Subject:  Questions about the credibility of Carlo's book (Weller).
Date:     Thu, 04 Jan 2001 113146 -0600
From:     Roy Beavers 
To:       guru 
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.......From EMF-L.......

A friend of the telecom industry is asking some bonafide questions.
Overall credibility is the issue.....guru......  (I hope someone
will send to Carlo.  He does not read our list.)

It is better to light a single candle
    than to curse the darkness..

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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Carlo's book
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 09:11:38 -0800
From: rweller@ieee.org (Robert D. Weller, Hammett & Edison, Inc.)
Reply-To: rweller@ieee.org (Robert D. Weller, Hammett & Edison, Inc.)
Organization: Hammett & Edison, Inc.
To: roy@emfguru.com


I just finished a quick read of George Carlo's book, "Cell Phones:  Invisible
Hazards in the Wireless Age."  It appears that Dr. Carlo does not understand
several fundamental concepts of the U.S. safety standards.  

First, he seems to confuse peak SAR (over any 1g of tissue) and whole-body
average SAR.  Second, he says the standards are based upon a showing of no
adverse effects below an SAR of 40 W/kg (when the standards are based upon no
adverse effects below 4 W/kg).  Third, he refers to an arbitrary safety margin
of 25x (when the safety margins are 10x and 50x). 

Am I missing something here?  These apparent blunders are troublesome to me,
considering Dr. Carlo spent $25 million to research the adequacy of the safety
standards.  Has anyone else read this book?

Bob Weller


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