Microwave News, July/Aug 2002

["Bjorn Cedervall" <bcradsafers@HOTMAIL.COM>]

It was drawn to my attention today that an EMF & mobile phone article by me 

and three professors in Stockholm has been referred to by Microwave News 

(page 6 - "highlights". Our article was published in the largest Swedish 

morning newspaper (Dagens Nyheter = DN, www.dn.se ) on July 18. It was 

submitted with the head title similar to something like 

"Exagerrated/unnecessary worry about mobile phones" (four words in Swedish).



This title was changed by DN to "Mobile phones are not dangerous" (two words 

in Swedish: "Mobiltelefonen ofarlig").



I called the newspaper the next day and pointed out that we in the article 

discuss that non-risks cannot be proven and also that we may be attacked on 

the basis of that headline. I asked for a clarification relating to this in 

the next day's issue. The editor/journalist said "it is a semantic question" 

and then explained that he had to make a short headline. The demanded 

clarification was not made.



Now I read in Microwave News "Four Swedish Professors Assert Phones Are 

Safe".



I therefore now declare to anyone interested that we never said that (but 

believe it). It is also stated that I am an associate professor in medical 

radiation physics which is wrong - my area of expertise is medical radiation 

biology.



In addition, Microwave News makes an irrelevant reference to two other 

Swedish scientists (who I respect and consider serious) in a way way that 

none of us asked for.



Just in case you saw it - you should know. If the Microwave News was serious 

a journal they could have contacted us and asked what we really said.



For you who read Swedish - there is an article relating to in vitro 

fertilization and magnetic fields that some of you may be interested in - 

published last week in "Läkartidningen", No 34, (a weekly publication for 

physicians in Sweden).



My personal comments only,



Bjorn Cedervall    bcradsafers@hotmail.com





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