>Tom, respectfully a UofPittsburgh professor of Public Health is not >a crank, and her claims and arguments were quite reasonable when >interviewed on NPR.
I know plenty of professors who are cranks. In fact, I suspect the proportion of professors who are cranks is higher than it is in the general population. Tell me NPR does not interview cranks. Very funny. >Flourescent lighting does not broadcast its energy an >inch from your brain (actually I doubt the UV doesn't penetrate >your skin). The issue is not distance it is power and duration of exposure. Anyone focusing on distance immediately loses creditability: sensationalism over science. >Furthermore, I think that after only about 10 years of >following the public exposure I have heard of studies (I don't know >how large the samples) that cell phone usage >increased risk of non-malignant brain tumors. Humans have been exposed to radio waves to a greater or lesser degree since 1895 (Marconi). I have not seen any studies that show people working or living around very powerful transmitters having a higher incidence of tumors. Have you? ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
