From owner-emf-bio@net.bio.net Wed Apr 15 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Nancy C Ostheimer Newsgroups: bionet.emf-bio Subject: Bioelectromagnetics Vol. 19 No. 4, 1998 Table of Contents Date: 15 Apr 1998 17:28:55 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 83 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: afrey@uu.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net > > BIOELECTROMAGNETICS VOLUME 19, No. 4, 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 4, 1998 > > (c) Wiley-Liss, Inc. > > Editor's Note > > 203 Editorial Announcement Ben Greenebaum > > Articles > > 204 Double Blind Test of Magnetic Field Effects on Neurite Outgrowth > C.F. Blackman, J.P. Blanchard, S.G. Benane, D.E. House, and > J.A. Elder > > 210 60 Hz Electric Fields and Incandescent Light as Aversive Stimuli > Controlling the Behavior of Rats Responding Under Concurrent > Schedules of Reinforcement > Sander Stern and Victor G. Laties > > 222 Effects of Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Field (EMF) on > Collagen Type I mRNA Expression and Extracellular Matrix Synthesis of > Human Osteoblastic Cells > K. Heermeier, M. Spanner, J. Trager, R. Gradinger, P.G. Strauss, > W. Kraus, and J. Schmidt > > 232 Thermophysiological Responses of Human Volunteers During > Controlled Whole-Body Radio Frequency Exposure at 450 MHz > Eleanor R. Adair, Sharon A. Kelleher, Gary W. Mack, and > Tamara S. Morocco > > 246 Particle Deposition Onto a Human Head: Influence of Electrostatic > and Wind Fields > Niels Finderup Nielsen and Thomas Schneider > > 259 Complex Effects of Long-Term 50 Hz Magnetic Field Exposure In Vivo > on Immune Functions in Female Sprague-Dawley Rats Depend on > Duration of Exposure > Meike Mevissen, Monika Haussler, Marta Szamel, > Andreas Emmendorffer, Suzanne Thun-Battersby, and Wolfgang Losch > > >(c) 1998, Wiley-Liss, Inc. > > > > > > > > From owner-emf-bio@net.bio.net Mon Apr 20 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: *@news.enter.net Newsgroups: bionet.emf-bio Subject: Announce: Lecture on "Biophotons" at Temple Univ. Date: 21 Apr 1998 04:44:17 -0700 Organization: * Lines: 76 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: afrey@uu.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <353c0663.15249813@news.enter.net> Reply-To: *@news.enter.net NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Readers of this list are invited to a free lecture at the Center for Frontier Sciences at Temple University in Philadelphia PA. For more information, check the website at URL: http://www.temple.edu/CFS --------------------- May 6, 1998 (Wednesday); 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Fritz-Albert Popp, Ph.D.; Vice President and Director of Biophoton Research, International Institute of Biophysics; Kaiserslautern, Germany "A New Approach to the Driving Force of Life: Biophoton Research" Abstract: It is well established that the second law of thermodynamics governs the temporal evolution of macroscopic systems. However, in order to understand the gap between living and non-living matter, a particular optimization procedure between conservative and non-conservative potentials is required, in addition to the known physical laws. This procedure describes at the same time a limiting as well as an unbound operation. This talk describes the results of twenty years of research on "biophotons" (a form of bioluminescence), which is based on modern quantum optics, and presents a completely new approach to understanding life in scientific terms. An online bibliography of Dr. Popp's research is at URL: http://www.temple.edu/cfs/poppbib2.htm ---------------------------------------- Place: Temple University, Kiva Auditorium in Ritter Hall Annex 1301 Cecil B. Moore Ave. (NE corner of North Broad St. & Cecil B. Moore Ave.) Philadelphia, PA Time: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Refreshments served at 1:30 p.m. Lectures are free; the academic community and public are invited. ------------------------- For further information, please contact: Nancy Kolenda, Director Phone: 215-204-8487 Fax: 215-204-5553 E-mail: v2058a@vm.temple.edu Website: http://www.temple.edu/CFS ------------------------- Center for Frontier Sciences at Temple University Ritter Hall (003-00), Room 478 1301 Cecil B. Moore Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA ------------------------- About the Center for Frontier Sciences: The goal of the Center is to facilitate scientific study in areas such as bioelectromagnetics, the mind-matter interrelationship, complementary and alternative medicine, unresolved issues in quantum physics, and new energy technologies. As an integral part of a major university, the Center maintains high standards in reviewing new claims, while remaining open to ideas that may go beyond currently dominant paradigms. Frontier Perspectives, the Center's semi-annual journal, publishes peer-reviewed scientific papers, along with Invited Opinions, Book Reviews, and news of organizations, meetings, and other publications of interest. A cumulative index is posted on the Center's website at: http://www.temple.edu/CFS From owner-emf-bio@net.bio.net Tue Apr 21 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: "Kenneth R. Foster" Newsgroups: bionet.emf-bio Subject: latest Linet study Date: 22 Apr 1998 08:50:49 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 99 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: afrey@uu.