Re[2]: FAQs on "EMF" and Health

[Randall_F_Brich@RL.gov]

     Highly recommend reading a recent letter to the editor of the Risk 
     Analysis journal by Bruce Ames.  According to Ames, et. al., in Risk 
     Analysis, Vol. 16, No. 5, 1996, "The major causes of cancer are 
     smoking, dietary imbalances, chronic infections leading to chronic 
     inflammation, and hormones.  ... The age-adjusted cancer death rate in 
     the U.S. for all cancers combined has declined 14% since 1950 
     (excluding lung cancer, 90% of which is attributable to smoking), 
     while life expectancy has increased, which may in part be due to 
     better diet. ... The idea that there is an epidemic of human cancer 
     caused by synthetic industrial chemicals is not supported by either 
     toxicology or epidemiology."  Ames concludes with "...regulatory 
     policy aimed at reducing tiny exposures to synthetic rodent 
     carcinogens has confused the public about what factors are important 
     for preventing cancer, and has diverted enormous resources from more 
     important health risks."  
     
     Randall Brich
     USDOE, Richland Operations
     e-mail: randall_f_brich@rl.gov


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Subject: Re: FAQs on "EMF" and Health
Author:  "H.Wade Patterson" <hwade@talltown.com> at -MailLink
Date:    1/16/97 11:07 AM


John Moulder wrote, in part:
> 
> The powerline, static field and cell phone antenna FAQs have now been
> converted to html, and are available on our wed site.  The new versions look
> better, print better, and the biobliographic refs and cross-references are now
> active links.  The science has also been updated.
> 
I wonder if the "science" recognizes that, over the last century, while 
EMF exposure has risen by orders of magnitude, cancer incidence is 
almost unchanged?
-- 
Best wishes,
     
Wade
     
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