Betreff: Childhood Leukemia linked to AM radio transmitters...6-7-07....

Von: JCMPelican @aol.com

Datum: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:01:33 EDT

 


This abstract linking childhood Leukemia to AM radio transmitters does not define "infantile cancers."   As a grandparent of two infant/toddler boys diagnosed with pre-Leukemic "rare immune deficiencies" (close proximity to electric meters), I have a problem with lack of findings re what is defined as "infantile cancers......"    

 

As with most studies, one must review the entire study for clarification.   Take care  -  Joanne

 

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The great evolutionary biologist John Maynard Smith likes saying that "all biology is false," meaning, of course, that there are very few absolutes in biology...... http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/s7313.html  

I would add to that "all epidemiology is false," meaning, of course, that there are very few absolutes in epidemiology.......Joanne C. Mueller 6-11-07



 

 Am J Epidemiol. 2007 Jun 7; [Epub ahead of print]Click here to read Links

Radio-Frequency Radiation Exposure from AM Radio Transmitters and Childhood Leukemia and Brain Cancer.

Ha M, Im H, Lee M, Kim HJ, Kim BC, Gimm YM, Pack JK.

Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, South Korea.

Leukemia and brain cancer patients under age 15 years, along with controls with respiratory illnesses who were matched to cases on age, sex, and year of diagnosis (1993-1999), were selected from 14 South Korean hospitals using the South Korean Medical Insurance Data System. Diagnoses were confirmed through the South Korean National Cancer Registry. Residential addresses were obtained from medical records. A newly developed prediction program incorporating a geographic information system that was modified by the results of actual measurements was used to estimate radio-frequency radiation (RFR) exposure from 31 amplitude modulation (AM) radio transmitters with a power of 20 kW or more. A total of 1,928 leukemia patients, 956 brain cancer patients, and 3,082 controls were analyzed. Cancer risks were estimated using conditional logistic regression adjusted for residential area, socioeconomic status, and community population density. The odds ratio for all types of leukemia was 2.15 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.00, 4.67) among children who resided within 2 km of the nearest AM radio transmitter as compared with those resided more than 20 km from it. For total RFR exposure from all transmitters, odds ratios for lymphocytic leukemia were 1.39 (95% CI: 1.04, 1.86) and 1.59 (95% CI: 1.19, 2.11) for children in the second and third quartiles, respectively, versus the lowest quartile. Brain cancer and infantile cancer were not associated with AM RFR.

PMID: 17556764 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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