[scifinoir2] Re: 5 mins. on a Cell Phone Can Trigger Cancer

2007-09-23 Thread ravenadal
We get back to my original point: the topic in the subject line is "intentionally alarmist," and I believe the author does his cause little good but resorting to such hyperbole. Your commentary, however, has been well considered and worth contemplating. Thank you, for your passionate response. ~

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: 5 mins. on a Cell Phone Can Trigger Cancer

2007-09-22 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Valid Points, however, consider this. Power lines have been out for ages. Rumors and studies about their possible link to cancer were squashed for decades. Studies proving their links were labeled "intentionally alarmist." If you asked your doctor about the safety of living near one, he would l

[scifinoir2] Re: 5 mins. on a Cell Phone Can Trigger Cancer

2007-09-22 Thread ravenadal
Tracey, I still think the term "intentionally alarming" applies here. I don't believe five minutes exposure to anything, whether it be microwaves, cigarette smoke or cell phones triggers cancer. Whereas the dangers of cigerette smoke and high power lines are well documented. We are thirty years

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: 5 mins. on a Cell Phone Can Trigger Cancer

2007-09-22 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Rave' I really do not get by what you mean by "intentionally alarming". Its sounds like the argument the Bushies use as an argument against addressing global warming or those "bought and paid for" doctors in the sixties who dismissed the reports of the dangers of smoking as "intentionally alar

[scifinoir2] Re: 5 mins. on a Cell Phone Can Trigger Cancer

2007-09-22 Thread ravenadal
I never know what to do with information like this. Oh, yeah, when scientific information like this is intentionaly alarming, I ignore it. My son, a sophomore in college (go Badgers!), and I were having this conversation last weekend. He knows I personally think the microwave oven is the great