Subject: Occupational Exposure to EMF Linked to Suicide (Stevens).
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 094910 -0500
From: Roy Beavers
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.......From EMF-L........ Donald Stevens (U.K.) sends the following.....
This confirms a rumor about this research which has been circulating in
the EMF community for some time......guru.......
http://neurology.medscape.com/reuters/prof/2000/08/08.17/20000817epid004.html
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WESTPORT, Aug 17 (Reuters Health) - An association exists between occupat=
ional exposure to extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields (EMFs) a=
nd suicide, especially among workers under 50 years old, according to the=
results of a large epidemiologic study reported in the August issue of t=
he <cite>Western Journal of Medicine</cite>. <P>
Dr. David A. Savitz and colleagues, from the University of North Carolina=
School of Public Health, in Chapel Hill, examined the incidence of suici=
de among 138,905 male electrical utility workers. Workers included in th=
e study were employed at any of five electric power companies for at leas=
t six continuous months between January 1, 1950 and December 31, 1986. C=
ase-control sampling included 536 deaths from suicide and 5,348 eligible =
controls. <P>
The researchers found that "suicide mortality was increased relative to w=
ork in exposed jobs...Increased odds ratios (ORs) were found for years of=
employment as an electrician (OR=3D 2.18) or line worker (OR=3D 1.59)." =
However, the researchers noted a decreased OR of 0.67 for power plant op=
erators. <P>
"Men younger than 50 years with recent exposure above the median had nota=
bly higher ORs: 2.39 for men younger than 35 years and 3.62 for men aged =
35 to 49," the authors report. This suggests that "younger people may be=
more vulnerable to the effects of exposure to EMFs. A difference in the=
nature of depression and suicide between age groups may account for this=
increased vulnerability," the researchers propose. <P>
Dr. Savitz's group notes that their study was limited by the inability to=
obtain information on several important suicide risk factors, "such as h=
istory of mental and addictive disorders and disrupted family environment=
=2E" <P>
This concern was echoed in an accompanying commentary by Corinne Peek-Asa=
, of the Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center at UCLA De=
partment of Epidemiology, in Los Angeles, California. <P>
"EMFs have been shown to decrease melatonin production. People who are d=
epressed have below normal levels of melatonin, and depressive illness is=
an important risk factor for suicide," Dr. Savitz told Reuters Health in=
an interview. <P>
"The results of our study should encourage more research on the relations=
hips among EMF exposure, melatonin pathways and health problems," Dr. Sav=
itz concluded. <P>
<EM>West J Med</EM> 2000;173:94-101 <P>
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