Subject: Household currents, possible EMF hazard (Treppiedi)...
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 103501 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org>
To: emfguru <rbeavers@llion.org>
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......Yes, it is quite possible that you would have a problem there,
David.... I suggest you contact Alasdair and have
him check it out for you....
As to the fact that the statement was made by the "company" person.....
I used to think that they were just "in honest error." I don't think
that anymore -- now I know that they lie in their teeth ... routinely...
After all -- it is never THEIR families living in such situations.....
Cheerio....
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, 16 Jul 1999 11:21:46 -0400
From: David Treppiedi
To: "Roy L. Beavers"
Subject: Re: Childhood leukemia study, strong association found with EMF exposure , (Latham)
Hmmmm, household currents................No harm?............ What if you live
in a freehold town home, in an end unit, with ALL the EIGHT meters on YOUR
outside wall, and ALL the power going through YOUR unit to reach the other
tenants? Hummmm........... You think?
Dave/TWCC
"Roy L. Beavers" wrote:
> Hi everybody:
>
> Let us spend some time on this one. It is from the Toronto Star, sent to
> me by Linda Latham.....
>
> The author is Leslie Papp, described as "the Toronto Star medical
> reporter." She obviously does not understand this issue, but she does
> know how to repeat key "P.R." quotes from the utility people who
> conducted the study.....
>
> Still, the results are highly damaging to the electric industry --
> countering the propaganda campaign they have been waging for years in
> an effort to hide from the public the health effects of EMF..... This
> EMF-L group knows that story well.
>
> If you doubt what I am saying, just drop down to the end of the story and
> read the last two paragraphs first. Then, come back to the beginning
> and read the propaganda (misrepresentation, really) that is in the lead
> paragraphs (and the headline), where the propagandists know the reader
> expects to get the "gist" of the study results....
>
> The reader gets the wrong "gist" up front. The true results are at the
> end ... and they speak for themselves.....
>
> By the way, Miss Papp, there are about a dozen other studies that
> confirm the same positive association between EMF and leukemia (plus other
> health hazards)..... Your "company" source said there are none.....
>
> Cheerio..... (I have a few short additional comments in the text of the
> article....)
>
> 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..................
>
>
>
> June 17, 1999
>
>
>
>
> Electromagnetic dangers can't be avoided, experts say
>
> Study fails to find that household currents cause cancer
>
> By Leslie Papp
> Toronto Star Medical Reporter
>
> There isn't much parents can do to protect children from the already
> minimal danger of household electromagnetic fields, experts say.
>
> Toronto researchers have found an association between childhood
> leukemia and high exposure to these pervasive fields, generated by
> power lines and electrical wiring. But, they noted when they released
> their findings Tuesday, the study does not establish that the fields
> cause cancer.
>
> It's unwise for parents to react to the findings, says Lois Green,
> epidemiologist with Ontario Power Generation (formerly Ontario Hydro)
> and the study's lead researcher. [.....The study's lead researcher is
> "with" Ontario Power!!!......guru.....]
>
> ``Parents shouldn't change or alter their activities. They shouldn't
> be unduly concerned,'' Green said yesterday, adding that other studies
> haven't found any link between leukemia and power lines. ``This is
> only one study of many.'' [......Simply an outright **falshood**....
> .....guru.....]
>
> Electromagnetic fields tend to be more intense in older neighbourhoods
> - where power lines suspended on poles, instead of buried underground,
> serve tightly packed homes, often with copper plumbing.
>
> ``The distribution system, in most cases, is the single largest
> contributor to electromagnetic fields in homes,'' said David Agnew, a
> senior scientist at Ontario Power Generation and a co-author of the
> study. ``That's not a component that the average resident really has
> much impact on.'' [.....As if it is all up to the resident!!.....
> .....guru.....]
>
> Unusual wiring can also produce significant levels of this weak form
> of radiation, Agnew said.
>
> ``This can result from non-standard wiring, often by do-it-yourself
> electricians,`` Agnew said. ``We've seen cases where the fields are
> quite elevated.''
>
> Appliances can be another source.
>
> ``Some appliances can have fairly high fields close to them,'' he
> said. ``Anything with a motor will tend to have high fields: electric
> hair dryers, drills, some clock radios, even some lamps.''
>
> Fields generated by these devices travel only a short distance and
> quickly blend into the ``background'' field produced by the power
> distribution system, Agnew said. ``In our study, in the fields that we
> measured, appliances contributed only a small part to exposure.''
> [......EPRI has said that 70% of the EMF in the homes of America is
> due to power lines.......guru.....]
>
> There's no sure way of knowing a home's electromagnetic field level
> without a specific test, he said.
>
> The $1.5 million study was paid for by the industry association and
> Ontario Hydro Services Company. [.....!!!!!!......guru.....]
>
> Researchers compared the electromagnetic field exposure of 201 Toronto
> area children diagnosed with leukemia and 406 children who didn't
> develop this form of cancer.
>
> They found that children who were most exposed to magnetic fields were
> two to four times more likely to have leukemia, which attacks blood
> cells. Children under 6 were especially at risk.
>
> [.......The last wo paragraphs are the whole story. The rest is
> propoganda...... For shame! On the Toronto Star.....guru.....]
>
>
> [The Toronto Star..........] GO
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