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                             MAN:  The Human Receiver

           This article appeared in Monitoring Times, March, 1991 issue.

                                   by Bob Grove

       Two types of  radiation,  ionizing  and  non-ionizing,  pervade  our

       planet.  Ionizing radiation   is    produced   by   nuclear   energy

       radioactivity as unleashed  by nuclear explosions  and  power  plant

       accidents.  It is  also  present  in  nature  as  attested to by the

       continuing concerns about radon gas in our homes.

       Non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation  (NIEMR)  is  more  insidious

       everywhere we look in our electric world we see its  evidence in our

       homes, offices, vehicles and even on the open road.

       The suspicion that radio waves and other forms of electromagnetic

       (EM) pollution may  be  harmful has been with us for decades.  Early

       radar experiments cooked the experimenters;   now scientists suspect

       that weaker energy  fields  like  those produced by  electric  power

       lines may have delayed effects.

                           - Some Alarming Statistics -

       Dr. Genevieve Matanoski  of  Johns  Hopkins  University  claims that

       there is a disturbing link between  human  cancer  and  exposure  to

       power lines.  She  cites  the high level of cancer  among  telephone

       linemen and breast  cancer  among  male repairmen working on central

       office switching equipment.

       Data collected by the University  of  North  Carolina  suggest  that

       pregnant women who  use  electric blankets are 70%  more  likely  to

       induce leukemia and  130%  more  likely  to induce brain cancer into

       their unborn children.

       Young children using electric blankets  seem  to  have  a 50% higher

       cancer rate and  90%  higher  leukemia incidence than  non-electric-

       blanket users.

       Even electrically-heated water  beds  are suspect.  Fortunately, the

       actual numbers of these cases are small.

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       So what is  the  governmentÕs official stance on the NIEMR question?

       The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a statement in June

       1990 in which they observed that Òthere is a small but statistically

       significant correlation between electromagnetic  fields  and cancer.

       It is the magnetic, not electric, component of the  fields  that the

       EPA holds suspect.

       White House Science Advisor D. Allan Bromley and Assistant Secretary

       of Health James  Mason  withheld  from  the  public  for six months,

       ostensibly to prevent alarm, a portion of the report which concluded

       that there is a consistent pattern  of  response  which  suggests  a

       causal link between  electric  power  line radiation  and  leukemia,

       brain cancer and  lymphoma  among  children.   A  summary of the EPA

       study was finally released in full in mid-December 1990.

       Not unexpected, the U.S. Air Force, with its extensive deployment of

       video terminals and other electronics,  blasted  the report and EPA,

       saying that Air Force reviewers have never found any  evidence  of a

       link between electromagnetic   fields  and  cancer.   Further,  they

       charged that the EPA biased the entire  document to establish such a

       link.

       We know very little about the hazards of electromagnetic radiation

       because of its  recency,  but  when  unexplained trash  fires  erupt

       spontaneously near power  lines  in  Honolulu,  or  the incidence of

       Downs Syndrome (Mongolism) is unusually  high in Vernon, New Jersey,

       the site of  an  enormous satellite transmitting complex,  there  is

       cause for concern.

       Paul Brodeur, author of the books, Currents of Death and The Zapping

       of America (both published by Simon and Schuster), accuses the White

       House of suppression and politicization of a major health issue.

       In the July  9,  1990,  issue  of  the  New  Yorker, Brodeur reports

       increased cases of miscarriages,  brain  tumors,  birth  defects and

       cancers among residents  near  power  lines.  Some experts  disagree

       with Brodeur whom  they see as an alarmist fanning the flames of the

       popular press.

       Most researchers do seem to agree, however, that long-term, nearby

       exposures are more hazardous that short-term, distant exposures, and

       that simply restringing power line  cables  so  that  they are close

       together dramatically reduces    their   radiation.     With    this

       information now public,  what  are the legal ramifications for power

       companies who have done nothing to correct the problem?

       The hazards of  computer  video display  terminals  have  been  well

       publicized, but how  are  they  different from TV screens?   They're

       not.  But computer  operators  sit  right in front of their screens,

       and only terminal couch potatoes  get  that  close  to  their vidiot

       boxes!  The lesson is to sit at least an arm's length  away from the

       screen to significantly reduce the radiation hazard.

       The December 1990  issue  of  the  American  Journal  of  Industrial

       Medicine reports a sharp increase  in  brain  cancer  cases over the

       last few years.  There are concerns as well about antenna  radiation

       from walkie-talkies, ham  and  CB radios, broadcasting transmitters,

       and cellular and  cordless  telephones.    While   some   of   these

       technologies may be relatively new, critics claim that the

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       government is purposely   avoiding   such  studies,  afraid  of  the

       political consequences of revealing the truth.

