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Re: FYI



thanks for the post, Bob. This classifies the reported effect right along
with those that preceeded it, ie, material for the Journal of
Irreproduceable Results. A healthy dose of skepticism is in order for most
discoveries in this realm. I'd expect to see *some* relation between EM
radiation and biological cells which rely on chemistry, but the truth may
be that we evolved successfully in an electromagnetic world as well as a
nuclear radiation filled world. Certainly, we can fry ourselves with
enough of either. Perhaps its like fertilizers which become weed killers
in different doses. My 1 cent worth, Karl

The following was copied from scienceweek.com:

DATA ON BIO EFFECTS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS FOUND FRAUDULENT
The US Office of Research Integrity has reported intentional
falsification and fabrication of data by a biochemist studying
the effects of ambient electromagnetic fields (power lines and
home appliances) on biological cells. The researcher is Robert P.
Liburdy, formerly of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
(US). Liburdy has agreed to request retraction of his published
papers. Liburdy's findings were apparently among the first to
offer a plausible mechanism for a possible link between EMF
exposure and cancer or other diseases. In 1992, in two papers of
which he was the sole author, Liburdy published evidence that
EMFs increase the flow of calcium into lymphocytes. At that time,
the papers produced much interest because there are known
mechanisms by means of which calcium signaling could conceivably
lead to cancer. Liburdy had been awarded more than US$3.3 million
in federal grants for his EMF research. The current consensus
among researchers is that scientific evidence that EMF exposure
poses any health risk is weak, and that research by a number of
independent laboratories has failed to demonstrate any consistent
pattern. (Science 2 Jul 99)


Bob Sciamanda (W3NLV)
Physics, Edinboro Univ of PA (em)
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