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199804220000.UAA16755@home.seas.upenn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Magnetic Fields Associated With Electrical Appliances Are Considered Unlikely To Increase the Risk of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE, 6 p.m. EDT, Monday, April 20, 1998 National Cancer Institute Press Office, (301) 496-6641 Several investigators from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) released a report in the May issue of Epidemiology concluding that it is unlikely that magnetic fields from household electrical appliances increase a child's chance of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). ALL accounts for 70 percent to 80 percent of all childhood leukemias and one-third of all childhood cancers in the United States. Only a small percentage of cases of ALL have a known cause. Beginning in 1979, some studies suggested that magnetic fields (EMFs) may increase the risk for ALL while others have found no evidence for risk. EMFs are produced by power lines, electrical wiring and household electrical appliances. Researchers from NCI in collaboration with the Children's Cancer Group (CCG), a network of pediatric oncologists and other researchers across the U.S., published an earlier report** in July 1997 that showed little evidence that the EMF from high current power lines or from high levels of magnetic fields measured in the home were associated with an increased risk of ALL in children. The current study, also a collaboration between NCI and CCG, is the first large study of childhood ALL and electrical appliances. The researchers compared the exposure to household electrical appliances of 640 children diagnosed with ALL to the exposure of 640 matched controls - children of the same age, race and place of residence without the disease. (The same cases and controls were used in the two NCI/CCG studies). The data are based on the mothers' responses to a detailed questionnaire about their appliance use during pregnancy as well as their child's use. TVs, electric blankets, microwaves, hair dryers, stereo systems, heating pads and computers were some of the appliances included in the study. No measurements were taken of magnetic fields associated with the actual appliances used. The authors were unable to draw a clear conclusion from the data. Although the data showed some association between appliance use and leukemia, there was no consistent pattern of increasing risk with increasing exposures. The scientists speculate that the magnetic fields from electrical appliances are unlikely to increase the risk of childhood ALL. The contribution of home appliances to a person's total EMF exposure is thought to be small because most appliances are used for short periods of time and EMF exposures are elevated only close to the appliance. It is more difficult to assess the contribution of appliances to EMF exposures than that of power lines and building wiring. This is because for each appliance, the magnetic field varies greatly with distance, and frequently neither the distance of the person from the appliance nor how often an appliance is on or off can be reconstructed accurately from interviews. These preliminary findings are part of a more comprehensive study being conducted by the CCG looking for possible causes of childhood ALL. In the larger study, many risk factors other than EMF are being evaluated in more than 1,900 children diagnosed with ALL between 1989 and 1993. These include exposures of children to infectious agents in the home or neighborhood, exposures of parents to radiation or chemicals at work, medications used by the mother during pregnancy, alcohol use, and lifestyle of the parents. Results are expected in two years. For more information about cancer visit NCI's Website for patients, public and the mass media at http://rex.nci.nih.gov or NCI's main website at http://www.nci.nih.gov. *The study is titled "Association Between Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Use of Electrical Appliances During Pregnancy and Childhood." The authors are Elizabeth E. Hatch, Martha S. Linet, Ruth A. Kleinerman, Robert E. Tarone, Richard K. Severson, Charleen T. Hartsock, Carol Haines, William T. Kaune, Dana Friedman, Leslie L. Robison, and Sholom Wacholder. Epidemiology, May 1998. **The study is titled "Residential Magnetic Field Exposures and Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia." The authors are Martha S. Linet, Elizabeth E. Hatch, Ruth A. Kleinerman, Leslie L. Robison, Willian T. Kaune, Dana R. Friedman, Richard K. Severson, Carol M. Haines, Charlene T. Hartsock, Shelly Niwa, Sholom Wacholder, and Robert E. Tarone. NEJM, July 3, 1997.  