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Table of Contents for Volume 8, 2000EMF HEALTH REPORT, Vol. 8, No. 6, November/December 2000Two Cellular-Phone Studies for Christmas, by Robert B. Goldberg, Ph.D., Editor, Information Ventures, Inc.A pair of US epidemiologic studies on handheld cellular-phone usage and brain tumor incidence was released with extensive press coverage shortly before Christmas. These studies and their successors will undoubtedly be analyzed and debated for years to come by the wireless industry and its critics. In this issue we provide a first look at what the studies show and fail to show about cellular-phone health effects. While the studies have limitations, they are our best available information on the safety of cellular phones at a time when more and more people are using them for increasing lengths of time starting at a younger age.
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EMF HEALTH REPORT, Vol. 8, No. 5, September/October 2000Bits and Pieces 2000: Basic Advances in EMF Research, by Robert B. Goldberg, Ph.D., Editor, Information Ventures, Inc.The universe of EMF bioeffects research is concerned with far more than possible adverse health effects. Unexplained EMF effects, especially those produced by fields so low in intensity that they are dwarfed by the random thermal and electrical noise of living systems, cannot be interpreted by our conventional understanding of biophysics. If these effects are real, understanding them could provide fresh insights into how living systems operate. Ultimately, there are practical applications for this knowledge in providing a solid foundation for risk research and medical device development. The basic motivation for many scientists, though, is in uncovering fundamental biological processes. This EMFHR issue looks at eight innovative studies by American, Chinese, Japanese, and German researchers covering the frontiers of EMF research.
EMF HEALTH REPORT, Vol. 8, No. 4, July/August 2000Cellular Phone Epidemiology, by Robert B. Goldberg, Ph.D., Editor, Information Ventures, Inc.News stories in the 1980s about cancer risks from power lines were based on the outcome of epidemiologic studies. However, suggestions of possible cancer risks from cellular phone use are driven by theoretical considerations. These considerations include (1) uncertainty about the effects of applying relatively high levels of near-field radiofrequency radiation to the head, (2) a few laboratory animal and cell studies (basic research) suggestive of biological effects from similar exposures, and (3) litigated claims that specific cases of brain cancer are attributable to heavy cellular phone use. In this issue of EMFHR, Dr. Robert Goldberg addresses a key problem in evaluating cellular phone risks: will epidemiologic studies be able to assess whether there is a link between cellular phone use and cancer?
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EMF HEALTH REPORT, Vol. 8, No. 3, May/June 2000BEMS 2000: The State of EMF Science from Cells to Cell Phones, By Robert B. Goldberg, Ph.D., Editor, Information Ventures, Inc.Robert Goldberg attended the annual Bioelectromagnetics Society meeting in Munich and prepared this special full-issue article on the most significant of the 340 research reports presented at the meeting. In this article, Dr. Goldberg considers problems of EMF exposure standards and public policy in North America, Western Europe and the East, and research priorities and trends. He discusses leading-edge studies of basic interactions between EMFs and cells and investigations of cell phone and power-line hazards reported in Munich.
EMF HEALTH REPORT, Vol. 8, No. 2, March/April 2000Can Power-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields be Mutagenic, by William A. Creasey, D.Phil., Information Ventures, Inc.For years the textbook answer to the question of whether power-frequency electromagnetic fields (EMFs) are mutagenic has been "No" because their energy is not sufficient to directly cause breaks in the chemical bonds that hold DNA molecules together. The larger body of experimental evidence has generally supported this clear-cut answer. However, several research groups have recently demonstrated an increase in mutation frequency when exposure to EMFs is accompanied by exposure to low levels of known mutagens. In this issue of EMF Health Report, Dr. William Creasey provides an overview of these interesting new findings of indirect mechanisms for production of mutations by EMFs.
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EMF HEALTH REPORT, Vol. 8, No. 1, January/February 2000Breast Cancer Risk and EMF Exposure: From Laboratory Studies to Epidemiologic Evidence, by Robert B. Goldberg, Ph.D., Information Ventures, Inc.Suggestions of a link between EMF exposure and breast cancer are more than a decade old, but, as in many areas of EMF research, definitive answers remain elusive. At present, the evidence is strong enough to encourage ongoing research, but research proceeds slowly. Our feature article for this issue brings you up to date on where the work stands.
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