From owner-emf-bio@net.bio.net Tue Jan 13 22:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Nancy C Ostheimer Newsgroups: bionet.emf-bio Subject: Bioelectromagnetics Vol. 19 No. 1, 1998 Table of Contents (fwd) Date: 14 Jan 1998 10:52:35 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 84 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: afrey@uu.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Subject: Bioelectromagnetics Vol. 19 No. 1, 1998 Table of Contents (fwd) BIOELECTROMAGNETICS VOLUME 19, No. 1, 1998 Table of Contents ============================================================================== NOTE: Please contact your library or the authors for reprints or further information about specific articles, NOT the editor, Society, or Publisher! For information about the journal, contact the Editor. For member subscription information, contact the Society at 7519 Ridge Road, Frederick, MD 21702-3519. For library or other non-member subscription information, contact the Publisher, Wiley/Liss Inc., 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158-0012, Attn.: Subscription Dept., 9th Floor. Table of Contents from recent previous issues are available on the Bioelectromagnetics Society Home Page (http://biomed.ucr.edu/bems.htm) or the Publishers' Home Page for this journal (http://journals.wiley.com/0197-8462/). Ben Greenebaum, Editor University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Box 2000, Kenosha, WI 53141-2000 Internet: bems@uwp.edu ============================================================================== Bioelectromagnetics Journal of Bioelectromagnetics Society, the Society for Physical Regulation in Biology and Medicine, and the European Bioelectromagnetics Association Volume 19, Number 1, 1998 (c) Wiley-Liss, Inc. Review 1 Low-Level Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields: Health Effects and Research Needs Michael H. Repacholi Articles 20 Chronic Exposure of Cancer-Prone Mice to Low-Level 2450 MHz Radiofrequency Radiation Melvin R. Frei, Rick E. Berger, Steven J. Dusch, Veronica Guel, James R. Jauchem, James H. Merritt, and Michael A. Stedham 32 Action of Extremely Low Frequency Electric Fields on the Cytosolic Calcium Concentration of Differentiated HL-60 Cells: Nonactivated Cells W. Sontag 41 Combined Action of Static and Alternating Magnetic Fields on Ionic Current in Aqueous Glutamic Acid Solution Mikhail N. Zhadin, Vadim V. Novikov, Frank S. Barnes, and Nicholas F. Pergola 46 Effect of Sinusoidally Varying Magnetic Fields on Cell Proliferation and Adenosine Deaminase Specific Activity Gila Katsir, Stavant C. Baram, and Abraham H. Parola 53 The Superposition of a Temporally Incoherent Magnetic Field Inhibits 60 Hz-induced Changes in the ODC Activity of Developing Chick Embryos J.M. Farrell, M. Barber, D. Krause, and T.A. Litovitz 57 Biological Effects of Prolonged Exposure to ELF Electromagnetic Fields in Rats: III. 50 Hz Electromagnetic Fields L. Zecca, C. Mantegazza, V.Margonato, P. Cerretelli, M. Caniatti, F. Piva, D. Dondi, and N. Hagino (c) 1998, Wiley-Liss, Inc. From owner-emf-bio@net.bio.net Wed Jan 14 22:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: "S.I.Cameron" Newsgroups: bionet.emf-bio Subject: emf effects on plants? Date: 15 Jan 1998 08:19:53 -0800 Organization: Canadian Forest Service - Atlantic Region Lines: 14 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: afrey@uu.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <34BE2BDA.653D@fcmr.forestry.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net To all: Can anyone provide me with one or more up-to-date references on the effects of AC electromagnetic fields on plants or on plant tissue culture. I am having some difficulty tracking down publications in this area. Thanks, Stewart Cameron scameron@fcmr.forestry.ca From owner-emf-bio@net.bio.net Wed Jan 14 22:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Spadaroj@VAX.CS.HSCSYR.EDU (Joe Spadaro) Newsgroups: bionet.emf-bio Subject: Electrical Properties of human? Date: 15 Jan 1998 08:26:47 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 29 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: afrey@uu.