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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (33854)	7/1/1999 8:29:00 PM
From: mauser96	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

They did a couple of "count the tumors on each side" in left and right handed people (who presumably hold the phone on the same side as the master hand) One showed a slight relationship, one didn't. So much for statistics. There is a real business out there for scare junk science - this kind of thing is always good for lots of research grants, even though as you point out there is no reason or real evidence. The public and media can't distinguish one kind of radiation from another, nor can they grasp the inverse square of the distance law. They panic over something as unlikely as distant power lines , but they go out and deliberately try to get a tan, exposing themselves to a for sure carcinogen. Go figure.. Re inflation- many would argue that we have inflation- it's just mostly confined to equity and housing markets.I guess this is a "good" inflation to most SI posters who own stocks and a house.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (33854)	7/2/1999 11:31:00 AM
From: A.J. Mullen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Tests have demonstrated that people subject to EMF from cellular phones have INCREASED reaction times. Yes I know this isn't apparent from casual observations of rush-hour traffic, but it is true. These were controlled experiments reported on the BBC web-page. Neither subject or (I hope) experimenter knew whether the antenna was active at the time of tests. A suggestion is taht the speeded reactions are due to an injury response. There seems to be quite a bit of discussioj in UK as to whether transmitters should be sited at schools and hospital. A Parliamentary committee has been set-up - always a politically safe response by the govt. I think this issue will grow before it is resolved. Nevertheless, I have never had anywhere near as large a proportion of my portfolio in one stock (Q) as I have now. Not that I am buying any - it just keeps growing. Ashley