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Table of Contents for Volume 4, 1996
EMF HEALTH REPORT, Vol. 4, No. 6, November/December 1996
EMF Research Advances Reported in San Antonio by Robert B. Goldberg, Ph.D.
The subdued tone of the November 1996 EMF meeting in San Antonio, Texas, was due to reduced funding for the meeting's sponsoring agencies and the recently released National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report. The possible negative impact of the NAS report on future power-frequency EMF research funding was on everyone's mind. However, meeting participants presented many noteworthy research results.
- Exposure Before Birth: Markers of Tumor Activity
- Epidemiology Reexamined: From Line Loads to Traffic Patterns
- Editorial: The Two Most Important Words in the National Academy of Sciences Report
- New Epidemiological Reports: Small Nordic Studies
- Melatonin: An Individual EMF Effect
- Conclusion: Remember the Alamo
Two New Publications Available
Questions and Answers: EMF in the Workplace
Your Community Guide to Cellular Phone Towers
Hand-Held Wireless Phones and Cardiac Pacemakers
"Hand-held cellular telephones disrupt implanted pacemakers," researchers announced in 1994. With one million cardiac pacemakers implanted in Americans alone and the daily proliferation of cellular phones, a new public health issue was in the making for the telecommunications industry.
RECENT RESEARCH
- Results of Childhood Cancer Studies Combined
- New Suggestions of an EMF/Breast Cancer Association
- Adrenal Glands of Male Mice Affected by Power-Line Magnetic Field
- EMF Effects on Melatonin Levels Remain Elusive
EMF HEALTH REPORT, Vol. 4, No. 5, September/October 1996
THREE COMMON QUESTIONS FROM THE REAL WORLD: ONE SCIENTIST'S ANSWERS
Most concerns about EMF are basic and pragmatic: people worry about the purchase of a house near a power transmission line, a cellular phone tower proposed for their child's elementary school, their computer monitor, or industrial EMF sources. This article describes how one scientist responds to practical questions about the safety of EMFs based on ambiguous scientific data.
- Introduction
- I am considering buying a new house but noticed a 138 kV power line about 100 feet from the back yard. Is this a problem and should I avoid buying the house?
- There is a cellular phone tower proposed for the roof of my child’s elementary school. Why should I believe the industry engineers who are telling our school board it is perfectly safe?
- Why is the Risk Indicated by EMF Research so Uncertain?
- Conclusion: Uncovering Misconceptions and Individual Risk Decisions
The Telecommunications Act of 1996: FCC Guidelines for Evaluating the Environmental Effects of Radiofrequency Radiation
RECENT RESEARCH
- Waterbeds and Electric Blankets not Associated with Childhood Brain Tumors
- Residential EMFs Lower in UK than US, Power Line EMFs More Discernible
- Measurement Variability of Residential Magnetic Fields
- Magnetic Field Exposure Estimates for Electrical Utility Workers
- Leukemia and Brain Tumors Increased in Electrical Workers in England
- Ecological and Health Effects of Military Radar in Latvia
- Occupational EMF Exposure Data Collec-tion in Poland and US
EMF HEALTH REPORT, Vol. 4, No. 4, July/August 1996
Biological Effects of Power-Line Magnetic Fields Replicated.
Report from the 1996 Bioelectromagnetics Society Meeting by Robert B. Goldberg, Ph.D.
Hidden among the presentations at this year’s Bioelectromagnetics Society (BEMS) meeting was a cluster of reports that replicate and confirm earlier experiments. Rather than headline-grabbing reports of new disease associations, these results provide independent verification of important biological effects of power-line-frequency magnetic fields.
- Magnetic Field Inhibition of Melatonin Effects on Breast Cancer Cells
- Copromotion of Animal Tumors by Magnetic Fields
- Protective Effect of Magnetic Field Exposure Against Lethal Seizures
- Impairment of Spatial Learning by Magnetic Field Exposure
- The Weak EMFs Debate: Order from Chaos?
