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EWSCIENCENEWSCIENCENE VDTs both by the public and by their role of magnetic fields in these ranges THE VORTEX GUN own personnel. in the increased incidence of childhood Dr. Phillips Thomas, research The medium most likely to spread cancer, These are usually associated engineer of the Westinghouse Electric detailed information about hazards with power lines near residences. & Manufacturing Company, picked up would be the newspapers, who have what appeared to be a small copper and Epidemiologists have also noted : reporters, editors and clerks who take P g brass drum with an aperture some two increased incidence of cancer in adult classified ads all of whom might hold inches in diameter in its head. By means them responsible for health risks. The VDT operators. of a tubular peep sight affixed to the top Columbia Journalism Review has Recommendations of the drum, he aimed the aperture at documented the lack of coverage by the one of a row of lighted candles about press in articles in 1981 and 1984. _ When VLF-shielded terminals jen feet away, and then tapped the back Additionally, there is documentation become available, these should be of the drum with a rubber hammer. that NIOSH and the FDA have been lax given strong consideration for new Instantly the candle was extinguished. in pursuing problems in this area, even Purchases and replacements. : He repeated the performance half a though they had announced studies of When ELF-shielded terminals gozen times, and each time the striking the problem. become available, these should be also oF the metal drum was followed by the The major hazards no longer involve given strong consideration for new ex singuishing of a candle. He pointed the X-Rays which had been emitted by purchases and replacements. These the aperture at a gong, tapped the drum, the CRTs and consumer TVs in the past. will require transformer shielding in 414 the gong rang. In each case, it was They seem to lie in the magnetic Nu-metal. as though an unseen projectile had been radiation emitted by transformers _ This is not a problem with liquid freq from the strange device. associated with the changing image on crystal displays LCD, such as are found = Thee seemingly miraculous feats the VDT. Epidemiologists have noted in Laptop Computers. were accomplished by an invisible ring high incidence of miscarriages among With the present generation of of air, a smoke ring without the smoke, VDT operators. This seems to equipment you should sit 28 inches in hot from the aperture by the force with correspond to research on Extra Low front, and about 40 inches away from which Dr. Thomas struck the back of Frequency radiation (ELF) and Very any other terminal. the drum. Called a VORTEX GUN Low Frequency radiation (VLF) which (remember the WHIRLWIND are emitted by components such as the (Source: Graciously supplied by CANNONS of the Germans during fly-back transformer in the VDT. These Double Helix BBS 1 (212) 865-7043, WWII...Vangard), and designed on the components are often near the outside via KeelyNet BBS 1 (214) 324-3501) basis of elaborate mathematical of the device, and are even more likely to send radiation to the sides or to the ‘ 2 back of the terminal. ow, — a tole of magnetic fields in these ranges in the increased incidence of childhood with power lines near residences. Epidemiologists have also noted increased incidence of cancer in adult Embryology research on chickens by Delgado, who has taught at Yale, indicated that serious changes were caused in early development by 100Hz magnetic radiation. The results were confirmed in a Swedish study, which led to banning VDTs which are not shielded for VLF in Sweden as of 1988. IBM now markets a VDT (only available in Scandinavian Countries) which meets VLF guidelines, Other research has found that as little as 15 minutes of exposure to ELF accelerates DNA/RNA transfer in insects. This would indicate a potential for problems in fetal development for early stage pregnant women who work at VDTs. An additional area of problems is the NEXUS®51 APRIL-MAY 1992 THE VORTEX GUN cancer. These are usually associated Senate