Kenneth R Foster Department of Bioengineering University of Pennsylvania 220 S. 33rd St. Philadelphia PA 19104-6392 215-898-8534 fax 215-573-2071 President IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology 1997-8 Chair, EMBS Committee on Man and Radiation 1997- ***************************************************************************** SSIT Website: http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/users/j/jherkert/ COMAR website http://homepage.seas.upenn.edu/~kfoster/comar.htm Blurb for latest book http://homepage.seas.upenn.edu/~kfoster/book.htm Recent Papers http://homepage.seas.upenn.edu/~kfoster/papers.htm From owner-emf-bio@net.bio.net Tue Apr 21 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: "Kenneth R. Foster" Newsgroups: bionet.emf-bio Subject: latest Linet study - abstract Date: 22 Apr 1998 08:51:09 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 55 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: afrey@uu.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199804220013.UAA19479@home.seas.upenn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net The abstract. The study did report increased odds ratios associated with use of electric blankets and some other applicances. Refer also the editorial by Savitz et al that accompanies the article in the same issue of Epidemiology. The saga continues. ************** Association between Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Use of Electrical Appliances during Pregnancy and Childhood Elizabeth E. Hatch,1 Martha S. Linet,1 Ruth A. Kleinerman,1 Robert E. Tarone,1 Richard K. Severson,2 Charleen T. Hartsock,3 Carol Haines,4 William T. Kaune,5 Dana Friedman,1 Leslie L. Robison,2 and Sholom Wacholder1 As part of a comprehensive study of residential magnetic field exposure in nine midwestern and mid-Atlantic states, we evaluated the use of appliances by 640 patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, 0-14 years of age, diagnosed between 1989 and 1993, and 640 matched control children. Mothers were interviewed regarding use of electrical appliances during their pregnancy with the subject and the child's postnatal use. The risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia was elevated in children whose mothers reported use of an electric blanket or mattress pad during pregnancy [odds ratio (OR) = 1.59; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.11-2.29] but was reduced for use of sewing machines during pregnancy (OR = 0.76; 95% CI = 0.59-0.98). The risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia was increased with children's use of electric blankets or mattress pads (OR = 2.75; 95% CI = 1.52-4.98) and three other electrical appliances (hair dryers, video machines in arcades, and video games connected to a television), but the patterns of risk for duration in years of use and frequency of use were inconsistent for most appliances used by children. Risks rose with increasing number of hours per day children spent watching television, but risks were similar regardless of the usual distance from the television. The inconsistency in the dose-response patterns for many appliances, reporting and selection bias, and the lack of an effect for measured 60 Hertz magnetic fields or wire codes in our companion study must be considered before ascribing these associations to exposures from magnetic fields. Key words: magnetic fields, appliances, leukemia, childhood, case-control study. Kenneth R Foster Department of Bioengineering University of Pennsylvania 220 S. 33rd St. Philadelphia PA 19104-6392 215-898-8534 fax 215-573-2071 President IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology 1997-8 Chair, EMBS Committee on Man and Radiation 1997- ***************************************************************************** SSIT Website: http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/users/j/jherkert/ COMAR website http://homepage.seas.upenn.edu/~kfoster/comar.htm Blurb for latest book http://homepage.seas.upenn.edu/~kfoster/book.htm Recent Papers http://homepage.seas.upenn.edu/~kfoster/papers.htm From owner-emf-bio@net.bio.net Sun Apr 26 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: ab190@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Richard W. Woodley) Newsgroups: bionet.emf-bio Subject: Bridlewood Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) Information Service Updated Date: 27 Apr 1998 12:57:11 -0700 Organization: The National Capital FreeNet Lines: 27 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: afrey@uu.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <6i1t21$nme@freenet-news.carleton.ca> Reply-To: ab190@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Richard W. Woodley) NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net What's New on the Web Site Book Review of WARNING: The Electricity around you may be Hazardous to your Health by Ellen Sugarman added to web site. Link to EMF Health Article by Don Maisch & Bruce Rapley added to EMFs and Health section of web site Important Statement by National EMF Advisory Committee (NEMFAC) Chairperson Shirley D. Linde added to web site. Other Environmental Web Sites section updated including a link to Environmental Search Engines Link to Virtual Reference Desk added to web site. Web Site named Best of the Web by Snap! Online. All information files are continuously updated. -- ************************ Richard W. Woodley ************************ woodley@igs.net. ******************* http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~ab190/ NCF Info Provider for Bridlewood EMFs Information Service - "go brhlc" http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/bridlewood-emfinfo/