Powerlines, cell phones, and cancer

Below are a collection of links to information regarding studies on the possible connection of powerlines, cell phones, and cancer and other health issues.

You may find references below that address these issues.

Powerlines

• Powerlines and Cancer FAQs: Introduction to a series of questions and answers on the connection between power lines, electrical occupations and cancer; includes discussion of the biophysics of interactions with EM sources, summaries of the laboratory and human studies, information on standards, and an annotated bibliography.
• This contains an excerpt from the National Academy of Sciences report on powerlines and cancer. I view this as the most definitive statement on this issue. This report is available from the National Academy of Sciences at http://www.nap.edu/bookstore/isbn/0309054478.html.
• Statement by the Council of the American Physical Society, April 22, 1995 on POWER LINE FIELDS AND PUBLIC HEALTH.
• Two papers by David Hafemeister, Physics Department, California Polytechnic State University:
• Background Paper on "Power Line Fields and Public Health".
• The Imprudence of "Prudent Avoidance" .
• BBC report on powerline pylons and leukemia.

Cellular telephones and cancer

• Cell phone study finds no cancer link. This is the most extensive epidemiological study of risk of cancer from cell phones.
  • Cellular Telephones and Cancer—a Nationwide Cohort Study in Denmark, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Christoffer Johansen, John D. Boice, Jr., Joseph K. McLaughlin, Jørgen H. Olsen, Feb. 7, 2001.
    • Summary
    • Full text
    • An accompanying editorial by Bob Parks: Cellular Telephones and Cancer: How Should Science Respond? .
  • An NBC news report on the above article.
• Cellular Phone Antennas and Human Health FAQ.
• ABC 20/20 report on cell phones and cancer.
• "Dial H for Hysteria: Data Linking Cell Phones With Medical Problems Just Causes Worry," a report from the American Council on Science and Health, chaired by C. Everett Koop.
• Pertinent links from the Environment Center of Western Australia.
• Cell phones and memory loss in mice.
• George Carlo letter on cell phones and cancer.
• NewScientist on the health effects of cell phones.

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