BIRTH DEFECTS CHILDHOOD CANCERS AND ELECTROMAGNETISM CANNIBALIZING OUR KIDS 
ELECTRICALLY by Frank Hartman

      One of the most common statements from those who argue that 
Electromagnetism is not a serious problem is "There is no proof that 
Electromagnetic radiation (EMR) causes any diseases in humans ". This is 
literally true because no tests of humans has ever been done. We live in 
crazy regulatory world  where controlled medical tests of EMR on humans is 
unacceptable but uncontrolled exposure is accepted and unregulated. In 
spite of such statements, over the last decade, the evidence has mounted to 
where it cannot be ignored. Electromagnetic radiation is a serious problem 
and may threaten man's existence on this planet. Consider the following: 

 -   Children of mothers who slept under electric blankets
     developed 250% more brain tumors, 70% more leukemias
     and 30% more cancers than those who didn't. (University
     of North Carolina School of Public Health) 

 -   1000% higher incidence of Down's syndrome found in
     Vernon NJ (Fifth highest number of microwave
     transmission towers in the county located in Vernon)

 -   Higher incidence of malformed children born to switch-
     yard workers in Sweden traced to chromosome changes in
     sperm from EM exposure . (Dr. L. Nordenson and S
     Nordtrom Nobel Prize nominating committee )

 -   one fifth of childhood cancers produced by low level
     electromagnetic fields from power lines (Dr Savith
     University of North Carolina in study duplicate
     earlier study for NY State Power Lines Project)

 -   Five children in Florida who develop extremely rare
     ovarian cancer all lived less than 600 feet from 69,000
     volt power line.