- Special Issue of IEEE Journal Features EMF: “Questioning Biological Effects of EMF”
- WHO Launches New International Project to Assess Health Effects of Electric and Magnetic Fields
EMF HEALTH REPORT, Vol. 4, No. 3, May/June 1996
CELLULAR PHONE RESEARCH UNDERWAY
The ubiquitous cellular mobile telephone is literally a life-saver for many callers, but do the microwaves by which these radio-phones communicate pose a long-term health risk? Past studies of similar low-level microwave exposures have raised sufficient questions to warrant an industry-wide research program now in progress. Here, we discuss current cell phone research, basic cytogenetic, toxicologic, and epidemiologic studies, and studies on cardiac pacemaker interference in easy to understand language.
- Patterns of Cellular Phone Radiation Exposure
- Representative Cellular Phone Dosimetry Values
- Epidemiologic Studies of Cellular Subscribers
- Microwave Exposure Standards
- Basic Research into Cellular Phone Signal Toxicology
- Cardiac Pacemaker Interference from Cellular Phones
- Where Does Wireless Research Go from Here?
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK: VDT Hazards Revisited
RECENT RESEARCH
- EPRI Review of Occupational EMF Research Suggests Small Significant Risk Increase for Brain Cancer
- Brain Cancer Risk Not Found in Residential Studies
- Validating Residential EMF Exposures
- Suicide Not Linked to EMF Exposure
- Potential for High EMF Exposures from Hand-Held Appliances
- EMFs Purported to Concentrate Radon in Air
EMF HEALTH REPORT, Vol. 4, No. 2, March/April 1996
EMF Personal Injury and Property Damage Litigation Update by Chad M. Neuens, Esq.
The real costs of EMF litigation, liability, and mitigation drive much funding for research to resolve EMF health issues. Attorney Chad M. Neuens reports here on EMF-related litigation and how the courts settled recent cases.
- Key EMF Personal Injury Lawsuits that Have Gone to Trial or Have Otherwise Been Resolved
- Significant EMF Personal Injury Claims that Are Currently Pending
- Property Damage Cases: Thousands of Miles of Potential "Exposure"
- Conclusion -- Stay Current on EMF Research
- Forthcoming Review to Clarify Role of EMF Research in Legal Issues
RECENT RESEARCH:
- First Large Scale Utility Worker Survey
- Real World EMFs May Limit Practicality of Resonance Theory
- Video Display Terminal Use Not Linked with Skin Irritation
- Human Head Model Used to Determine Cellular Phone EMF Exposures
- Quail Embryo Susceptibility to EMF Effects Varies from Hen to Hen
- Pulsed EMFs Reduce Bone Mineral Loss in Rats
- Low-Level Microwaves Interact with Some Drugs
EMF HEALTH REPORT, Vol. 4, No. 1, January/February 1996
Bits and Pieces: Small Steps Advance EMF Research by Robert B. Goldberg, Ph.D.
While large-scale epidemiology and animal toxicology studies receive more
press coverage, it is often the small-budget research studies that present
the most interesting glimpses into the underlying nature of EMF bioeffects.
So many different biological systems and potential EMF effects are under
investigation that progress is frequently slow and sporadic, with the
results of later studies sometimes raising doubts about earlier reports.
RECENT RESEARCH
Whether the EMF scientist studies cancer rates or reproductive health in
humans and laboratory animals or probes the effect of EMFs on cells grown in
culture dishes, common themes of conflicting results and uncertain
mechanisms tie together the diverse areas of research we call EMF bioeffects.
In this issue our Recent Research section expands to update major EMF
research topics and to highlight some of the smaller experiments. The
reports are organized with three human studies first, then four laboratory
animal studies and three cell culture studies.
- Kaiser Permanente Study Suggests Possible Risk of Increased Birth Defects
for Some Women Using Electric Blankets
- Epidemiologic Meta Analysis Supports EMF-Leukemia Link
- Chromosome Damage from EMF not Replicated
- Harmful Effects of EMF in Mouse Fetuses Reassessed
- Multigeneration Study of Mice Indicates Modest Hematologic and Hormonal
Changes in Power-Frequency Magnetic Field
- Low-Level Microwave Exposure Induces Breaks in Brain DNA
- Fruit Fly Experiments Suggest Possible Genotoxic Effects
- Coherent Fields: Confirming Experiments Yield Positive and Negative
Results
- Evidence Supporting the Free Radical Hypothesis
- Power Frequency Magnetic Fields Alter Calcium Metabolism in Leukemia Cells
IN EVERY ISSUE:
- EMF ABBREVIATIONS AND UNITS OF MEASURE
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