-Caveat Lector- ----- Original Message ----- From: What's New <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> WHAT'S NEW Robert L. Park Friday, 30 Apr 99 Washington, DC 1. SPY HYSTERIA: LEGISLATION WOULD CUT OFF FOREIGN EXCHANGES. Amid revelations that large amounts of classified weapons data had been transferred to an unclassified computer system, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) introduced S.887, "A bill to establish a moratorium on the Foreign Visitors Program at the Department of Energy nuclear laboratories." Nothing that has been made public, however, suggests that visitors were the problem. President Clinton warned that the bill would halt exchanges with Russian scientists aimed at safeguarding Russia's nuclear arsenal. 2. EMF: THEY SAY IT'S NOT OVER TILL IT'S OVER WELL, IT'S OVER. The results of a long-awaited Canadian epidemiological study of childhood leukemia were released today. The massive study, covering five Canadian provinces, matched 400 children under 14, diagnosed with leukemia, with 400 controls. Exposure assessments included 48-hour personal EMF monitoring, as well as measurements in the children's residences and 24-hour bedroom measurement. The conclusion was that exposure to magnetic fields was not related to the risk of leukemia. This agrees with the monumental NCI study released two years ago (WN 4 Jul 97). Nevertheless, a group convened by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, many of whom had staked their reputations on an EMF- cancer connection, voted last fall to label EMF "a possible carcinogen" (WN 2 Oct 98), which led the APS to reaffirm its position that there is no evidence of a cancer-EMF link. 3. FREE ENERGY: CONFERENCE FEATURES "OVER-UNITY" DEVICES. Even as this is being written, the much-traveled First International Conference on Future Energy is continuing in a Bethesda Holiday Inn (WN 2 Apr 99). Yesterday, mindful of my responsibility to keep WN readers informed, I attended the opening. As I stood at the back of the room awaiting the start, one of the organizers came up to me and said: "We have a security cop on the premises." Well, OK. Tom Valone of the Integrity Research Institute opened the meeting by telling the audience of about 100 what they came to hear: "A century of energy oppression" is about to end we would have free energy now if it weren't for powerful economic interests. "How many of you want free energy?" Every hand went up mine included. He then led the audience in a chant of: "We want free energy. We want ..." No, I'm not making this up. 4. ECHINACEA: YOU'D BE BETTER OFF TAKING "VITAMIN O." The high- priced salt water might not help, but at least it didn't make people sick (19 Mar 99). A study being presented today at the International Conference on Integrative Medicine in Seattle, claims that Echinacea, the world's top selling herbal supplement, which is taken by millions to ward off colds and flu, has a side effect it increases the incidence of colds and flu. Previous studies had merely indicated that Echinacea was not effective. THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY (Note: Opinions are the author's and are not necessarily shared by the APS, but they should be.) DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
