Subject: Prostate cancer connection (?), (Milham)...
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 030316 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Roy L. Beavers"
To: emfguru
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....We received three responses to the prostate cancer-connection
question.... This is the first of three.....
Roy Beavers (EMFguru)......
rbeavers@llion.org.......
.....It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.....
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..................PEOPLE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN PROFITS..................
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 17:19:10 -0700
From: Sherry & Samuel Milham
To: "Roy L. Beavers"
Subject: Re: INFORMATION ABOUT ELECTROMAGNETISM IN AIRPLANE'S COCKPITS (M cLean) (Bowman) (Milham).... (fwd)
Dear Roy,
Strange you should ask about prostate cancer. The Air Canada pilots also
had a significant increase in prostate cancer. Obs. 34, exp. 18.16, SIR=
1.87, 90% CI =1.38-2.49. Best, Sam
----- Original Message -----
From: Roy L. Beavers
To: emfguru
Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: INFORMATION ABOUT ELECTROMAGNETISM IN AIRPLANE'S COCKPITS (M
cLean) (Bowman) (Milham).... (fwd)
>
> ......Here from another of our science friends who "keeps us honest"....
>
> P.S. Have there been any such studies which identify the types of
> employment with highest incidence of prostate cancer???
>
> Roy Beavers (EMFguru)......
> rbeavers@llion.org.......
> .....It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.....
> EMF-L web-site can be found at:
> EMF-L archives can be found at:
> ..................PEOPLE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN PROFITS..................
>
> ........DO YOU KNOW OF OTHERS WHO SHOULD BE ON THIS LIST??????...........
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 09:35:06 -0700
> From: Sherry & Samuel Milham
> To: "Roy L. Beavers"
> Subject: Re: INFORMATION ABOUT ELECTROMAGNETISM IN AIRPLANE'S COCKPITS (M
cLean) (Bowman).... (fwd)
>
> Dear Roy,
>
> See also " Cohort study of Air Canada pilots: Mortality, cancer
> incidence and leukemia risk. Pierre Band et al, AJE, 143, no.2,pp
> 137-143,1996. These pilots showed a significant increase in acute myeloid
> leukemia (SIR=4.72, 90% CI 2.05-9.31), based on 6 cases observed to 1.27
> expected. This type of leukemia has turned up in excess in a number of
EMF
> studies. Best, Sam Milham
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Roy L. Beavers
> To: emfguru
> Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 7:07 AM
> Subject: RE: INFORMATION ABOUT ELECTROMAGNETISM IN AIRPLANE'S COCKPITS (M
> cLean) (Bowman).... (fwd)
>
>
> >
> > ......Very pleased to see this response from Joe Bowman -- one of our
> > science friends who keeps us "honest.".....
> >
> > Roy Beavers (EMFguru)......
> > rbeavers@llion.org.......
> > .....It is better to light a single candle than to curse the
darkness.....
> > EMF-L web-site can be found at:
> > EMF-L archives can be found at:
> > ..................PEOPLE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN
PROFITS..................
> >
> > ........DO YOU KNOW OF OTHERS WHO SHOULD BE ON THIS
LIST??????...........
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 10:00:08 -0400
> > From: "Bowman, Joseph D."
> > To: "'Roy L. Beavers'"
> > Cc: "Waters, Martha A."
> > Subject: RE: INFORMATION ABOUT ELECTROMAGNETISM IN AIRPLANE'S COCKPITS
(M
> cLean)....
> >
> > Dear Gonzolo,
> >
> > Some more important facts about EMF in airliners are in an unpublished
> 1999
> > study for the U.S Department of Transportation "Survey and Assessment of
> > Electric and Magnetic Field (EMF) Public Exposure in the Transportation
> > Environment" by FM Dietrich and WL Jacobs. Those include:
> >
> > * the frequency of airliner power supplies is 400 Hz, which is
different
> > from the 50/60 Hz at which most all EMF health studies have been
> conducted.
> >
> > * there are no measurable electric fields in the airline cabin.
