Re: Expert Panel Report on radio frequency fields -Reply

["Agustín Ruiz" <aruiz@org.ossma.ub.es>]

I agree absolutely with Paul Prichard. Our "modern way-of-life" is contaminated
with the same symptoms produced by the same thing: the perception of risk when this
is caused by someting that is not known as a whole.

Agustín Ruiz
Barcelona, Spain
aruiz@org.ossma.ub.es

PAUL PRICHARD escribió:

> I think there is only one real syndrome, the name changes to fit the fear.  For
> example, many of the symptoms of drug abuse resemble depression or stress.
> Come to think of it, they're the same symptoms you listed.  I wonder how they
> isolated the cause to RF?
>
> >>> steve hand <hand@wam.umd.edu> 05/21/99 07:47am >>>
> Gerald:
>
>     I had the same problem yesterday.  By the way, did you read near the end,
> section 8.5 - Radiofrequency radiation (RF) Sickness Syndrome - "Radiofrequency
> radiation (RF) sickness syndrome has been defined as a systemic human response
> to chronic low-intensity (RF) exposure, RF sickness symptoms include headache,
> ocular dysfunction, fatigue, dizziness and sleep disorders. ... I don't suppose
> you have ever read about a chronic low level radiation syndrome for ionizing
> radiation have you - you know - headaches, dizziness, fatigue, irritability,
> from anyone on this listserver about low level effects of radiation ...  well,
> it is friday and I couldn't resist my own attempt at humor at the expense of
> some very good people.  Have a good day.
>
> Steve Hand
> Radiation Safety Office
> University of Maryland
>
> Gerald Laurence wrote:
>
> > Have other people had the same problem that some of us downunder are having
> > with downloading the Royal Society of Canada report on the heath risks
> > associated with RF fields?
> > A post this week gave the URL as
> > http://www.rsc.ca/english/RFreport.html
> > but when I downloaded Adobe Acrobat reported the file as corrupt and
> > attempted to repair it. But pages are still unreadable or missing.
> > This is not isolated to one of us; I have been asked by three other people
> > here if my copy is OK.
> > Perhaps the waves go the wrong way in the southern hemisphere.
> > Can anyone  who knows the Report help?
> > Thanks
> > Gerald
> >
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