[Antennas] RF exposure regulations

[Chris BONDE]

I agree that we should not cry wolf, but we should be very aware.

I know of people who have smoked 2 packs of cigarettes a day and died of 
old age.

I think that there was another problem with carbon -tet.  It is an 
accumulative poison, ie, it will accumulate in some bodies, then one day a 
small dose will put the body over and death may result.  Another one is 
chlorine, yes, bleach stuff, pool stuff.  I know a researcher who worked a 
lot on chlorine extraction of metals.  He can not swim in a pool with 
chlorine in it or drink water that has heavy chlorine in it.  Just gets 
very sick after his nose plugs up.  Do you know that certain physical forms 
of nickle are a toxin and are rated?  That is the stuff that is in most coins.

Do not cry wolf but be aware.

Chris opr VE7HCB



At 04:06 PM 2002-03-20 -0500, Harvey&Bessie wrote:
>I feel there is more to it than that. This is called anecdotal evidence
>and is not accepted by the medical profession so why should it be
>accepted by anyone else? Where is the solid clinical evidence? I, too,
>worked for the Western Electric Installation department (from 1937 until
>I went into the service in 1940) and after the war from 1946 to 1948.
>Was exposed to all kinds of low and high magnetic fields, both
>alternating and direct. I remember a smoothing choke for the 48 volt
>talking battery in the power room where the magnetic field was so strong
>that if you dropped a tool anywhere near it you had to wait until the
>load went down (after midnight) to retrieve it from the air gap. One of
>the highly carcinogenic materials we used in the Installation department
>(and they used it liberally in the Telcos too) was carbon
>tetra-chloride. That could be the cause of a lot of ill health effects
>as a result of WECo employment (and blamed on magnetic fields). We
>sometimes worked near it for days at a time, with no ill effects. How
>about headphones? It seems to me if there was any carcinogenic effect,
>surely telephone operators would have higher incidence of ear cancer
>than the general public.
>
>In the Navy I was exposed to high-power microwave energy from radar. We
>used to service aircraft radar on our carrier, bringing the radar "pods"
>into the shop and turning them on while working on them. None of our
>personnel had any ill effects from that either.
>
>I have been around high and medium power radio and radar practically all
>my life, except for the time I worked for Western Electric and have
>absolutely no ill effects. I am now 86 years old (87 in August.) I walk
>2 miles before breakfast every morning and feel great.
>
>Am I an exception to the rule, or proof that at least some of these
>effects surely need a lot more investigation before we cry "wolf!."
>
>Harvey/W4TG