Subject: (Lundquist) BBC Panorama The Mobile Mystery (fwd)
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 162639 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org>
To: emfguru <rbeavers@llion.org>
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.......I find myself substantially in agreement with Marjorie here.....
Also, if George Carlo has TRULY repented, I think we should welcome him
into the fold ... as we would any other 'reformed drunk'....... His
effort to start a new life ... should not be summarily dismissed ... as
some seem inclined to do......guru......
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Date: 29 May 99 10:51:06 MDT
From: MARJORIE LUNDQUIST
To: rbeavers@llion.org
Subject: BBC Panorama: The Mobile Mystery
Roy, let me respond to your "inside source" who compared the Panorama program
that actually aired with the version that had been originally produced. I
agree that from "Insider's" perspective, the program that did get broadcast
was a disappointment.
But viewed from my perspective -- comparing the BBC program that actually
aired with the coverage that this topic has received from other sources,
especially the New Scientist, which has been disgustingly scornful of the very
idea that microwave radiation could be harmful -- the broadcast of "The Mobile
Mystery" was a spectacular success for the public!
Consider what it accomplished.
First of all, the BBC treated the topic seriously (instead of like a joke, the
way the New Scientist did).
Secondly, the BBC devoted 40 minutes to discussing it. If the CBS program 60
Minutes had aired something on this topic, it would have received no more than
15 minutes of air time, maximum.
Thirdly, the BBC included ALL the allegations of industry manipulation of
research. I don't go along with the criticism that the older allegations were
no longer news, and should not have been included. I think that putting ALL
these allegations from all the different sources into the one program showed
the existence of a PATTERN of behavior on the part of the industry. It gave
all these allegations greater credibility than any single one, by itself,
would have had.
Finally, George Carlo, industry spokesman, is conceding that there may be a
real hazard. Granted, he did a sudden "about-face" and this is bound to make
some people mad. (Indeed, I am fairly certain that many inside the wireless
telecommunciations industry are furious with him for this!) But for an
industry spokesman to make such a concession is bound to have ENORMOUS impact!
It gives increased credibility to the idea that there may be a REAL health
hazard associated with the use of cellular (mobile) phones. (And isn't this
the most important message to get out to the public?)
The credibility of the program is all the greater because researchers in at
least three different countries were interviewed. And the message which ought
to be coming from public health authorities, but is being said only softly by
them -- that people should minimize their use of cellular (mobile) phones --
came through loud and clear!
So I APPLAUD the airing of "The Mobile Mystery" on Panorama in Britain on May
24, 1999, at 10:05 p.m. I think the producer should be complimented for
producing it, and BBC executives should be complimented for airing it. They
have performed a major public service, in my judgment. I think we should
write and tell them so.
Of course, given what "Insider" has told us, I would strongly recommend that
BBC hold onto that earlier version of hte program, as they may need to use
portions of it at a later date! -- Marjorie
P.S. Please forward this to "Insider" as s/he needs to hear it, I think!
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Marjorie Lundquist, Ph.D., C.I.H.
Bioelectromagnetic Hygienist
P. O. Box 11831
Milwaukee, WI 53211-0831 USA
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