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March 7, 1991
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HEALTH1.ASC
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This file courtesy of Joseph Misiolek.
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A warning from the T.V.Q. group as to the possibility of
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Scalar / Tesla experimentation health risks.
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There has been quite a lot of talk in the popular press concerning
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the possible health risks due to exposure to electromagnetic
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radiation.
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While these articles concern themselves with the unavoidable
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exposure to the electromagnetic fields generated by domestic power
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wiring and radio transmissions, there is reason to believe that
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experimenters who work on Tesla coils and scalar electromagnetic
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systems may have an additional cause for concern.
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The following entry was downloaded from the Usenet some time ago:
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The May/June issue of "Microwave News" contains very big news.
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According to the lead article, the EPA's long-awaited report on the
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health risks of electromagnetic fields is about to be released.
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However, Dr. William Farland, director of EPA's Office of Health and
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Environmental Assessment, apparently decided a few weeks ago to
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delete the report's two most important recommendations:
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that 60 Hz powerline fields be classified by EPA as "Probable
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Human Carcinogens" (like formaldehyde and creosote), and
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higher frequency radio emissions and microwaves should be
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classed as "Possible Human Carcinogens" (like saccharine).
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MN says Dr. Farland's justification for deleting these findings is
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that the causal mechanisms are still not understood, especially the
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relationship between dose and response, even though circumstantial
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evidence for some degree of cancer risk can no longer be ignored.
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MN editor Louis Slesin also says that Paul Brodeur will have another
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installment of his "Annals of Radiation" series in the July 8th
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issue of the New Yorker. He may comment on this latest EPA
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controversy.
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Page 1
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Here are the concluding paragraphs from the REVISED (June 1990)
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draft summary of the EPA staff report, as quoted in MN:
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"In conclusion, the several studies showing leukemia, lymphoma
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and cancer of the nervous system in children exposed to magnetic
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fields from residential 60 Hz electrical power distribution
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systems, supported by similar findings in adults in several
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occupational studies also involving electrical power frequency
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exposures, show a consistent pattern of response that suggests,
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but does not prove, a causal link. Frequency components higher
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than 60 Hz cannot be ruled out as contributing factors.
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Evidence from a large number of biological test systems shows
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that these fields induce biological effects that are consistent
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with several possible mechanisms of carcinogenesis. However,
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none of these processes has been experimentally linked to the
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induction of tumors, either in animals or humans, by EMFs
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[electromagnetic fields]. The particular aspects of exposure to
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the EMFs that cause these events are not known.
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"In evaluating the potential for carcinogenicity of chemical
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agents, EPA has developed an approach that attempts to integrate
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all of the available information into a summary classification
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of the overall weight-of-evidence that the agent is carcinogenic
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in humans.
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At this time such a characterization regarding the link between
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cancer and exposure to EMFs is not appropriate because the basic
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nature of the interaction between EMFs and biological processes
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is not understood.
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For example, a real possibility exists that exposure to higher
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field strengths is actually less hazardous than exposure to low
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field strengths. Because of this uncertainty, it is
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inappropriate to make generalizations about the carcinogenicity
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of EMFs.
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As additional studies with more definitive exposure assessment
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become completed, a better understanding of the nature of the
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hazard will be gained. With our current understanding we can
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identify 60 Hz magnetic fields from power lines and perhaps
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other sources in the home as a possible, but not proven, cause
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of cancer in people. The absence of key information summarized
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above makes it difficult to make quantitative estimates of risk.
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Such quantitative estimates are necessary before judgments about
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the degree of safety or hazard of a given exposure can be made.
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This situation indicates the need to continue to evaluate the
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information from ongoing studies and to further evaluate the
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mechanisms of carcinogenic action and the characteristics of
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exposure that lead to these effects."
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US subscriptions to MN cost $250/year, $285/year elsewhere.
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Order from: Microwave News, P.O. Box 1799, Grand Central
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Station, New York, NY 10163 (212-517-2800).