       In a faltering economy, homeowners near power lines are doubly hurt,

       finding their property  values plummeting.   Power  companies  could

       face lawsuits for maintaining wide-spaced, overhead power lines when

       they are aware   that   close  spacing  and  underground   placement

       dramatically reduce electromagnetic   exposure.   Obviously,  homes,

       playgrounds and schools should not be close to high tension lines.

       Other industries as  well  face  staggering   lawsuits   brought  by

       employees who feel that their disabilities were caused  by  electric

       and electronic equipment  to  which  they  were  exposed.   Computer

       operators should stay at least 30  inches from their screens (and 36

       inches from the sides and back).

       Like other forms   of   pollution,  the  cost  to   clean   up   the

       electromagnetic environment would filter down to the consumer who is

       already burdened by high taxes and economic recession.

                       - A generation of experimentationÉ -

       In the early 1970s, Dr. Ross Adey discovered that low-level 16 Hz

       radiation would alter  the  flow  of  calcium ions in the brain; the

       U.S. Navy pulses their 420 MHz long-distance  radar  bursts  at 18.5

       Hz, well within the calcium window.

       Dan Lyle, an associate of Adey's, discovered that a  60-Hz-modulated

       450 MHz signal  could  alter the immune system.  In England, Richard

       Dixey and Glen Rein showed that  pulsed  600  Hz  fields  affect the

       body's neurotransmitters.  What effect does the Navy's  Project  ELF

       76 Hz transmitters have?

       EM experiments with  humans  were  reported long ago:  6.6 Hz caused

       depression, 11 Hz  caused  agitation  and  riotous  behavior,  8  Hz

       produced elated feelings,  and  frequencies below  6.26  Hz  induced

       confusion and anxiety.   What  are the consequences of the global 10

       Hz radio pulses from the Russian woodpecker?

       Red, green and blue color perception  may  be  enhanced  by  placing

       electrodes on the subject's temples and introducing  42.5  and 77 Hz

       voltages.

       Robert Becker, in    his    recent    book,    The   Body   Electric

       Electromagnetism and the Foundations  of Life, states that 30-100 Hz

       electric fields, weaker  than  even  the  earth's  natural  magnetic

       field, interfere with  the  body's  cycles  and  rhythms,  producing

       chronic stress and impairment disease.

       The human bodyÕs nervous-system  works  on  very  minute  pulses  of

       electrical energy, typically a few millionths of a  volt.  The heart

       depolarizes, producing a  beat, in only a quarter second. It doesn't

       take much induced EM to interfere with those tiny signal levels.

       Currents as low as 10 milliamperes  produce pain, while those in the

       100-200 milliampere ranges are lethal.

       Our earth is  constantly  bathed in waves of electromagnetic  energy

       from the sun, the planets and even more distant heavenly bodies.

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       How do these  emanations  influence our daily lives?  What are their

       long term effects?

       30 years ago Charles Susskind at the University of California, under

       a U.S. Air Force grant, demonstrated  that  3-cm radar transmissions

       killed laboratory mice  in  front of a radar horn  when  their  body

       temperature exceeded 111  degrees  (your  tax  dollars inventing the

       microwave oven!).  In  1962  Susskind   and   his  assistant,  Susan

       Prausnitz, published their daring conclusion that pulsed  microwaves

       could cause leukemia.

       In another experiment,  ants  lined  up in a 3-cm EM field, aligning

       their antennae parallel to the field  in  an  effort to minimize the

       effect.  Not surprising, since the antenna of an ant  is very nearly

       a quarter wave  resonator  at  3 cm.  The ant-alignment behavior was

       observed at frequencies as low as 9 MHz.

       It was during that period that a report  from the National Institute

       for Neurological Diseases  warned  that the frequency  388  MHz  was

       noted to have  a  lethal  effect on monkeys.  Subsequent experiments

       with a milliwatt-power oscillator  positioned several feet away from

       human subjects and swept through the 380-500 MHz  range  elicited  a

       Òpulsing in the  brain,  ringing  in the ears and a powerful urge to

       sink their teeth into the experimenter!

       In that experiment,  each  individual   appeared  to  have  his  own

       resonant frequency, probably a function of the height  of  the  body

       acting as a  half-wave  antenna.   Most  humans  should  resonate at

       around 82-85 MHz (TV channel 6; do you live near a TV transmitter?).

