Subject:  Re Microwave tower worker exposure
Date:     Fri, 20 Jun 1997 070337 -0500 (CDT)
From:     Emil DeToffol <lessemf@lessemf.com>
To:       Multiple recipients of list <emf-l@mail.llion.org>
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Dear Bob,

I recently bevame aware of a publication which may be helpful to your cause.

It is titled: Biological Effects of Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields.
It is a compilation of Russian scientific studies and it is available for
$59 from the US Department of Commerce (National Technical Information
Service) at (703) 487-4660. Item #JPRS63321.

Some of the studies included:

The Clinic, Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Outcome of Radiowave Sickness

The Effects of Continuous & Intermittent Radiation on:
- Arterial Pressure Dynamics
- Hypothalmic-Hypophysis-Adrenal Cortex System
- Functional State of the Adrenal Medulla
- Secretory Function of the Hypothalmus and Certain Endocrine Glands

Hygienic Evaluation of Working Conditions Involving Radiowave Emitters on
the Basis of Dynamic Studies on the Nature of Radiation During a Work Shift

etc., etc., etc.

There are 32 eye-popping studies altogether. It is not light-hearted
reading, however. These are actual translations of the original scientific
papers.
And here's the best part: These studies were published in 1974!!!

I hope this helps.

Emil DeToffol
Practical Products
lessemf@lessemf.com

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At 04:18 PM 6/19/97 -0500, you wrote:
>June 19, 1997
>
>At my request, a reporter for the Dallas Morning News did a story which
>was published on May 17, 1997 about a Southwestern Bell Mobile cellular
>antenna being built attached to a church in Plano, Texas.  The tower has
>recently been finished out with a stucco exterior and is disguised as a
>church tower with a cross on it.  My concerns were that lobbyists had
>been able to get the city ordinance changed to allow a cell tower to be
>placed wholly within a building allowed in a residential district
>without any type of public hearing required for siting.  The church had
>applied for a building permit in July, 1996 for a church tower.  In
>October, 1996, SW Bell applied for a permit to do an interior finish out
>to place a cell antenna.  The permit was approved, even though there was
>no exterior structure.  The antenna was built first, then finished out.
>The church has a preschool on site.
>
>A few weeks after this article appeared, an attorney contacted me
>wanting resources for his clients.  He represents 2 workers who were
>involved in the final finish-out on the tower.  The workers had received
>an emergency page from their supervisor telling them to get off the
>scaffolding around the tower, as the antenna had been turned on for a
>few days.  One worker had a total of 24 hours of exposure over a 4 work
>day period, and the other worker had a 32 hour exposure over a 5 work
>day period.  Part of the time involved putting shielding directly over
>the broadcasting portion of the antenna while the power was on.  The
>cellular frequency of the tower is 850 mhz.  The workers have some
>physical symptoms which are persisting.  At this point, the attorney
>says the symptoms do not appear to be severe, but he does not know what
>symptoms may develop later.  The attorney has spoken with an attorney
>from SW Bell who denies any health risks are involved.
>
>Does anyone have any references of articles related to this type of
>exposure?  Does anyone know of any physicians who could diagnose health
>effects of this type of exposure?
>
>Thanks for any help you can provide.  I will pass the information on to
>the attorney.
>
>Bob Weiner
>drbobw@flash.net
>
>


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