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Can anyone out there help this person out? (see below) (P.S. Please respond to Peng Weng at egpw@eng.flinders.edu.au NOT to me. Thanks Joe Spadaro --------------------------- >Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 11:27:37 +1030 >From: Peng Wen > > Dear All > > Does anyone know of any data or references published (or work in progress) > about the electrical properties of human head? Not only the average > conductivities of brain, CSF, skull and scalp but also the details of them > are needed. I'll post a summary. > > Thanks in advance. > > Peng Wen > egpw@eng.flinders.edu.au > School of Engineering > Flinders University of S. A. > GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001 > South Australia, Australia ---------------------------- From owner-emf-bio@net.bio.net Thu Jan 15 22:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Charles Swenson Newsgroups: bionet.emf-bio Subject: Re: emf effects on plants? Date: 16 Jan 1998 10:58:04 -0800 Organization: Illuminati Online Lines: 34 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: afrey@uu.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <34BFA8B4.171E@mail.io.com> References: <34BE2BDA.653D@fcmr.forestry.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Stewart; I realize that your enquiry is about recent AC field research regarding plants, but just a quick enquiry as to whether or not you're familiar with E.J. Lund's pioneering book, Bioelectric Fields and Growth, published back 1947 but The University of Texas Press. His work with spontaneous fluctuations in the bioelectric fields of oat coleoptiles and their role in the regulation of growth processes is rather interesting as a background in the extremely low frequency endogenous EMFs in plants. May peace find you on your journey... Charles Swenson Austin, Tejas, USA, Gaia S.I.Cameron wrote: > > To all: > > Can anyone provide me with one or more up-to-date references on the > effects of AC electromagnetic fields on plants or on plant tissue > culture. I am having some difficulty tracking down publications in this > area. > > Thanks, > > Stewart Cameron > scameron@fcmr.forestry.ca From owner-emf-bio@net.bio.net Thu Jan 15 22:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: liboff@oakland.edu (A.R. Liboff) Newsgroups: bionet.emf-bio Subject: ELF mag effects on plants Date: 16 Jan 1998 11:00:08 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 73 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: afrey@uu.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199801161726.MAA08379@cliff.acs.oakland.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Stewart Cameron asked about references to research dealing with emf effects on plants. Our group (Smith, McLeod and Liboff) has been involved in this area of work for a number of years. The pathways for signal transduction in plants are strikingly similar to those in animals. Since we have assumed that whatever the physical basis of the ELF magnetic interaction, the subsequent physiological basis lies in the Ca2+ signaling pathways, it may be logistically easier to probe the question of mechanisms by devising experiments around plants rather than animals or cell culture. This choice is especially trenchant given all the restrictions on animal work, as well as the relative costs involved. It is revealing that the appropriate funding agencies, when approached with this research alternative, did not find much merit in this idea. (One suspects that there is less political mileage in plants than in human cancer, or whatever the problem of the moment). Most of our published research has been done on radish, convenient because of its short growth cycle and its cost. We have also done a good deal of additional (unpublished) work on the growth of orchids in ELF magnetic fields. The papers on radish include: "Effects of CR-tuned 60 Hz magnetic fields on sprouting and early growth of Raphanus sativus". S.D. SMITH, B.R. McLEOD, and A.R. LIBOFF, in Bioelectricity and Bioenergetics, 32, 67-76 (1993). "Testing the ion cyclotron theory of electromagnetic field interaction with odd and even harmonic tuning for cations". S.D. SMITH, B.R. McLEOD, and A.R. LIBOFF, in Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics, 38, 161-167, (1995). This work replicated by a group at Humboldt University. They (G. REGLING,V. PAPSTEIN, S. TOHTZ, and H-I RUCKMANN) presented their findings in 1995 at the FASEB meting (Experimental Biology 1995) in a report entitled "Cyclotron resonance-like effects on ion channels. Verification of the hypothesis on radish growth". This research was later expanded into a Ph.D. Thesis by PAPSTEIN. Still another report along these lines is given in: "Effects of 60 Hz Electromagnetic Fields on early gfrowth in three plant species and a replication of previous