----- Original Message ----- From: "Angela Horn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UK midwives and consumers mailing list." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 5:41 PM Subject: [ukmidwifery] Kitchen appliances linked to miscarriage
> From today's Telegraph: > > http://www.portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/01/10/wradi > 10.xml&sSheet=/portal/2002/01/10/por_right.html > > Kitchen appliances linked to miscarriage > By Robert Uhlig, Technology Correspondent > (Filed: 10/01/2002) > > > STRONG magnetic fields produced by trains and household appliances such as > vacuum cleaners and food mixers increase the risk of miscarriage by up to > three times, according to a new study. > > The National Radiological Protection Board - Britain's advisory body on > radiation - said the American study needed to be taken seriously, although > further work was needed. "If true, there would have to be precautionary > advice to pregnant women," said a spokesman. > > Dr De-Kun Li, of the Kaiser Foundation Research Institute at Oakland, > California, asked 1,063 women in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy to wear a > device on their waists that measured magnetic field levels every 10 seconds. > > He found that pregnant women exposed to peak radiation levels greater than > 1.6 microteslas - 100 times less than permitted by NRPB guidelines - were > nearly twice as likely to miscarry, New Scientist reported. Those who > experienced high peak fields were three times as likely to miscarry. > > Dr Li said this second finding was another confirmation that the increase in > miscarriages "was due to electromagnetic fields". The team did not examine > which appliances were producing the strong fields, but devices with powerful > motors are known to be the worst culprits. > > Vacuum cleaners and drills emit around 20 microteslas - more than 12 times > higher than the critical level in the study. Food mixers give off around 10. > Radiation within 70ft of a 400,000 volt pylon as used by the National Grid > is eight microteslas. > > Dr Li speculated that high levels of radiation might cause miscarriages by > subtly disrupting cell-to-cell communication. > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> > FREE COLLEGE MONEY > CLICK HERE to search > 600,000 scholarships! > http://us.click.yahoo.com/vf6MrB/4m7CAA/ySSFAA/9rHolB/TM > ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > and NOT to the usual group address. > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
