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The Microwave Debate

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I read this book ten years ago when confronting a proposed cell tower on my condo roof. I was amazed to see how many radiofrequency/microwave radiation (RF/MW) health studies had already been done by the time this book was published---in 1984. This kind of radiation was already in use for body therapeutics like diathermy (often employed to relieve sore muscles for professional athletes)and radar, not to mention ham radio, and radio and TV broadcasts. Already there were various political, strategic and economic interests pulling the research and interpretation of results in certain biased directions. This has only gotten worse since the dawn of the wireless revolution when cell phones, cell towers, wi-fi, wi-max, smart meters, etc., started pumping this radiation into the environment at unprecedented rates, and into the bodies of the general public.

I was surprised at what a fascinating read this was--Steneck, head of a science and values institute at U. of Michigan, did a great job. While this is now out of print, there are copies in some libraries, and it is well worth hunting down.