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Disconnect : the truth about cell phone radiation, what the industry has done to hide it, and how to protect your family / by Davis, Devra Lee.(CARDINAL)265932;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-254) and index.Kids, we'll get back to you -- How the fires of technology shock and awe -- The war that started it all -- What the animals try to tell us -- An electrical storm in the brain -- The doktor who danced with the devil -- The trouble with men -- Cell phones cure Alzheimer's! -- Public health isn't physics -- Reading the fine print -- The world from now on.A controversial report on the alleged link between cell phone use and brain damage in children argues that cell phone radiation has reached emergency levels and is directly related to such health problems as Alzheimer's, infertility, and cancer.
Subjects: Radio frequency; Cell phones; Low-level radiation;
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Cell phones : invisible hazards in the wireless age : an insider's alarming discoveries about cancer and genetic damage / by Carlo, George Louis.(CARDINAL)761657; Schram, Martin.(CARDINAL)185555;
Machine generated contents note: PART ONE -- CHAPTER ONE -- When Science Meets Politics 3 -- A Suit Heard 'Round the World -- When Carlo Met Wheeler -- Thousands of Studies? -- Belated Background Check -- CHAPTER TWO -- Follow-the-Science: No Problems, But No Tools 17 -- No Heating, No Problems -- A Primer: How Radiation Is Measured -- Shattering Test-Tube and Petri-Dish Findings -- Stealth Rats -- CHAPTER THREE -- Follow-the-Politics: High and Inside 35 -- The Power of the Purse Strings -- Truth and Labeling-I -- Truth and Labeling-II -- PART TWO -- CHAPTER FOUR -- Follow-the-Science: Henry's Comet _55 -- Interlude: A Primer on DNA Breakage and Genetic Damage -- Chasing the Tail of the Comet -- CHAPTER FIVE -- Follow-the-Politics: The Care and Feeding of Watchdogs 75 -- A Protest to the Media -- CHAPTER SIX -- Follow-the-Science: Heart-Stopping Phone Calls 83 -- The Mayo Clinic's Pacemaker/Cell Phone Study -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- Follow-the-Money: Caught in a Litigation Vise 97 -- The Compromise -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- Follow-the-Science: Interesting but Inconclusive Findings 107 -- Leaks in the Blood Brain Barrier -- First Biological Effects in Rats -- Lymphoma in Overexposed Mice -- Headaches -- Cancer Findings, 1994-1996 -- CHAPTER NINE -- Follow-the-Money: Turning Off the Spigot 123 -- First Cash-Flow Crisis -- A Government Intervention -- A Rare Executive: Promoting Research -- Very Political Science-I -- PARTTHREE -- CHAPTER TEN -- Follow-the-Science: Red Flags 149 -- Genetic Damage in Human Blood -- Micronuclei-A Diagnostic Marker for Cancer Experts -- The Specifics of the WTR Studies -- Very Political Science-II -- CHAPTER ELEVEN -- Follow-the-Science: More Red Flags 165 -- The WTR's Studies of People Using Cellular Phones -- A Study of Brain Cancer Patients -- A Study of Acoustic Neuroma Patients -- A Study of 285,000 Analog Cellular Phones Users -- A Roadblock -- Corroboration from Sweden -- Very Political Science III -- CHAPTER TWELVE -- Hoisting the Red Flags 181 -- Tough Day in the Big Easy -- A Rare Executive: Protecting Customers -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN -- When Science Collides with Politics 191 -- A Most Unpleasant Interlude -- A Letter to the Industry Chiefs -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN -- Protect the Children 215 -- A World of Concern -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN -- Follow-the-Science: Confinning Evidence 221 -- A Peek Inside the FDA -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN -- Myopic Watchdogs 229 -- Watchdogs in Retreat -- Comparison of Research Priorities: 1997 vs. 2000 -- PART FOUR -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN -- Follow-the-Science: Piecing Together the Cancer Puzzle 241 --And the Largest Piece of the Puzzle -- The Big Picture -- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN -- Safety First-Health Recommendations 249 -- Recommendations for Consumers -- A Few Words of Caution for Consumers -- Recommendations for the Mobile Phone Industry -- Recommendations for Scientific, Medical, and -- Public Health Officials -- Recommendations Concerning Heart Pacemakers -- Recommendations for Industry and Government Conserning -- the Wireless Internet -- Epilogue 257 -- Glossary 261 -- Cast of Characters 267 -- Appendix 273 -- United States Government Interagency Working Group -- on Radio Frequency Radiation -- Peer Review Board Coordinated by the Harvard Center -- for Risk Analysis -- Acknowledgments 281 -- Index 285 -- About the Authors -- Illustrations appear between pages 142-143.
