[Antennas] RF exposure regulations

2002年3月21日 16:18:39 EST

In a message dated 3/21/02 4:21:21 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
[email protected] writes:
<< > I hate to disagree with you.... BUT... It had been proven in the
 > Telephone company.. that the Western Electric installers who were always
 > around "low" current DC magnetic fields ended up with a MUCH greater
 > incidence of cancer than the general population.
 
 
 > How do we know that the plastic used on the wires, the stuff the
 employees were `stripping bits of off' to wire wrap onto little pins
 are not the cause these cancers? >>
--The answer to the 2nd quote MIGHT be in the answer to the first. Is the
first quote talking about telephone cental offices, as discussed in the
book "Fields of Death" ( i think it was) ? IF so, i don't think the claimed
cancer rates were just for installers, it was for switch technicians just
being around the fields. A friend and i discussed this after we heard about
it. He was working on a floor just under a huge inverter. I walk by this 
stuff often - massive AC switch gear, high current DC rectifiers, etc. It
makes me feel creepy walking around where i know the high fields are,
but that's a purely subjective feeling. I have been thinking of buying one
of those mag field strength instruments, but i don't know how that info 
would help me. Anecdotally, there is NO talk or awareness among
telco employees of any higher cancer rates, and my own feeling is that
the books discussion of this does not have enuff studies to establish
that it's a fact. 
The plastic wire we use has a plasticizer in it to make it flexible. This
stuff actually sometimes makes the wire feel a little greasy. Also it
seems to evaporate??? out, because after about 20 years the wire turns
brittle and the insulation can even crack off. That volatile plasiticizer is
another thing i am sorta concerned about, but one can't walk around
and handle the challenges of moment by moment life with possible
warning lights continuously on, in the mind.
Regards, Hue Miller