       Extremely low frequency brain waves have long been identified; delta

       (1-3 Hz) are related to deep sleep;  theta  (4-7  Hz)  reflect mood;

       alpha (8-12 Hz) imply relaxation; and beta (13-22  Hz)  are  tied to

       conscious thought.

       Externally-pulsed lights can alter behavior in the human: 6-7 Hz

       induces anger; 10  Hz is soothing but may trigger epileptic seizures

       in vulnerable subjects by synchronizing  with  the alpha waves.  And

       there is the story about a man who involuntarily tries  to  strangle

       an adjacent patron  every time he visits a movie house, triggered by

       the 24-frame-per-second film flicker!

       Animals have their own sets of frequencies.  Some snakes hypnotize

       their prey with a 3 Hz dance; many  animals flea in terror when they

       hear vibrations in the 7-15 Hz range, possibly a primordial reaction

       to earthquakes.  Infrasound (under 20 Hz) can take its toll in human

       adjustment as well, producing disorientation and even euphoria.

       Professor Geraud, a French engineer, became ill from  the continuous

       7 Hz vibration  of an office air conditioner.  Noting that the sound

       generated by French police whistles had low frequency components, he

       built a six-foot, air-powered replica  which  killed  his laboratory

       assistant with one blast!

       Later experiments showed   that   high-intensity  infrasound   could

       destroy buildings at  distances  of  five miles.  Pulsing rock music

       mesmerize its audience while the  soft  1.2  Hz  beat  of a motherÕs

       heart soothes her baby.

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       By 1930 Nrunori claimed that humans react to radio emissions at 129

       MHz and its  harmonics,  while  in  the  1920's Cazzamalli bombarded

       volunteer subjects with VHF radiation  to induce hallucinations.  He

       also claimed to  have  recorded  re-radiated  beats   of   emotional

       reactions using an   untuned   galena   crystal   receiver   and   a

       galvanometer during the RF blitz from his oscillatori telegrafica.

       More recently, UHF fields reportedly change brainwave patterns in

       rabbits, alter the heartbeat of chicken embryos, change the optical

       properties of glycogen (which supplies  our  muscles  with  energy),

       reduce conditioned reflexes in laboratory animals,  increase  visual

       sensitivity (while reducing color perception), expedite the regrowth

       of severed nerve tissue (in short exposures only; long-term exposure

       suppresses the regrowth),  and  affect  our  reaction  to pain (weak

       fields are an analgesic while strong  fields are painful).  Fifteen-

       meter (21 MHz) signals increase the germination of  gladiolus  bulbs

       while ten meter (29 MHz) energy kills bugs in bread!

                      - And experimentation on a generation -

       The earth's natural magnetic field varies from place to place; could

       it have correspondingly varying effects on the human body as well as

       variably alter the effects of radiation?

       One hypothesis suggests that NIEMR causes cancer by increasing the

       rate of cell  reproduction  (DNA and RNA alteration), by suppressing

       the immune system and by making  abnormal  cells  resistant  to  the

       body's natural defense system.

       Could it be  that pulsed EM waves are the modern-day  equivalent  of

       the Chinese water  torture, taking its toll on human mental health a

       little at a time?  Could this partly  explain our accelerating crime

       rate?  Are we  changing  our  evolution  by  altering   our  genetic

       structure?

       Perhaps most important  of  all,  can  we  do  anything  to  protect

       ourselves?  Absolutely.  Don't live  near  high  tension lines.  Use

       underground power lines  to  your  home and have them  enter  at  an

       unoccupied part of the dwelling like the garage.

       Keep at least  an  armÕs length from CRT video screens.  Install ham

       or CB transmitting antennas at least  20  feet  away  from  occupied

       parts of the  house.   The  higher  the frequency, the  greater  the

       effect on tissue, especially the lens of the eye and the testicles.

       Use low transmit  power linears are for sissies!  Keep walkie-talkie

       transmissions short; portable cellular  telephones  at  800  MHz are

       particularly suspect.  Warm your bed with an electric blanket before

       you get in, then switch it off when you slip under it.

       Keep several feet  away  from electric appliances  Ñ  line  operated

       clocks, mixers, toasters and the like.

                                   - Activism -

       Suits against the  perpetrators  of this uninvited blitz of toxicity

       will probably increase.  Charges of negligence, liability, nuisance,

       trespass and even battery have been successfully brought recently in

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       similar cases.  Join a recognized consumer lobby group.  A collected

       voice IS heard in Washington!

       For those readers  who  wish  additional  information,  an excellent

       overview of NIEMR health hazard studies  and  legal  cases, complete

       with bibliography, appeared  in  the  August 1990,  issue  of  Trial

       magazine, a publication of the American Trial Lawyers Association.

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