Subjects: Cell phones; Cell phones; Cell phones; Low-level radiation; Radio waves; Radio;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Nuclear energy at the crossroads / by Kiefer, Irene.(CARDINAL)505325;
Presents the cases for and against the use of nuclear power, considering its advantages over other forms of energy as well as disadvantages such as the problems of accidents, low-level radiation, and radioactive waste disposal.
Subjects: Energy policy; Nuclear energy;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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North Carolina 1984 low-level radioactive waste survey / by Fry, Richard M.(CARDINAL)185969; North Carolina.Radiation Protection Section.(CARDINAL)155549;
Subjects: Radioactive wastes.;
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Low-level radioactive waste management in North Carolina for calendar years ... by North Carolina.Radiation Protection Section.(CARDINAL)155549; North Carolina.Division of Radiation Protection.(CARDINAL)197837;
Subjects: Statistics.; Periodicals.; Radioactive wastes; Radioactive waste disposal; Low level radioactive waste disposal facilities;
Available copies: 13 / Total copies: 24
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Low-level radioactive waste management in North Carolina : submitted to the North Carolina General Assembly / by North Carolina Radiation Protection Commission.(CARDINAL)155550; North Carolina.General Assembly.(CARDINAL)143881;
Subjects: Low level radioactive waste disposal facilities;
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Understanding radioactive waste / by Murray, Raymond L.,1920-2011.(CARDINAL)163979; Powell, Judith Ahrens.(CARDINAL)177991;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-193) and index.Questions and concerns about wastes -- Atoms and chemistry -- Radioactivity -- Kinds of radiation -- Biological effects of radiation -- Radiation standards and protection -- Fission and fission products -- The Manhattan project -- Defense and development -- Uses of isotopes and radiation -- Classification of wastes -- Spent fuel from nuclear reactors -- Storage of spent fuel -- Reprocessing, recycling, and resources -- Uranium mill tailings -- Generation and treatment of low-level waste -- Transportation of radioactive materials -- Health, safety, and environmental protection -- Disposal of low-level wastes -- Disposal of defense wastes -- Disposal of spent fuel -- Laws, regulations, and programs -- societal aspects of radioactive wastes -- Perspectives -- a summing up.
Subjects: Radioactive wastes.; Radioactive waste disposal.;
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Site characterization plan : Wake/Chatham County potentially suitable site : North Carolina low-level radioactive waste disposal facility / by Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc.(CARDINAL)177098; North Carolina.Division of Radiation Protection.(CARDINAL)197837;
Subjects: Low level radioactive waste disposal facilities; Low level radioactive waste disposal facilities; Radioactive waste disposal in the ground; Radioactive waste disposal in the ground;
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Plan for low-level radioactive waste management in North Carolina : submitted to the North Carolina General Assembly / by North Carolina Radiation Protection Commission.(CARDINAL)155550;
Subjects: Radioactive waste disposal;
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Site characterization plan for the Wake/Chatham County potentially suitable site : North Carolina low-level radioactive waste disposal facility / by Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc.(CARDINAL)177098; North Carolina.Division of Radiation Protection.(CARDINAL)197837;
Subjects: Radioactive waste sites; Radioactive waste sites; Radioactive waste disposal in the ground; Radioactive waste disposal in the ground;
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