Subject:  (DePippo) (MacArthur) Guru's web-page "linked" again......
Date:     Mon, 29 Mar 1999 162729 -0600 (CST)
From:     "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org>
To:       emfguru <rbeavers@llion.org>
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Peter:

Quit punishing your self!!.....  And quit giving these guys more
"legitimacy" than they deserve.....

We should not expect anything different from the APS.....  Remember, they
are actually little more than a "trade association."......

They are actually on a par with the Edison Institute.....

Cheerio......

Roy Beavers (EMFguru)
rbeavers@llion.org................
...It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness... 
.................PEOPLE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN PROFITS...............

On Mon, 29 Mar 1999 PDepippo@aol.com wrote:

> Roy,
> 
> I went to John's site and read his article, then went to the APS link.  Since
> the quote was from '95, I went to them to ask for an updated comment.  Here is
> what they sent to me.....
> 
> 
> "Executive Board's Reaffirmation of Statement by the Council of The American
> Physical Society on Power Line Fields and Public Health"
> 
> 
> "The Executive Board of the American Physical Society reaffirms the Society's
> 1995 statement on "Power Line Fields and Public Health."  That statement
> concludes that "conjectures relating cancer to power line fields have not been
> scientifically substantiated."  Indeed, in the period since, additional
> scientific studies and exhaustive epidemiological survey have uncovered no
> evidence of health effects from power line fields.  September 1998"
> 
> After some thought, I think you might agree with me that they are simply
> playing with words.  I wonder what they would say if they were asked specific
> and somewhat less broad questions which focus more on current exposure levels
> and human health.
> 
> Please hold off to sending this to the entire group.  Maybe send it to a few
> that might email them for clarification on their statement.  I'm going to try
> myself.
> 
> Here is the contact person that sent this statement to me:
> Delia Victoria
> APS - Washington Office
> 202-662-8700
> 202-662-8711
> opa@aps.org
> 
> 
> Peter
> 



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