RE: mobile phones and brain cancer

["Jeff Vollmer" <jvollmer@cemrc.org>]

I assume that the study listed below Tynes et al, 1992 is supposed to read
Less brain cancer than expected As opposed to Less Brain than expected as
originally posted.  The result of the difference of the two statements is
hugh.

Jeffrey S. Vollmer
JVollmer@CEMRC.org

-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
[mailto:radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu]On Behalf Of John Moulder
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 1999 12:18 PM
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Subject: Re: mobile phones and brain cancer


> I have been questioned on the danger of electromagnetic radiation from
> an emitter for mobile phones. I have read information that in Canada
> and Australia, epidemiological studies would have shown that
> such micro-wawes would result in an increase in brain cancer.

I follow this area fairly carefully, and I am not aware of any new (or old)
studies from Canada or Australia that indicate an association of RF exposure
and brain cancer.

Epidemiology studies that I do know of (RF and brain cancer) are:

Hill, 1988: no elevation in brain cancer risk in radar workers

Lilienfeld et al, 1978:  no brain cancer as a result of MW exposure at the
US
Embassy in Moscow

Milham, 1988:  Statistically-insignificant increase in brain cancer in
amateur
radio operators

Tynes et al, 1992:  Less brain than expected in people with occupational
exposure to RF

Szmigielski, 1991:  Significant increase in brain cancer in Polish military
personnel exposed to RF

Grayson et al, 1996: Statistically-insignificant increase in brain cancer
Air
Force personnel with RF exposure

Dolk et al, 1997:  No excess brain cancer around TV/FM antennas in the UK

The animal studies are also uniformly negative regarding RF and brain
cancer.

For details and refs see:
http://www.mcw.edu/gcrc/cop/cell-phone-health-FAQ/toc.html

This will also be coming out in peer-reviewed form in Rad Res in a month or
so.


John Moulder (jmoulder@its.mcw.edu)

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