nur@crcmar.crc.uucp (Nur Serinken) (05/16/88)
I am collecting references on health hazards of 60/50 Hertz radiation. Published or ongoing world wide research references will be appreciated. Please e-mail replies. Nur Serinken (613)-998-2289. -- Nur Serinken The Communications Research Centre (613) 998-2289 3701 Carling Avenue Ottawa, Ontario INTERNET: nur@crcmar.crc.uucp UUCP: ...decvax!utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!crcmar!nur
rusty@cadnetix.COM (Rusty) (05/24/88)
I tried to mail, but it failed, right at crcmar.crc.uucp. <.....> ----- Transcript of session follows ----- 550 crcmar.crc.uucp!nur... Host unknown ----- Unsent message follows ----- <.....> To: nur@crcmar.crc In-Reply-To: <673@crcmar.crc.uucp> Organization: Cadnetix Corp., Boulder, CO In article <673@crcmar.crc.uucp> you write: > > >I am collecting references on health hazards of 60/50 Hertz radiation. >Published or ongoing world wide research references will be appreciated. >Please e-mail replies. >.... >Nur Serinken The Communications Research Centre >(613) 998-2289 3701 Carling Avenue Ottawa, Ontario >UUCP: ...decvax!utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!crcmar!nur You should get a LOT of response from rec.ham-radio, there was a discussion a while back over there about just that thing. (Seems AP had totally mis-interpreted someones research) I would be interested in a summary or whatever of your findings. Note that I am replying from sci.electronics. Thanks. If you cannot get any help from rec.ham-radio, let me know I MIGHT have the info SOMEWHERE... Rusty Carruth N7IKQ DOMAIN: rusty@cadnetix.com Cadnetix Corp. UUCP: cadnetix!rusty 5775 Flatiron Pkwy. {uunet,boulder,nbires}!cadnetix!rusty Boulder, CO 80301 (303) 444-8075
Patrick_A_Townson@cup.portal.com (05/26/88)
Yes, there is some health hazard from electrical power line radiation. What this means is, to use the same convoluted logic the anti-smoking forces use -- Your right to electricity in your home is not superior to my right to be free from harmful radiation. You do not have the right to use large quantities of electricity in your community -- thus requiring these big feeder lines -- if it means I may possibly die of cancer from it. My god man, we are talking about human lives here! Is the right to use an air conditioner in your home on a sultry summer night worth a human life? Soon we will see cutesy little signs: There is a baby in the community. Please don't run your electricity. Or, Thank you for not using your microwave oven. When are people going to begin realizing that the amount of pollution in our world -- whatever form it takes -- is in direct proportion to the lifestyle we choose to live. We insist on using huge amounts of paper products via carry out restaurants. We insist on using aerosol potions of all kinds, ranging from deoderants to roach spray to spray paint. We ride an elevator up one floor at work instead of using the stairs. We insist on using all sorts of plastic items which the last I heard are *not* biodegradable within 500,000 years or so. We yell at the makers of cola drinks who use glass bottles with no recyling plans... yet we ignore the makers of mayonaisse, catsup, peanut butter and other food products whose glass containers are randomly tossed out in the garbage dumps in our communities which are rapidly becoming filled up.... And now you want to bitch about electrical radiation from power lines, and third party cigarette smoke.... People should wise up; quit polluting the world themselves and change their own buying habits to avoid products which cause pollution as much as possible. Then -- if you still feel inclined, harp on things like electrical power line radiation.
amyh@tc.fluke.COM (Amy Heidner) (06/01/88)
There was some research done at Montana State University in the seventies (due to the lines run from the big coal plants at Colstrip) on the subject of power line radiation. It included interference with radio transmissions, but I don't remember if it included health considerations. You could get more information from: Department of Electrical Engineering Montana State University Bozeman, MT 59717 Amy Heidner John Fluke Mfg Everett, WA amyh@tc.fluke.COM -- Amy Heidner x5498 ms280H email:amyh
andy@carcoar.Stanford.EDU (Andy Freeman) (06/02/88)
In article <5930@cup.portal.com> Patrick_A_Townson@cup.portal.com writes: >My god man, we are talking about human lives here! Is the right to use an >air conditioner in your home on a sultry summer night worth a human life? Patrick was being sarcastic, but it turns out that a lot of people do die due to heat. It would be fairly cheap to reduce the total by a lot, but that's not as sexy as medical research which doesn't save nearly as many people even though it costs more. Besides, most of the people that it would help are old, in addition to being poor, so who cares anyway. -andy