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RF radiation hazard - RF Cafe Forums
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Post subject: RF radiation hazard
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:24 am
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Joined: Fri Feb 17, 2006
12:07 pm
Posts: 236
Location: London UK
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I noticed this topic in the news sheet at the RF-Cafe
front page:
What Are The Health Effects
Of Wireless Communication Devices?
ScienceDaily
(Jan. 18, 2008) — The rapid increase in the use
of wireless communication devices in recent years
has been accompanied by a significant amount of
research into potential health effects from high
exposure to radiofrequency (RF) energy emitted by
these devices. A new National Research Council report,
requested by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration,
identifies research that could further extend understanding
of long-term low exposure to these devices.
So, this is yet another proposal to study the
subject, but my point is this (as I often reply
when quizzed on the topic by non-RF-engineers) :
firemen, para-medics and police officers have been
using 5 watt output UHF and VHF mobiles for around
40 years. They belong to well-set up trade unions
(I guess) who would pounce on any employer requiring
the use of these devices by their employess if and
when statistics showed their members were dying
of strange ailments that could be attributed to
radio waves.
I have never heard any such complaint.
Have any of our readers?
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Kirt Blattenberger
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:32 pm
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Joined: Sun Aug 03, 2003
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Location: Erie, PA
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Greetings nubbage:
My guess is that there is not a large enough
user base of utility radios for a potentially huge
class action lawsuit that would be necessary for
the lawers of the world to reap handsome profits.
Of course nobody will admit to such conspiracies.
It just so happens that the bands where cell phones,
WLAN and micro ovens work are especially harmful
to humans. Oh, and don't forget those deadly
fields at the other end of the EM spectrum - 50/60
Hz from overhead power lines.
Take care.
_________________ - Kirt Blattenberger
RF Cafe Progenitor & Webmaster
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 8:13 am
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Posted 11/12/2012
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