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...heading back to court. Unlike most studies done so far, Salford and his team at Lund did not focus on cancer, but on the blood brain barrier (BBB) that protects the brain from the chemicals, toxins and proteins that circulate in our blood. Over 25 years ago, notes Louis Slesin, editor of New York-based Microwave News, U.S. army and government scientists showed that microwaves from sources other than phones could open up the BBB. "This stuff sticks out like a sore thumb," says Slesin, "but nobody in the mobile-phone industry has wanted to touch it." They...
...That's laughable," says Louis Slesin, editor of Microwave News, who has followed the flap since it broke in 1993. "When Carlo's research money ran out, they weren't going to fund more studies. Suddenly, he has this civic responsibility to tell the 'truth' about findings that go against the interests of those who hired...
Wire, text by Suzanne Slesin and Daniel Rozensztroch (Abbeville; $29.95), traces the 300-year history of utilitarian and decorative wirework from that of 17th century Slovak tinkers to the factory-made implements of the early 20th century. Many of these varied and whimsical shapes, collected and attractively arranged by the editors, were last seen in Grandma's house. Singled out or clustered in more than 300 photos, these whisks, racks, beaters (egg and rug), cages, baskets, candelabrums and hand-held toasters are reminders of a stable domestic world now bent out of shape...
...telephones safe. But when asked to name three studies that showed the phones do not cause tumors, a company spokesman could cite only one 10-year-old report and two others with ambiguous results. "If that's the best they can do, they're in deep trouble," said Louis Slesin, publisher of Microwave News, a newsletter that has devoted extensive coverage to the risks of electromagnetic radiation...
...Slesin recommends that cellular-telephone owners practice what he calls prudent avoidance. "If you can use an ordinary phone, do." If mobility is required, he suggests either a trunk-mounted car phone or a two-piece cellular model that separates the hand-held receiver from the microwave transmitter. (So-called cordless portable phones use a different frequency and far less power, and they have not been associated with any adverse health effects...