EMF Research Studies

Electromagnetic fields and the brain

Yuriy A. Kholodov · 1974

Cardiovascular

Review

The Pacemaker Patient and the Electromagnetic Environment

Nicholas P. DrSmyth et al. · 1974

Only 10 documented cases of EMI affecting pacemakers were found, and none were serious or fatal. The authors concluded that environmental EMI does not constitute an important clinical problem for pacemaker patients at this time.

Generation of Acoustic Signals by Pulsed Microwave Energy

Joseph C. Sharp, H. Mark Grove, Om P. Gandhi · 1974

What happens when radio waves penetrate the human skin

Andrija Puharich · 1974

New theory proposed for hearing microwaves

Harvey J. Hindin · 1974

Resonance absorption of microwave by the human skull

Joines WT, Spiegel RJ · 1974

Researchers modeled the human skull as six concentric layers (skin, fat, bone, dura, cerebrospinal fluid, and brain) and calculated microwave absorption across the 0.1-3 GHz band for skull radii of 7 cm and 10 cm. The inhomogeneous model showed a broad absorption peak near 2.1 GHz with peak values of 1.52 for the 7 cm radius and 3.38 for the 10 cm radius, a peak not present in the homogeneous model.

ANALYSIS OF OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO MICROWAVE RADIATION

P. Czerski, M. Siekierzynski · 1974

Health Surveillance of Personnel Occupationally Exposed to Microwaves. I. Theoretical Considerations and Practical Aspects

Przemyslaw Czerski et al. · 1974

Resonance Absorption of Microwaves by the Human Skull

William T. Joines, Ronald J. Spiegel · 1974

Researchers modeled the human skull as six concentric layers (skin, fat, bone, dura, cerebrospinal fluid, brain) with frequency-dependent electrical properties. They calculated relative microwave absorption for models with outer radii of 7 cm and 10 cm across the 0.1–3 GHz band. A broad absorption peak near 2.1 GHz appeared in the multilayered model (1.52 for 7 cm, 1.38 for 10 cm) but not in a homogeneous model. At that peak the model predicted intense hot spots in brain tissue, with mean power densities of 8.7 mW/cc for the 10 cm model and 20.8 mW/cc for the 7 cm model.

Not an original health-effects study

Microwave Hazard Measurements Near Various Aircraft Radars

Richard A. Tell, John C. Nelson · 1974

Researchers from the Electromagnetic Radiation Analysis Branch surveyed four radar units typical of those used by commercial aircraft, two at a radar simulation laboratory and two while installed in aircraft. The study focused on the potential for exposure of individuals in the close vicinity of aircraft radar units, such as when boarding commercial air carriers, while aircraft are on the ground. The radar beams were found to rotate at approximately 15 r/min and to emanate from the aircraft above 6 feet from the ground. Radiation levels inside the cockpits did not exceed 0.2 mW/cm².

DEATH BY BIOENTRAINMENT?

E. Stanton Maxey, M.D. · 1974

Microwave hazard measurement near various aircraft radars

Tell R A, Nelson J C · 1974

A Proposal for a Microwave Radiation Warning Sign

S. K. Ghosh, A. M. Muc, D. H. Jagdyer, M. P. Diotte · 1974

Microwave Characteristics of Human Tumor Cells

Michael E. Stamm et al. · 1974

Researchers cultured fresh tumor specimens and normal control tissues from cancer patients and measured microwave transmission at 76-86 GHz using an interferometer that subtracted normal cell spectra from tumor cell spectra. Tumor cells of the same histologic type from different patients produced similar differential spectra, while different tumor types (sarcomas, melanomas, carcinomas) showed distinct spectral responses. The height of peaks in the differential spectrum indicated the relative proportion of tumor versus normal cells in the sample, with mostly normal tumor samples yielding near-null responses. Measurements were performed blind, with histopathologic identity determined only after microwave data were reduced and correlated.

Do you hear what I hear?

Hindin HJ, Frey AH · 1974

Empirical Studies of Cardiac Pacemaker Interference

Mitchell JC, Hurt WD, Walters WH · 1974

RISCHI E DANNI DERIVANTI DA ESPOSIZIONE PROFESSIONALE A CAMPI ELETTROMAGNETICI

G. MOLTENI · 1974

Brain & Nervous SystemNo Effects Found

Microwave Cataracts

B. Appleton · 1974

Biomicroscopically detectable lens signs considered precursors of cataract occurred equally in both groups. A registry of seven acute high-level microwave exposures found no superficial burns or eye damage, with ocular status consistent with age. The authors concluded that lens damage probably has not occurred from cumulative low-level exposure and probably could not occur from acute exposure without severe facial burns. A separate study of 19 diathermy workers showed no difference in ocular examinations compared to controls.

Are psychoenergetic pictures possible?

William A. Tiller · 1974

Cardiovascular

The Employee Wearing a Cardiac Pacemaker

Donald R. Koerner, M.D. · 1974

Hazard Protection and Performance Effectiveness - Chapter 4: Radiation Environments

Unknown authors · 1974

Existing federal safety criteria of 10 mW/cm2 were based on 1950s microwave data and provisional EMP criteria from 1971 were under review. Researchers reported that biological effects may be frequency-specific, with 1.7 GHz potentially more injurious than 2.4 GHz, and that magnetic fields may be more biologically important than electric fields at lower frequencies.