> >
> > * static magnetic fields are steadily changing as the plane flies
through
> > the normal geological variations in the earth's magnetic field.
> >
> > A 1998 paper by Nicholas et al in the Journal of Occupational and
> > Environmental Medicine (volume 40, page 980-985) started to look at the
> > health implications of these unusual magnetic fields in airliners. The
> > paper lists other occupational factors which may also affect pilot's
> health:
> > cosmic radiation, constant jet lag, noise, vibration, decreased oxygen,
> > pressure, and humidity in the cabin air, and the changes in air quality
> from
> > the passengers and airliner's construction material and chemical on
board
> > over the long flight. At this stage, the research can only suggest what
> > kinds of health risks are faced by pilots, and what agents might be
> > responsible (besides accidents -- whose impact is clear).
> >
> > Joseph D. Bowman, PhD, CIH
> >
> > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> >
> > Radiation Section / PAEB/ DBBS
> > National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
> > Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
> >
> > E-mail: jdb0@cdc.gov
> > Phone: 513-533-8143
> > FAX: 513-533-8510
> >
> > My opinions are not necessarily the policies of NIOSH or the U.S.
> > government.
> >
> > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> >
> >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 13:34:41 +1000
> > > From: "EMRAA (EMR Alliance Australia)"
> > > To: "Roy L. Beavers"
> > > Subject: Re: INFORMATION ABOUT ELECTROMAGNETISM IN AIRPLANE'S COCKPITS
> > > (fwd)
> > >
> > > Dear Gonzalo
> > >
> > > One of the studies from the NIEHS research looked at the question of
> > > magnetic field exposure to airline pilots. It assessed the flight
deck
> > > magnetic field of 23 flights of a B737/200 and found a mean exposure
of
> > > 16.8 mG. Approx 90% of the measurements were between 6 and 30 mG.
> > >
> > > You can find an abstract of the study, by J S Nicholas, in the NIEHS
> > > reports, abstract 23.
> > >
> > > Best regards
> > > Lyn McLean
> > >
> > >
> > > At 10:04 19/08/99 -0500, you wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > >Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 01:15:42 -0500
> > > >From: Gonzalo Carrasco Gutierrez
> > > >To: rbeavers@llion.org
> > > >Subject: INFORMATION ABOUT ELECTROMAGNETISM IN AIRPLANE'S COCKPITS
> > > >
> > > >DEAR ROY:
> > > >I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS SOMEONE WHO KNOWS SOMETHING ABOUT
THE
> > > PRESENCE OF ELECTROMAGNETISM IN THE COCKPITS BECAUSE THE PILOTS USE TO
> BE
> > > SEATED BEHIND THE INSTRUMENTS FOR VERY LONG PERIODS OF TIME.
> > > >FOR INSTANCE IN A MD-80 YOU SOMETIMES FLY 8 HRS A DAY AND SOME OF
THESE
> > > AIRPLANES HAVE INSTRUMENTS OF THE CRT TYPE.
> > > >IN THE BOEINGS WICH GO TO EUROPE YOU MAY EASYLY SPENT 14 HOURS BEHIND
> THE
> > > INSTRUMENTS AT A DISTANCE OF NOT MORE THAN 60 CENTIMETERS.
> > > >
> > > >IN ANOTHER MATTER ROY I HEARD OF SOMEONE HERE IN MEXICO THAT THERE IS
A
> > > MOVIE ABOUT ELECTROMAGNETISM WHERE A FAMILY IS INVOLVED IN THIS
PROBLEM,
> > > PLEASE IF THERE IS SOME PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHERE I CAN BY ONE OF THESE
> > > ITEMS.
> > > >
> > > >THANK YOU
> > > >
> > > >GONZALO CARRASCO
> > > >
> > > EMRAA (Electromagnetic Radiation Alliance Australia)
> > > Suite 16, Eton Arcade 754-760 Princes Highway, Sutherland NSW 2232
> > > PO Box 589, Sutherland NSW 1499 Australia
> > > Ph: +61 2 9523 4750 Fax: +61 2 9521 1477 Email: emraa@ssec.org.au
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
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