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~ (Author) "IN THE SPRING OF 1974, a woman named Nancy Wertheimer began to spend a day or two each week driving through residential neighborhoods in Denver,..." (more)
Key Phrases: electrical distribution wires, electric blanket study, miniature swine study, Air Force, New York, United States (more...)
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Controversy over the potential hazards of electromagnetism from neighborhood power lines has moved from the lab to the courts, as school districts and community groups mount protests or lawsuits against utility companies. New Yorker staff writer Brodeur convincingly argues that evidence exists that exposure to such radiation may cause cancer and other illnesses. Low-level microwave radiation poses another danger, he compellingly shows, as Cape Cod, Mass., residents discovered when an Air Force radar station built in the vicinity apparently led to abnormally high levels of cancer. Brodeur details and disputes scientific studies that claim such radiation is safe. He implicitly charges that a cover-up of the dangers has been engineered by industry, government, regulatory agencies and academia. He also reviews studies suggesting that computer video display terminals (VDTs) may induce cataracts, birth defects and miscarriages, and briefly assesses the potential hazards from electric blankets and electrically heated waterbeds. First serial to the New Yorker.
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Product Details

  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster; 1 edition (October 6, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0743213084
  • ISBN-13: 978-0743213080
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #501,008 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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IN THE SPRING OF 1974, a woman named Nancy Wertheimer began to spend a day or two each week driving through residential neighborhoods in Denver, Colorado, stopping every once in a while in front of a house or an apartment building and climbing out of her car to have a look around. Read the first page
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electrical distribution wires, electric blanket study, miniature swine study, wiring configuration code, childhood cancer study, sixteen hertz, unexposed control animals, proposed power line, electromagnetic fields from power lines, proposed transmission lines, heated waterbeds, microwave problem, local geomagnetic field, harmful biological effects, flyback transformers, primary wires, leukemia victims, pulsed magnetic fields, scientific advisory panel, weak electromagnetic fields, significant biological effects, adverse biological effects, household wiring, protein strands
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Air Force, New York, United States, Microwave News, Power Lines Project, National Academy of Sciences, Clam Lake, Power Authority, State Department, Houston Lighting, Project Sanguine, Washington State, Rochester Gas, Cape Cod Times, City Light, Health Department, Ontario Hydro, Rhode Island, National Cancer Institute, San Francisco, University of Washington, Upper Cape, Bureau of Radiological Health, Electric Power Research Institute, Los Angeles
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5.0 out of 5 stars He has no hidden agenda, February 23, 2009
This man helped expose the asbestos problem in the late 60's. I'm way more inclined to believe the things he has to say as opposed to some government agency who's members sit on the boards of companies who stand to lose profits if something were done about this problem. Talk about a conflict of interest. Corporations run the world. They own the politicians. Learn some basic science and learn to form your own opinions rather than be swayed by articles in magazines that your loving government decides to spread it's propaganda in.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Currents of Death, November 28, 2007
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Very interesting information on electromagnetic pollution...I wonder why so my schools are built next to large power supplies?
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1.0 out of 5 stars An Unfortuntate Source of Much Misinformation and Fear, May 12, 2008
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On July 3, 1997, the National Cancer Institute released the results of a massive four-year study of power lines and cancer. These results appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study itself was based on the most rigorous methods available for the study of cancer. This study conclusively and unambiguously found no health effects associated with electromagnetic fields. Sometimes, a little knowledge is a bad thing. Brodeur has furthered the waste of countless tax dollars, and in the process, likely caused the death of countless sufferers of cancer.
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