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Re: ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS COULD HELP PROMOTE CANCERS
I thought this had been settled a few years ago and the evidence that there
is no effect was published in Physics Today Letters.
Ruth Weiner
ruth_weiner@msn.com
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From: Susan Gawarecki <loc@icx.net>
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Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 5:16 PM
Subject: ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS COULD HELP PROMOTE CANCERS
>ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS COULD HELP PROMOTE CANCERS
>
>EAST LANSING, Michigan, October 17, 2000 (ENS) -
>Electromagnetic fields (EMF), similar to those found in overhead
>power lines, can have a biological effect on human cells. This effect
>could contribute to the complex cellular process that leads to cancer,
>researchers from Michigan State University have found. "Our studies
>have contributed to what many other studies have shown, and that
>is that there is a biological effect of the energy imparted by
>extremely low frequency EMF (ELF-EMF) on living systems," said
>James Trosko, a professor of pediatrics and human development.
>Most studies on the biological and health effects of ELF-EMF have
>been "inconclusive or contradictory," Trosko said.
>
>"Until now, the weight of the theoretical and experimental evidence
>has suggested that ELF-EMF did not have the ability to interact with
>genetic material to damage it, thereby causing mutations, which we
>know can lead to cancer," said Trosko. What Trosko and his
>colleagues found is that ELF-EMF is not a tumor initiator, but rather a
>potential tumor promoter. Exposure to ELF-EMF can turn genes on
>and off "at inappropriate times, causing these initiated cells to
>proliferate when normally they would just sit there quietly doing
>nothing," Trosko explained. He cautioned that the study does not
>indicate that exposure to power lines and other EMF sources will
>cause cancer or other health problems. Trosko pointed out that the
>process in which a cell changes from a regular, healthy cell to a
>cancerous involves many different molecular and biochemical steps,
>of which ELF-EMF exposure could be just one. The work of Trosko
>and his colleagues is published in the October issue of "Environmental
>Health Perspectives," the journal of the National Institute of
>Environmental Health Sciences.
>
>Story from Environment News Service
>http://ens-news.com/ens/oct2000/2000L-10-17-09.html
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>Susan L. Gawarecki, Ph.D., Executive Director
>Oak Ridge Reservation Local Oversight Committee
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