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Re: question about Vatican broadcasting



 
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Von: RuthWeiner@AOL.COM <RuthWeiner@AOL.COM>
An: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>
Datum: Sonntag, 08. April 2001 19:26
Betreff: question about Vatican broadcasting

Perhaps some RADSAFER  -- especially perhaps a European one -- could answer a
question that came up this morning in an article about the power of the
Vatican radio and TV transmitter.
 
 
I have no information about units and measurements, but I think that some RADSAFErs might be interested in the background of this story.
I quote from an Austrian newspaper, about one or two weeks ago:
"The Italian Minister for Environment has repeated his threat to cut off power supply for Radio Vatican, if the Italian standards for electro-smog would not be met. ..................... Already two days before a court in Rome has started investigations because of negligent homicide against "unknown", because of an elevated number of leukemia cases. According to newspapers children in the vicinity of the antennas are affected up to six times more by leukemia than elsewhere."
Then follow sophisticated juridical considerations, whether Italian legislation is applicable in matters of Radio Vatican. The Italian Minister for Environment declared, that he would order cutoff of power supply, if the Italian standards would not be met by May 12.
 
Well, Radsafers, you recognize the pattern? Radiation (nuclear, radioactive, non-ionizing one) = leukemia. Radiation (nuclear, radioactive, non-ionizing one, UV) = cancer. Two-fold, six-fold, significant occurrance. Sources: Nuclear power plants, mobile phones, microwaves, reprocessing plants, the sun, cosmic rays.
I do not downplay serious risks at high doses, but it seems to have become a habit among certain groups and people, to attribute everything bad in our civilized world to something, which cannot be seen, smelled, heard. Are we really so far away from the Middle Ages, where everything negative was attributed to ghosts and devils? Does anybody know about psychological research on such topics? This is a serious question!!
Regards,
Franz
 
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