Radiation Research and the Cult of Negative Studies

[Guest guest]

Dear Colleagues:

 

" Radiation Research " is known in some EMF circles as the journal of

negative results. Even its editors appear to be sensitive about the fact that

they almost only publish papers which show that extremely-low-frequency

fields and RF/microwave radiation have no biological effects. In its June issue,

three of the editors, including John

Moulder, offer us an explanation in an editorial titled " Publishing Negative

Results. "

 

This prompted us to take a closer look. With the help of Henry Lai of the

University of Washington in Seattle, we assembled a subset of radiation health

studies --those on the effects of microwaves on DNA. We found that, unlike

Radiation Research, many other peer-reviewed journal have had no trouble finding

high-quality papers that do show genotoxic effects.

 

When we investigated who sponsored the microwave-DNA papers published in

Radiation Research, we discovered that four out of five were paid for by the

wireless industry --notably Motorola-- and/or the U.S. Air Force, both of

which have a long history of trying to control or industry and the USAF paid for

more than 75% of all the negative genotox studies,suppress EMF research.

Indeed, that is those published in all the various journals.

 

What goes unmentioned in the Radiation Research editorial is that Moulder is

a long-time consultant to the power, communications and electronics

industries. At a time when there are widespread concerns over the lack of

disclosure of

potential conflicts of interest, why does the Radiation Research Society, the

publisher of Radiation Research, allow someone with such obvious conflicts to

continue as the gatekeeper at one of the leading radiation journals?

 

Read the full Microwave News special report --simply go to our Home Page,

http://www.microwavenews.com

You can also download a pdf there, but be sure to read it on a color display.

 

 

Best,

Louis Slesin

 

 

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