Subject: RE Electricians & emf exposure (Marsh)(Milnes)(Bowman)..
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 100056 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Roy L. Beavers"
To: emfguru
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Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 10:17:20 -0400
From: "Bowman, Joseph D."
To: "'Roy L. Beavers'"
Subject: RE: Electricians & emf exposure (Marsh)(Milnes)..
Roy,
The electrician mentioned that his primary tumor was in the pituitory
gland. Elevated risks of pituitary cancers were reported by Floderus,
Tornqvist et al. (1994) in railway occupations with high magnetic field
exposures (drivers, conductors, etc.).
However, EMF exposures were assessed only by job titles, not measurements
on the subjects (although subsequent measurements on a few individuals
showed high magnetic field magnitudes, e.g. an average of 40 mG in
locomtive drivers). Another problem in extrapolating this result to the
electrician is that the electric railways in Sweden operate at 16 2/3 Hz,
rather than 60 Hz with AC electricity in the U.S.
On the other hand, both pituitary and male breast cancer are
hormonally-related cancers, which fits with the melatonin hypothesis.
Joseph Bowman
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-----Original Message-----
From: Roy L. Beavers [mailto:rbeavers@llion.org]
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2000 9:38 AM
To: emfguru
Subject: Re: Electricians & emf exposure (Marsh).
>Interesting case history below.....
>
>........Because this is an anecdote -- neither "science" nor any
>(state or federal) government, nor the medical profession ... is
>likely to "check it out." However, if the victim in this case were
>to sue the state (for failure to prescribe work rules that would protect
>against the diseases reported below) ... he might get some attention.....
>
>Of course, he can sue his employer also - but - even if he were to win,
>he may be dead before he can expect to collect the results of a winning
>judgment......
>
>That sort of situation is what is wrong with (our society) leaving
>this kind of public health menace up to the courts to resolve --
>rather than governmental action through the legislatures and the proper
>safety or health agencies....
>
>I know that some of you feel that I urge you to turn too quickly to a
>lawyer in these situations -- but that is the only defense our society
>provides at the present time...... Take somebody to court!!! Action
>via our legislative bodies (at federal or state level) may still be
>10 to 20 years away ... while they wait for the kind of "conclusive"
>evidence that the $$$$$$$$-bought legislators will respond to.....
>
>Roy Beavers (EMFguru)
>roy@emfguru.com
>
>.....It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.....
> NEW!!! Website... http://emfguru.com
>...................People are more important than profits.................
> Missed opportunity...
> $$$$$ We could have changed the corrupted system!! $$$$$
> McCain !!
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 14:28:37 -0500 (CDT)
>From: Peggy Marsh
>To: rbeavers@llion.org
>Subject: electricians & emf exposure
>
>Hi Roy,
>
>Today at work I was talking to a friend, he is an electrician.
>(I have been talking to him for several weeks about these towers
>close to my house).
>
>Our discussion was about the Wisconsin cattle, I ask him what he
>thought about it .He said he could believe it could harm cattle that
>way.
>
>Then he told about some medical problems he was having. To make
>along story short, his doctor thinks he has a brain tumor of the
>pituitory gland. He also told me about a year ago he had one breast
>removed because of tumors. Now the other side has lumps. We work at
>at a cast iron pipe shop. We have alot of high voltage equipment. He
>works in an electrical control room with the electrical equipment that
>runs the machines. Some of the panel boxes he opens will light up his test
>pen in his pocket. [.......!!!!!.....guru.....]
>
>My question is - has any studies been done of people working around
>industrial electrical equipment like this.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Tommy
>
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