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The uncertainty in linking the electromagnetic field to any possible
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carcinogenicity is understandable in light of several
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epidemiological studies which attempt to correlate levels of
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exposure and incidences of cancers and leukemia. The results do
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show some correlation, but not a simple one. For example, homes
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located next to high current power transformers do have a higher
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rate of incidence, but not as high as the homes located one house
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further away from the same transformer.
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We must keep in mind that these studies are conducted by collecting
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data from field studies and then performing statistical analysis.
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Such a study may not show the cause for a given effect if there is
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more than one agent at work.
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Although the Aharonov-Bohm effect has been proven in the lab, the
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fact that the magnetic field is not a fundamental field is not yet
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accepted or understood by the majority of scientists and engineers.
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If the studies of electromagnetic exposure also included data on the
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relative strengths of the A-fields as well as the B-fields there may
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be a much stronger case for the possible carcinogenic effects.
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To the best of our knowledge, no such study has been conducted to
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date.
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Any such study would require the use of a detector which can
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directly measure the intensity of the magnetic vector potential, or
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A-field.
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Such detectors do exist, but current A-field detectors are not
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practical for such studies.
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With a practical, portable A-field detector, it would be possible to
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go back to the original studies and add the relative field intensity
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data.
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With this new data, a direct cause and effect relationship may
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emerge.
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In his masterpeice of paranoia " Fer-de-lance " T.E. Bearden shows
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on page 128, slide 33, a scalar wave detector. This device is
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described as a Bedini version of the Dea / Faretto detector. This
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device employs a permanent magnet with a field strength in excess of
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forty kilogauss.
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This magnet must then be shielded to prevent external
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electromagnetic energy from reaching the coil above the magnet.
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Such a detector is not practical, as the mass of a forty kilogauss
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magnet is considerable at best, and the shielding needed would have
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a still larger mass. It would be difficult to prove that the
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shielding was not saturated, and that any signal detected was not
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electromagnetic in origin.
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Several layers of shielding would be needed to prevent magnetic
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coupling of external electromagnetic signals to the secondary
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magnetic fields set up in the shielding itself.
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The operation of this detector is based on the theory that the
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magnet's field will be modulated by an incident scalar wave or A-
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Page 3
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field. It is not known to members of this group why the magnet must
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have such a high field strength, but we assume that this is
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necessary to induce a signal in the coil strong enough to be
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measured. The inclusion of a preamplifier into the detector design
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would seem to support this conclusion.
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Our research group has developed a detector design which is also
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based upon the magnetic modulation theory, but uses a magnetic field
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which is considerably smaller. Because the magnetic field strength
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is much smaller the shielding problems are also reduced, along with
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the detector's mass.
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This detector design has been proven to have exceptionally high
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sensitivity and is also directional. By using an external pickup
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coil in addition to the detector it is possible to positively
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determine if any given detected signal is of electromagnetic origin.
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Placed in proximity to a pair of conductors carrying household
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current to a load, this detector shows an A-field to be present at
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twice the line frequency.
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This can be understood by referring to page 123, slide 23, of
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" Fer-de-lance ".
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While not exactly light in weight, this new detector is portable and
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most important, could be constructed by experimenters to measure the
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fields generated by whatever devices the experimenter chooses. As
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experimenters develop and improve their devices, they must also
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modify the balance of electromagnetic and scalar energy in the
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device.
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Even a simple Tesla coil, with a single shorted turn, will produce
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quite large magnetic fields and their associated A-fields. As the
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device is improved, the potential health risks due to these fields
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increase.
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It is our belief that the ratio of electromagnetic field strength to
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A-field strength is involved in determining the biological effect of
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electromagnetic fields, and that this accounts for the difficulties
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in determining the carcinogenic agent.
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We are currently investigating several ways to make detailed
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construction plans for these detectors available to anyone
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interested in using them, either for their own work or for studies
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on the effects of electromagnetic fields on living systems.
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Anyone interested should post E-mail to Harold Kobrin's account on
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the TESLA Section of the Colorado Mountain BBS.
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