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Post Time: 12/08/2007 19:36:07 |
tom1
Total Forum Posts: 7 |
Hi,
in the SAGE report I think, the figure of 2 deaths from childhood leukaemia (or 35 with the Draper hypothesis) in the UK. Do you know if there are any decent estimates on the total deaths associated with the less accepted conditions resulting from EMF exposure?
Tom |
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Post Time: 15/08/2007 14:03:46 |
topazg
Total Forum Posts: 13 |
There is an excellent paper covering what is known as the CL+ set of symptoms by Professor Denis Henshaw and Professor Mike O'Carroll on the Bristol University electric fields website (http://www.electric-fields.bris.ac.uk/ocarroll.html).
These effects include miscarriages, depression, ALS and Alzheimer's, which may be far more widespread if associated with EMFs than childhood leukaemia, but there is a real problem: cost-benefit analysis kind of relies on putting a monetary value on the effects - at the moment, only actual deaths seem to be "adequately" valued in this way, so for the time being cost-benefit work on non-fatal effects such as depression are extremely hard to carry out.
There are also a number of implications on _potentially_ fatal illnesses such as breast cancer, adult leukaemia and brain cancer, and again this could well have severe implications on total fatalities caused by EMFs - however, even if they are not fatal the causation of such diseases should be accounted for in cost-benefit analysis.
However, I cannot give figures with anything like the thoroughness and level of reference than Henshaw and O'Carroll at the link above, so I highly recommend downloading the sections of the paper found at the above URL.
Best Regards,
- Graham |
