scientific' journal that
is published by a "business" company.....  In the U.S., our "news"
institutions are owned by the likes of Mickey Mouse, General Electric and
"Mr." Jane Fonda.....  All, incidently, are in the electronic news
(entertainment).....  And, all are VERY silent about the EMF/EMR issue....

.......Only in 'journalism' (and propaganda, sometimes a synonym) 
would one expect to find:  "To date there has been no consistent evidence
suggesting risk to health....."  That dismisses a lot of strongly
"suggestive" evidence!!!!

Also, below, note Allen Preece's call for "reasonably independent"
research.......  Surely, that is **at a minimum**........guru......

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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 21:49:52 -0700
From: Jim Ferguson 
To: "Roy L. Beavers" 
Subject: RE: Dial F for FEAR, R for Ridicule......

Roy - we shouldn't believe everything we read - thank goodness.

The New Scientist is published by Reed Business Information - (RBI)
 http://www.reedbusiness.com/ ) in the United Kingdom.  They also produce
the magazine Electronics Weekly (http://www.electronicsweekly.co.uk/)

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A story line in the April 12 issue of Electronics Weekly is

Government calls for more research into mobile safety

Steve Bush

The government has responded to a call from Bristol-based researchers to
take a closer look at the effects of mobile phone use.
Tessa Jowell, the Minister for Public Health has instructed the National
Radiological Protection Board to set up an independent expert working group
to assess the current state of research into mobile phones. "To date there
has been no consistent evidence suggesting risk to health, but there is
continuing public concern about the possibility," said Jowell. "It would be
wrong to ignore that concern."
Medical physicist Dr Alan Preece, who lead the University of Bristol's
mobile phone research published last week, welcomed the government's
proposals: "Absolutely brilliant. It's excellent, provided it is reasonably
independent."
Preece's research has shown that there was a small but significant change in
reaction time when people were subjected to mobile phone-like frequencies
and levels of RF radiation.

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The story line in the New Scientist is

GET YOUR HEAD ROUND THIS...

By David Concar

Forget the hype--there's still no evidence that mobile phones will mangle
your memories or give you cancer. But the microwaves they emit must be up to
something. Meet the fast-growing worms and boozing rats that have the
experts baffled...and discover why a phone call might make you quick on the
draw

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Some people call me naïve but one magazine (New Scientist) wouldn't be
setting itself up as a preemptive strike in support a future story in
Electronics Weekly declaring that cell/mobile phones are safe would they?
Or would Electronics Weekly make a presentation to the Government
investigation and cite New Scientist as an authoritative source?

Jim Ferguson
Victoria, B.C.

"Be careful with puns, remember to always practice safe lex and use a
conundrum."




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