Dear List, Well that is it we are meant to be bare-foot, pregnant and OUT OF THE KITCHEN!Ann --- Denise Hynd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- 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.
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