These are but a smattering of thousands of reports linking electromagnetism 
to damage to living organisms. Eighty years ago, there was no electronic 
pollution of our atmosphere. Since World War 11, we have filled the air 
with electromagnetic waves from telephone, television and military 
satellites.  More TV and AM and FM radio stations, are added every day as 
well as beepers, cellular phones , CB radios and other radios.  In any 
developed area, transmitting towers blanket the horizon in every direction, 
silent sentinels of death to a larger experiment on humans than Nazi 
Germany ever contemplated. The scientific evidence over the last decade 
leads to only one conclusion: EXPOSURE OF LIVING ORGANISMS (Plants, animals 
or humans) TO ABNORMAL ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS PRODUCES SEVERE PHYSIOLOGICAL 
AND PHYSICAL DAMAGE Included in this damage is the following: -  abnormal 
fetal development and infertility - breakdown of the immune system 
including mental and nervous   disorders - 1600% increase in the rate of 
growth of cancer cells. - alterations in learning ability ABNORMAL FETAL 
DEVELOPMENT AND INFERTILITY Boston Women's Hospital-Of 48 infants born with 
developmental malformations, 16 had no family history and were spontaneous 
mutations. In other words over 1/3 of birth defects were from some external 
cause that could not be explained. Childrens Hospital of San Diego-Unusual 
Lesions in the brains of 14 out of 18 autistic children identical to those 
in rats exposed  between one and six days after birth to low power 
electromagnetic fields Stanford Research Institute- Nine pregnant squirrels 
and monkeys exposed to EM fields at or below US safety standard; 5 babies 
died within 6 months. No deaths in babies of identical group not exposed to 
EM. US Navy Project Henhouse-Five of six laboratories on the project report 
"apparently very low-level, very low-frequency pulsed magnetic fields 
contribute to increased abnormal incidences in embryonic chicks" John 
Hopkins Hospital- higher incidence of Downs Syndrome found in children 
fathered by military radio operators. State of Rhode Island- Sudden Infant 
Death Syndrome children found to have lower levels of melatonin (directly 
affected by pineal gland which is extremely sensitive to EM fields ) 
Environmental Protection Agency-rats exposed for two weeks to 60 cycle  
current show marked reduction in nighttime pineal gland production of 
melatonin. Royal Collage of Surgeons, England-Eight deaths from Sudden 
Infant Death Syndrome occur in small town over one weekend. (four within a 
two hour period) All occur within 7 mile radius of military base during 
testing of new secret radar system. Walter Reed Army Institute of 
Research-"Microwave energy in the range of 1 to 3GHz, a militarily 
important range, penetrates all organ systems of the body and puts all 
organ systems at risk" Many newborn are routinely exposed to high EM fields 
in hospital nurseries from high tech monitoring and heating devices and 
other electronics without regard for the possible damage caused. FDA Center 
for Devices and Radiology- Frequencies allocated to the medical profession 
for radiowave therapy produced chromosome abnormalities in plants and in 
sperm of male mice. This is particularly disturbing because genetic defects 
are permanent and passed on from generation to generation. Fertility  
Disorders Warsaw Research Institute -Female mice exposed at 1% of US safety 
standard for one hour a day for two weeks produced 7 times as many 
stillborn babies.  A 1977 Russian study of rats exposed to 50 cycle field 
for three months showed a 30% increase in atypical sperm cells, 
significantly fewer cells and more dead cells.  The National Institute of 
Environmental Health found in 1988 that 31% of pregnancies now end in 
miscarriage. Some unknown form of environmental pollution or stress is 
suspected as the cause.
      Between 1957 and 1986 the birth rate in US in 15-44 year old age 
group dropped from 122 per thousand to 64 per thousand.  The assumption has 
been that the birth rate dropped because women want to establish their 
career first. But in a 1989 study, one out of four women under 30 found to 
be infertile and 4 out of 10 over thirty.  In a 1985 study, one out of six 
married couples had fertility problems and the numbers were on the rise. 
Men are not exempt from the problem as the sperm count of American men has 
fallen more than 30% in the last fifty years with one in four males now 
having sperm counts so low as to be functionally sterile Two generations of 
the best educated, highest achieving and most extraordinary group of women 
in history and their mates are not replacing themselves nor passing on 
their genetic gains to future generations. There are other dimensions to 
the problem: Gunter Dorne Director of Experimental Endocrinology Humboldt 
University Berlin- Level of testosterone affected by fetal stress. 
EPA- Significant reduction in serum testosterone found in rats exposed to 
60 cycle EM fields for three months. Immune and Stress Related Disorders 
Dr. Robert Becker, Nobel nominee for his work in Bioelectricity, reported 
that the two functions in the body affected by EM field were the brains 
(primarily behavior abnormalities, learning disabilities, altered 
biological cycles and the stress response system) and growing tissues of 
the body particularly fetal tissues and cancerous growths. In the last ten 
years, we have a host of new plagues from AIDS, Legionnaires Disease, Lymes 
disease to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (so called Yuppie Flu which first 
appeared and has become almost epidemic in the Silicon Valley). Even more 
ominous, diseases such as tuberculosis and rubella (measles) thought to be 
conquered are surging back. All are immune system disorders. In cancer the 
news is worse. University of Chicago Medical Center-Since 1975 skin cancer 
and lymph cancer have increased by 100%; breast cancer by 30%; testicular 
cancer by 97% %., pancreas by 20%; kidney by 142%; colon by 63%. True, 
certain cancers are decreasing such as cervix (earlier diagnosis and 
treatment) and stomach (improved diet) but on the overall cancer 
particularly those with continuous rates of cell division are skyrocketing. 
Honolulu Public Health Dept- In eight out of nine census tract with 
broadcast towers, the incidence of cancers of all types was significantly 
higher than tracts right beside them with no towers. Cancer Research and 
Treatment Center, San Antonio. Human cells in culture show 1600% permanent 
increase in rate of cancer growth after exposure to EM fields from 60 cycle 
household current. Washington State Dept of Health- Incidence of leukemia 
significantly higher among amateur radio operators. Canadian National 
Cancer Institute-High voltage powerline workers exhibited more than 3 times 
the number of intestinal cancers Journal of Occupational Medicine 
(1985)-Deaths in Maryland from various cancers up to 3 times higher among 
electricians, electrical engineers and linesmen than any other occupation. 
Dr. Robert Becker-"At this time the scientific evidence is absolutely 
conclusive: 60 cycle magnetic fields cause human cancer cell to permanently 
increase their rate of growth by as much as 1600% and to develop more 
malignant characteristics." EM field effects are showing up in all diseases 
not just cancers.Dr Koslov, Director Applied Physics at John Hopkins 
University recently went public with a link between EM field microwave 
exposure and Alzheimers disease out of frustration over lack of funding for 
electromagnetic bioeffects research. Other research has shown that 
chromosome damage in Altzheimers disease occurs on the same chromosome 
(#21) that causes Downs Syndrome. National Institute of Mental Health- 20)% 
of US has mental disorders severe enough to require psychiatric treatment. 
More significantly those under 45 years of age have twice the rate of the 
over 45 group (depression, anxiety, phobias antisocial personality traits, 
alcohol or drug abuse) New England Journal of Medicine- 1977 Suicide rates 
in males in 15-19 year old group rose 400%, 200% for females. Historically 
high rates of anything in this age group predicts even higher incidence as 
the group gets older. According to the Clayton  Foundation Biochemical 
Institute, in 1952, 20,000 mentally retarded children were born in the US: 
In 1968 the number exceeded 500,000. Dr Merino nationally known for his 
research in the field demonstrated that EM fields have now been linked with 
suicides, nervous system disorders, sexual dysfunction, reproductive 
hazards, abnormal fetal development and heart disease. These are the areas 
that have been studied and this is not meant to imply that these are the 
only problem areas from EM fields. How it works Every electrical current 
generates a electromagnetic field at right angles to the direction of the 
current. These fields are now believed to produce a biological resonance 
(similar to a singer breaking a crystal glass when they hit the right 
frequency.  Low frequencies (less than 100 cycles/second or very high 
frequencies pulsed or modulated at lower frequencies for better 
transmission) appear to directly impact on the body because they are close 
to the body frequencies that transmit information to the brain. EM fields 
are a stressor to the immune system that triggers at first a response to 
the threat to the body. As the stressor (EM fields) continue unabated, the 
immune system becomes overtaxed and is unable to function at the same level 
leaving the body without resources to oppose EM stressors or any other 
stressor. Thus, in cancer for example, any other stressor added to the body 
will, in a controlled study,cause an increase in cancer since the immune 
system is depressed.
      The studies linking everything with an increase in cancer may be no 
more than a symptom of the problem with EM fields being the cause. If 
Becker and the handful of other scientists who have waged this lonely 
battle for a decade against enormous opposition from scientific, industrial 
and military concerns are right and it appears they are; our medical 
generals have been fighting the wrong war for the last decade. It's past 
time the generals in the war on disease be relieved of their commands for 
incompetence. Sientists everywhere seem afflicted with the disease of bad 
memory for they forget their predecessors have been burned at the stake for 
their unpopular views that we now call our foremost truths. We need more 
Drs. Beckers and Marinos if we are going to stop spending our researh money 
to learn more amd more about less and less. As T.H.  Huxley,physician and 
philosopher, said one hundred years ago, "Every great advance in natural 
knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority." For more 
information on the subject CROSS CURRENTS by Dr. Becker and the Electronic 
Wilderness by Dr. Marino are both excellent. For the medical reader Modern 
Bioelectricity by Dr. Marino  contains the references to most of the 
studies.