Subject:  (Scherer) Re How important is the "mechanism?".... (fwd)
Date:     Fri, 3 Jul 1998 093032 -0500 (CDT)
From:     "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org>
To:       emfguru@hotmail.com
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......Is everyone aware that we STILL do not know the mechanism(s)
vis-a-vis "most" of the health damage inflicted by tobacco?....guru....

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 10:24:39 +0000
From: "Wolfgang W. Scherer" 
Reply-To: w-m-a@reach.net
To: "Roy L. Beavers" 
Cc: BPCurry@MCS.com, Alasdair Philips ,
    emfguru@hotmail.com, John Goldsmith 
Subject: Re: How important is the "mechanism?"....

> Date:          Fri, 3 Jul 1998 05:35:22 -0500 (CDT)
> From:          "Roy L. Beavers" 
> To:            emfguru@hotmail.com
> Subject:       How important is the "mechanism?"....


Roy, with epidemiological studies alone we only establish 
that something is affecting  a percentage of the population.
(or environment), but not how, or why. 
However, they are a very important step - very unfortunate, though, 
if they are the first - after the fact.

To remediy the cause we need to understand the mechanism ,
 so we can establish what is safe - or we would have to PROHIBIT 
everything that affects us ???
. 
Would or even could the world today  give up the use of electricity 
and all that came with it  for epidemiological findings ???????

As I wrote you only yesterday - the goal is to establish a safe 
threshold and responsible use of technology. 
Such can only be based on a known mechanism.(tranlated into e.g. 
exposure standards) The current epidemiological findings are very 
clear, but only show that research in this direction is over-due 
(tell this the politicians for funding)

This is the only realistic action that can be taken. 
All other things are meaningless activism or PR

I agree with Alasdair that the new technology may solve certain 
aspects of effects we experience today, but nobody can predict 
what other effects CDMA may have, until epidemiologists find new 
afflictions after the use. ( and  the whole world is the guinea pig )

Here we are back that we need to understand the mechanism.
This would also allow to judge and guide the development of such 
technology. ( see e.g. X-Ray technology)

Greetings
Wolfgang
Wolfgang W. Scherer

http://www.reach.net/~scherer/p 
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Miracles take a little more time.
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