I know nothing about the effects of non-ionising radiation on fertility...
Save that spermatogenisis is retarded if the testes are not below core body
temperature, ergo thermal effects might reduce fertility.
So far as sex differentials in offspring are concerned: It is known that
there is an increase in the rate of male offspring after wars, and that
males in high stress occupations tend to produce daughters.
Hence particular sex differentials in particular environments may be a
consequence of psychosocial factors rather than the influence of the
physical environment.
There is a lot of slack in these data, as recent group studies using DNA
tracing give 25-30% of offspring fathered by someone other than the person
the lady is married to. (See Diamond, J. "The Third Monkey")
I could tell more.
73
end
Barry Kirkwood PhD ZL1DD
Signal Hill Homestay
66 Cory Road
Palm Beach
Waiheke Island 1240
NEW ZEALAND
www.waiheke.co.nz/signal.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Chadwick <Peter_Chadwick@mitel.com>
To: Firson Maryutenli <firson@hotmail.com>; <amps@contesting.com>; 'CT HRD'
<tony@uch.net>
Sent: Wednesday, 31 January, 2001 12:19 AM
Subject: RE: [AMPS] Fertility
>
> It may be purely coincidental, but back in the 60's, it was noticeable
that all
> the engineers in high power transmitter lab at Marconi's had daughters -
and
> that had tended to be the case for some years.
>
> On the other hand, when my brother in law was born, his father had been
working
> on high power RF for 20 years, and a couple of years before, had moved to
work
> at an ionospheric scatter tx station - which is not exactly known for
using QRP!
>
>
> 73
>
> Peter G3RZP
>
>
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