I have to support Ron on this one. The literature backs up your anecdotal
experience.
There was a suggestion of an association between EMF exposure to power lines
and childhood leukemia in a paper from the UK quite a few years ago, but a
large NIH study found no association. The papers are in my office and I am
in Dayton, or I could quote the exact references.
There is no large-scale study of RF exposure indicating increased leukemia
risk. On the other hand, no one suggests that eating RF is good for you, so
discretion is always advised.
Bruce Small, M.D., KM2L
Member, American Society of Hematology
Member, ARRL RF Safety Committee
On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Ron Castro <ronc@sonic.net> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim WA9YSD" <wa9ysd@yahoo.com>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 11:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] 95% Shield
>
>
> >>
> > Leukemia is linked to long term exposer to RF fields, High percentage of
> > Radio engineers has it and/or died from it.
> >
>
> I couldn't in good faith let that one go. There is not a shred truth to
> that statement. No credible, peer-reviewed study has ever linked RF fields
> to leukemia. Only greedy lawyers looking for someone to sue have ever made
> that connection but it has never been backed by credible science. The "tin
> foil hat" kooks may believe that, but it's just not true.
>
> If you look up leukemia on Wikipedia, you'll see that one of the suspected
> causes is *ionizing* radiation, which is completely a different animal that
> RF, which is *non-ionizing* radiation.
>
> I have been a broadcast engineer for over 40 years and I have never seen
> any
> cases of leukemia among the hundreds of folks I have worked with who are
> regularly exposed to high RF fields. I have seen lots of folks die from
> lung cancer, AIDS, motorcycle accidents, heart attacks, etc., but I can't
> think of a single one who ever died from leukemia.
>
> Ron N6IE
>
>
>
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