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- From: bob@kc2wz.bubble.org (Bob Billson)
- Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
- Subject: Re: Ham Radio Causes Cancer!
- Message-ID: <231@kc2wz.bubble.org>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 06:21:06 GMT
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- jreece@sousa.intel.com (John Reece) says:
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- [snip]
-
- >> And even if there does turn out to
- >> be some effect, it's clear that it must be pretty small. (Even those
- >> studies that do show an effect place it far below the dangers of, say,
- >> cigarette smoking.)
- >
- >Just like the recent stories about cellular phones causing brain cancer
- >ignored the far more likely danger of users walking or driving into an
- >accident while using them....
-
- The local news has been buzzing with the dangers of cell phone the passed few
- days. They always say that "scientists say there is no conclusive
- evidence yet but...". I am puzzled other forms of environmentally related
- cancer takes YEARS (20+) before rises above the "background noise". Seems
- none of "scare" reporters stop to think about this. Must be blissful to be
- really technically and scientifically ignorant. :-(
- --
- Bob Billson, KC2WZ | internet: bob@kc2wz.bubble.org
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