results", MARK S. DAVIES, Bioelectromagnetics 17, 154-161 (1996) We also believe our results using combined AC and GMF magnetic fields are probably consistent with the observations made regrding tree growth in ELF fields: "Effects of 76 Hz electromagnetic fields on forest ecosystems in northern Michigan:tree growth", D.D. REED, E.A. JONES, G.D. MROZ, H.O. LIECHTY, P.J. CATTELINO, and M.F. JURGENSON, Int. J. Biometeorol 37, 229-234 (1993). There are many other additional reports on this subject in the literature, but unfortunately, these rarely attempt to characterize the magnetic field in careful terms that might allow other experimenters to try repeating the work. There is also, much, much earlier, a rich literature on the application of electrical fields and currents applied to plants. The work, especially, of W. Gensler, formerly? with the EE department at the University of Arizona, is highly recommended. A.R. Liboff Professor of Physics Oakland University Rochester, MI 48309 liboff@oakland.edu From owner-emf-bio@net.bio.net Thu Jan 22 22:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Allan Frey Newsgroups: bionet.emf-bio Subject: cell phones and headaches Date: 23 Jan 1998 07:56:11 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 50 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: afrey@uu.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <34C8BBC5.1A78@uu.net> Reply-To: afrey@UU.NET NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net A paper I wrote on cell phones and headaches has now been published by the journal online and will appear in the print journal soon. Following is the abstract and citation information. The full article can be downloaded during the next few days from the journal site free of charge even if one is not a subscriber to the journal. Published in Environmental Health Perspectives: a journal published by the National Institutes of Health. Frey AH. Headaches from cellular telephones: are they real and what are the implications? Environ Health Perspect 106:101-103 (1998). [Online January 22 1998] http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1998/106p101-103/frey/abstract.http Headaches from Cellular Telephones: Are They Real and What Are the Implications? Allan H. Frey Randomline, Inc., Potomac, MD 20854 USA (afrey@uu.net) ABSTRACT There have been numerous recent reports of headaches occurring in association with the use of hand-held cellular telephones. Are these reported headaches real? Are they due to emissions from telephones? There is reason to believe that the answer is "yes" to both questions. There are several lines of evidence to support this conclusion. First, headaches as a consequence of exposure to low intensity microwaves were reported in the literature 30 years ago. These were observed during the course of microwave hearing research before there were cellular telephones. Second, the blood-brain barrier appears to be involved in headaches, and low intensity microwave energy exposure affects the barrier. Third, the dopamine-opiate systems of the brain appear to be involved in headaches, and low intensity electromagnetic energy exposure affects those systems. In all three lines of research, the microwave energy used was approximately the same-in frequencies, modulations, and incident energies-as those emitted by present day cellular telephones. Could the current reports of headaches be the canary in the coal mine, warning of biologically significant effects? Key words: brain, cellular telephones, electromagnetic fields, eye, hazards, headaches. -- Allan H. Frey Email: afrey@uu.net 11049 Seven Hill Lane Voice: 301.299.5181 Potomac, MD 20854, USA From owner-emf-bio@net.bio.net Fri Jan 23 22:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Allan Frey Newsgroups: bionet.emf-bio Subject: web address correction Date: 24 Jan 1998 11:56:26 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 14 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: afrey@uu.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <34CA458D.2553@uu.net> Reply-To: afrey@UU.NET NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net For the paper: Headaches from cellular telephones: are they real and what are the implications? The citation I was given by the journal had an erroneous / in it. The correct web address is: http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1998/106p101-103frey/abstract.html -- Allan H. Frey Email: afrey@uu.net 11049 Seven Hill Lane Voice: 301.299.5181 Potomac, MD 20854, USA