Subject:  Fluorescent Light (EMF) and Chinchilla (fwd)
Date:     Sat, 28 Sep 1996 093619 -0500 (CDT)
From:     "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@mail.llion.org>
To:       Multiple recipients of list <emf-l@mail.llion.org>
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Just had another thought about the following message (which ties back
to John Evans' chinchilla message).

One of the problems in EMF laboratory research (in vitro) that we
continually read about in the literature is the problem of conducting
the experiments in "a totally clean environment."  In this case,
meaning no other electromagnetic contamination.

We wonder how many of these experiments have taken place (inadvertently)
in laboratories that are lighted by fluorescent lighting???

Roy Beavers (EMFguru)
rbeavers@mail.llion.org
http://www.feb.se/EMF-L/EMF-L.html

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 03:42:23 -0500 (CDT)
From: Roy L. Beavers 
To: Multiple recipients of list 
Subject: Fluorescent Light (EMF) and Chinchilla

Hi everybody:

We certainly are having a run of *good* messages recently.  Keep
it up!!

Guru would like to offer one comment on John Evans' interesting
report about the chinchillas raised by his brother ... many years ago.

When the fluorescent lights were introduced into the environment, the
reproductive processes of the little animals deteriorated.  Eventually
the "herd" was lost.

First, this anecdote seems very clearly to fall within the kind of
"hormone disruption" process that Theo Colborn et. al. were writing
about in their book, "Our Stolen Future."  (Discussed in EMFguru#8-96.)
Colborn was writing about chemical effects, but (thinking back to some
meetings guru has attended), we believe it is corrct to say that some
EMF researchers have noted results on cells (thus perhaps hormone
behavior) induced by EMF exposure ... which are similar in character to
results of some chemical exposures.

There are a number of EMF-L members who are far better qualified than the
guru to explore this thought.  Let us hear from you.

Second, has anyone ever tried using chinchillas as laboratory experimental
subjects ... to EMF exposure???  John Evans' story suggests that they
would be good subjects.  (Perhaps not even too costly these days with
public sentiment having turned against fur coats.)  We understand that
they do reproduce well.

Cheerio.......

Roy Beavers (EMFguru)
rbeavers@mail.llion.org
http://www.feb.se/EMF-L/EMF-L.html





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