EMF and DNA damage

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>Hi Val,
>
>Thanks for the supporting link. That is some pretty
>scary rat brains. I've not been able to find anything
>outside of PCB contamination that will shift the
>gender of the children born so much.

No problem, Thor!

>For pure speculation I am begining to suspect cell
>phones and low level microwaves might have an impact
>on people. If so then this would be the deathknell
>for beaming power from SPS in orbit to populated
>areas.

Something I've been intested in for a long time - my job keeps me on the
$#%$ cell phone way too much! However, I have never seen a study that links
the higher frequencies used in cell phones serious health issues, and only
one that suggested a link to poor formation of long term memories during
exposure. The rats in this study were exposed to fields of only 60Hz, so the
study may be irrelevant to other issues, merely suggesting that it may bear
some looking into.

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>This technology is so new that long term studies have
>not been done on the children being born or growing
>up. This may be because parents are flaky to study
>moving around all of the time, going bankrupt, getting
>divorced, etc. By comparison single adults are easy.

With the present ubiquity of cell phones, laptops, and so on, one would
think we should be swimming in a sea of data.

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>There are very few activities in our bodies where
>cells are dividing and would be susceptible to weak
>EMF forces. Germ (gamete) cells are a lot more
>suspecptible and you pretty much have to catch people
>in the act to study it and follow them around
>afterwards.

Brain cells are not known for division, yet there were issues with the rats.

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>Kids on the other hand are growing and would manfest
>these effects in all sorts of wierd ways. If this
>proves true then we are right with the Romans for
>doing our future generations in with lead poisoning.
>

Lastly, skewed birthrates do not necessarily translate to serious health
issues. Besides, astronauts could easily deposit sperm/ova specimens before
missions. In addition, the much closer scrutinty that these people would
receive for the remainder of their lives may well reduce the occurence of
fatal cancers to levels below that of the general population.

Good luck to your daughter!

Val