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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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