Russ penned:

   "Sometimes "good information" consists of more questions."

I would prefer silence in that case - I will (and can) conclude
there is a dearth of *real info* from the silence ...

To do otherwise is to create some much clutter and fodder (and tons
of useless Google hits!) for the fear-mongerers who seek reputations
via accrued face-time in the media ...

Jim


----- Original Message -----
From: "Russell McMahon" <apptech@PARADISE.NET.NZ>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 2:02 AM
Subject: Re: [EE]: Power Lines & Cancer FAQ.


> >>    "Good information on possible reasons
> >>     for the fact that childhood cancers are
> >>     well known to be statistically significantly
> >>     higher along power line routes."
>
> > This could be just another case of so-much "Looking for answers
> > in all the wrong places."
>
> Have a glance at the page I referred to. My above statement would be
> sticking my neck way out if this was just another mumbo-jumbo quackery
page.
> The page addresses your points and many many more besides. It doesn't
> necessarily provide hard answers - it provides good information, as I
said.
> Sometimes "good information" consists of more questions.
>
> I meant  ***** GOOD INFORMATION *****.
> Read it (!)
>
> I'll requote what I said that suggests it may be worth glancing at the
page
> before hazarding an opinion on its worth -
>
> Very well worth looking at if one has any real interest in the subject.
>
>
>                 Russell McMahon
>
>
> _________________
>
> Superb FAQ on this subject.
> Maintained by Dr John Moulder, a Professor of Radiation Oncology at the
> Medical College of Wisconsin.
>
>         http://www.mcw.edu/gcrc/cop/powerlines-cancer-FAQ/toc.html#21B
>
> Very well cross indexed.
> Tries desperately hard (if not totally successfully) to be balanced and
> impartial in approach - much more so than most.
>
> Good coverage of mechanisms and potential confounding factors.
>
> Good information on possible reasons for the fact that childhood cancers
are
> well known to be statistically significantly higher along power line
routes.
> __________________________
>

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