"liquidator" <mikeh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:fugnd5$sli$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Okay, first would they give Arny a powerful one to play
> with?
No doubt I've worked with a bigger one than you've ever had.
> Large exposures next to a powerful antenna are fatal
> within hours.
The cited article says something completely different.
> The German government is facing issues from people who
> weren't even close to the antenna
>
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/europe/german-soldiers-died-after-microwav
+> e-exposure-678121.html
Actually, the article says nothing of the sort.
"A veterans' organisation says it has been contacted by more than 300
soldiers who used to work at radar installations in the 1960s and 1970s.
An
official re****t published last month established that technicians and
other
soldiers had not been adequately ****elded from radiation, even though the
harmful effects were already common knowledge."
Radiation = radioactivity
"Reiner Geulen, a lawyer representing the victims, said the army – the
Bundeswehr – only introduced the necessary safety measures in the 1980s.
"The servicemen were irradiated for 25 years," Mr Geulen declared.
The deaths did not happen within hours, they happened over a period of
decades.
"According to the organisation representing radar victims, more than 300
former sodiers have re****ted injuries caused by radiation. Of these, 158
"watertight" cases have been diagnosed, including 31 cases of leukaemia,
25
testicular cancers and 22 brain tumours.
Radiation = radioactivity
"The re****t estimated that up to 1,000 radar operators might have
developed
cancer. The ministry's "uncertain" figures admit to 336 claimants so far.
Only 43 of these have been dealt with, and most claims appear to have been
rejected.
Cancer = the results of radioactivity, not radar waves.
"Health experts say the cancers could easily have been avoided by
incor****ating lead ****elds in the army's mobile radar installations, as
was
customary for similar equipment in the civilian domain. But such safety
measures would have cost money, diverting precious resources from other
military objectives at the height of the Cold War. According to Mr Ramm,
Germany bent over backwards to meet its Nato obligations, putting the
lives
of its own soldiers at risk.
Lead ****elds = effective against radioactivity, not RF.
> And Google police radar cancer, there are serious issues
> with cops having problems from little dinky traffic
> radars.
No doubt, there is a union and cash-hungry lawyers behind that.
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