Subject:  EMF/female fertility (Maxey).
Date:     Tue, 31 Oct 2000 104844 -0600
From:     Roy Beavers 
To:       guru 
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Subject: female fertility
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 08:58:55 -0600
From: edmaxey@juno.com
To: guru@emfguru.com

Hi Roy,

John Clark sent this to me.  Thought you would find it of 
interest.

Cordially,
Ed

http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=003117005606413&rtmo=VPPGVx1x&atmo=FF
FFFFFX&pg=/et/00/10/31/wova31.html

                 The modern kitchen may make women
                 less fertile
                 By Roger Highfield, Science Editor
    
                 University La
                 Sapienza, Rome 
    
                 THE fertility of women may be affected by
                 electromagnetic fields in the
                 modern home, scientists claim in a study published
                 today.

                 Women are exposed to low frequency electromagnetic
                 fields daily in the
                 home or at work through power lines and the use of
                 appliances such as
                 refrigerators, washing machines and kettles. The
                 egg-containing sacs (follicles)
                 in the ovaries of mice exposed to realistic levels of
                 extremely low frequency
                 electromagnetic fields (ELF-EMF) fail to develop
                 properly in many cases,
                 Italian scientists report in the journal Human
                 Reproduction.

                 Exposure significantly reduced the development of the
                 follicles' central cavity,
                 a structure called the antrum, report Prof Rita Canipari
                 and colleagues from
                 the University of L'Aquilia and University La Sapienza
                 in Rome. Dr Sandra
                 Cecconi, from the University of L'Aquilia, said: "Our
                 results raise concerns
                 that ELF-EMF exposure might impair female reproductive
                 potential."

                 The team would like to see similar research on human
                 ovarian follicles. The
                 members admit that in humans this is currently very
                 difficult, technically.
                 However, studies in animals could be extended.

                 Dr Cecconi said the team had no idea whether the same
                 effect would be
                 found in women, "but it would seem prudent to
                 investigate. However, human
                 infertility is very complex and many factors can combine
                 to reduce fertility,
                 and in every woman these factors are likely to be
                 different."

    
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