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CELLULAR TELEPHONE RUSSIAN ROULETTE by Robert C. Kane Vantage Press, USA, 2001 SBN 0-533-13673-3 (235pp tpb) Price: A$36.00 inc. p&h in Aust; A$39.00 to NZ, A$42.00 to UK, A$47.00 to Europe; US$10.00 inc. s&h in US/Canada Availability: Aust/NZ/UK/Europe— EMFacts Consultancy, PO Box 96, North Hobart, Tas 7002, Australia, tel (03) 6243 0195, http://www.tassie.net.au/emfacts/; USA—Council on Wireless Technology mpacts, tel (415) 892 1863, website http:/www.energyfields.org/resources.html here is a large body of scientific evi- dence that has built up since the 1950s on the health effects of exposure to EM ields and radiofrequency radiation. But you wouldn't know it from the way new research is reported and discussed, says industry expert Robert Kane in his eye-opening book. In the case of cellular telephones in partic- ular, the usual practice is for a new study to be reported as something that should be fur- ther investigated, and for industry to "treat each such study as if it were isolated in the scientific universe" and then have its PR minions to dismiss the findings or arrange for them to be buried. But there are hun- dreds of studies with alarming findings of EMR’ RF exposure effects—such as DNA and chromosome damage, tissue damage, cataract and tumour formation, memory loss and motor skills degradation—and Kane refers to a substantial number of them here. There is so much evidence that it beggars belief that the telecommunications industry can be so gung-ho about promoting products so hostile to the human biological system. 74 = NEXUS @ REVIEWS Kane divides his book into chapters deal- ing with the foundations of radiation research, "hot spot" radiation absorption in the body, biological effects of RF energy, the smokescreen over emissions safety stan- dards, and the "good, bad and ugly" of research labs. He also looks at how the pub- lic has been deceived by standards-setting, radiation-protection and health authorities as well as the industry/PR/media machine. Think again before you make that next mobile phone call! (And read Don Maisch's article in Science News this issue.) Baigent (The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail co-author), was brave indeed (as the colour photos attest). This replica of Hades had smaller counterparts in other parts of the classical world, where various mysteries associated with the Greek oracles, particu- larly at Delphi and Cuma, were "stage-man- aged" for seekers of divine truth. Prophecy became institutionalised, and important decisions would be made according to the oracle's reading of signs and portents. But the leading form of divination for thousands of years was extispicy: divination by entrails! Temple devotes a chapter to this curiosity, which is still practised today. The focus in part two is on the Chinese tra- ditions of bone oracles and the J Ching (Book of Changes). Temple suggests mod- ern science is just starting to appreciate the higher-order mathematical structure and geometric framework which are implicit in the J Ching and make it such an interesting system for our times. 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EMR’ RF exposure effects—such as DNA Temple (The Sirius Mystery and The and chromosome damage, tissue damage, Crystal Sun, 5/04, 7/06), sets the scene in cataract and tumour formation, memory loss Netherworld with his own descent into the and motor skills degradation—and Kane Oracle of the Dead, a little-explored pre- _ refers to a substantial number of them here. | Roman complex at Baia in southern Italy, its There is so much evidence that it beggars tunnels and chambers all still intact. It was belief that the telecommunications industry used for demonstrating aspects of ancient can be so gung-ho about promoting products ™ysteries concerning fate and the afterlife so hostile to the human biological system. and for contacting the spirits of the dead. Temple's foray, in the company of Michael JUNE — JULY 2002 www. nexusmagazine.com