Subject: Precedent EMF cases (Woodley)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 051901 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Roy L. Beavers"
To: emfguru
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Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 19:18:44 -0400
From: "Richard W. Woodley"
To: "Roy L. Beavers"
Subject: Re: Join EMF-L mailing list (Concealed)
There are precedents for the recognition of EMFs in compensation cases.
Two are cited below and I know of at least another famous one (the Strom
case I believe) that I do not have any details on. There was also a case
involving Boeing (the Strom case ?). Others may be able to cite other
precedents. There are also law firms that specializee in EMF cases.
Extract from EMFs and Health - Bridlewood EMFs Information Service
Further official recognition came on June 29, 1994 when Washington State's
Department of Labor and Industries ruled that a former smelter employee of
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation in Tacoma was entitled to worker's
compensation for cancer he claims was caused by exposure to electromagnetic
fields (EMFs) on the job. This is the first ruling by a U.S. government
body acknowledging a link between EMF exposure and cancer. The complaint
filed by James Brewer pointed out that eight Kaiser employees out of the
90 who worked with him in the smelter's "pot room" had developed lymphoma
or leukemia and died. Aluminum smelting requires unusually high levels of
electrical power and consequently workers are exposed to high magnetic
field levels during the manufacturing process. In the pot room Brewer was
also frequently exposed to intense heat and noxious chemicals including
benzene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
Mr. Brewer's physician, Dr. Samuel Milham, has asserted a link between EMF
and cancer in aluminum smelters in his research. Dr. Milham studied
Kaiser's aluminum plant during the 1980s and found "way too many cases" of
leukemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma among workers there. The high incidence
of cancer in the Kaiser workers coincides with similar findings in other
aluminum plants.
In a Canadian case, a World War II veteran, John D. Evans, has had his
malignant melanoma recognized as having been related to his Royal Canadian
Air Force service as a Wireless/Radar Mechanic by the Veterans Review and
Appeal Board in 1997. Mr. Evans credits information he was able to obtain
via the EMF-L mailing list, including contacts with two eminent medical
doctors, as contributing to his victory.
After citing the statements made by the two medical doctors, here is what
was said: "The Board, after having analysed all the evidence submitted, has
come to the conclusion that there was a reasonable doubt that Mr Evans’
relevant condition [metastatic malignant melanoma] was attributable, in
part, to his Active Force Service."
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>Comments -> My brother just had a thigh bone cut out due to cancer
>believed to be caused by EMF. He works for xxxxx [power company] on the
>"bare hand crew". He worked regularly on the high voltage lines that runs
>across the states. He was in the habit of wrapping his leg around the
>power line to secure himself, a procedure that is OSHA acceptable. It is
>the same spot that the cancer developed. There is a workmen's comp case
>going on, but is very hard to get any proven facts. Any help would
>greatly be appreciated.
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********************* Richard W. Woodley *********************
woodley@igs.net *********** http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~ab190/
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Reprinted with permission of Roy Beavers, http://www.emfguru.com