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SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM HIEAL TH ASPECTS Of NONIONIZlNG RADIATION
Monday, April 9, 1979 Tuesday, April 10, 1979
at
THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE
2 East 103 rd Street
New York, New York
sponsored by
The Subcommittee on Public Health
Aspects of Energy
The Committee on Public Health
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HEALTH ASPECTS OF
NONION!Z!NG RADIATION
THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE
2 East 103rd Street, New York, N.Y 10029
Room 20
Monday, April 9, 1979
Morning
9:15~ 9:20 Introduction
NORMAN SIMON, M.D., Chairman
Subcommittee on Public Health Aspects
of Energy
SESSION I
_PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF MICROWAVES IN RELATION
TO MAN AND EXPERIMENT AL ANIMALS
Chairman: JOHN M OSEPCHUK, Ph.D
Raytheon Company
9 :20- 9 :50 Sources and Basic Characteristics of
Microwave/RF Radiation
JOHN M OSEPCHUK, Ph.D
9:50-10:05 Discussion
10:05-10:50 Dosimetry-The Absorption Properties of
Man and Experimental Animals
OM P GANDHI, Sc.D
University of Utah
10:50-11 :10 Discussion
11:10-11 :25 Recess
11 :25-11 :55 Radiation Surveys-Measurement of
Leakage Emissions and Potential
Exposure Fields
DAVID E JANES, JR
Environmental Protection Agency
11 :55-12:10 Discussion
12:10- 1 :30 LUNCH
Afternoon
SESSION II BIO-MEDICAL EFFECTS OF MICROWAVE RADIATION
Chairman: GEORGE M WILKENING, M.S
Bell Laboratories
1 :30- 1 :40 Introduction
GEORGE M \VILKENING, M.S
1 :40- 2 :10 Ocular Effects
RUSSELL L CARPENTER, Ph.D
Bureau of Radiological Health, FDA
•Acceptable for 15 hours Category 1 credit for Physicians
Recognition Award oi the AMA
2 :10- i :40 Psychological and Behavioral Effects
DON R JUSTESEN, Ph.D
V.A Medical Center Kansas City, Missouri
2 :40- 3 :10 Neurophysiologic Effects
W ROSS ADEY, M.D
V.A Medical Center Loma Linda, California 3:10- 3:25 Hematologic and immunologic Effects
RALPH J SMIALOWICZ, Ph.D
Environmental Protection Agency
3 :25- 3 :40 Recess
3 :40- 3 :55 Genetic, Growth and Reproductive Efiects
WILLIAM M LEACH, Ph.D
Bureau of Radiological Health, FDA
3:55- 4:10 Recapitulation: 3io-Medical Effects
STEPHEN F CLEARY, Ph.D
Virginia Commonwealth University 4:10- 4:50 Discussion
A WILLIAM GUY, Ph.D
School of Medicine University of Washington
5 :10- 5 :30 Review of Soviet/Eastern European,
on Health Aspects DONALD I McREE, Ph.D
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 5:30- 6:00 Discussion
6:00- 6:45 Cocktails 6:45 DINNER Speaker: CHARLES SUSSKIND, Ph.D
University of California, Berkeley
Tuesday, April 10, 1979
Morning
SESSION Ill
HUMAN EPIDEMIOLOGY
Chairman: MERRIL EISENBUD, Sc.D
New York University
9 :00- 9 :30 Epidemiologic Approach to the
CHARLOTTE SILVERMAN, M.D., Dr P.H Bureau of Radiological Health, FDA 9:30- 9:45 Epidemiologic Data on U.S Personnel in
Moscow Embassy
HERBERT POLLACK, M.D.; Ph.D U.S Dept of State
10:00-10:10 Recess
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CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF
MICROWAVE RADIATION
Chairman: HERBERT POLLACK, M.D., Ph.D
l0:10-10:15 Introduction
HERBERT POLLACK, M.D., Ph.D
10:15-10:35 Hyperthermy and Diathermy
JOSEPH B DAVIS, M.D
Bureau of Medical Devices, FDA
10:35-11 :00 Cancer Therapy and
Microwave Combined Therapy
RICHARD JOHNSON, M.B.B.S
Roswell Park Memorial Institute
11 :00-11 :25 Imaging and Some Other Diagnostic
Applications
JAMES W FRAZER, Ph.D
University of Texas, San Antonio
11 :25-11 :45 Potential Interference with
Medical Electronic Devices
RICHARD PHILIP REIS, M.S
Bureau of Medical Devices, FDA
11':45-12:30 Discussion
12:30- 1 :45 LUNCH
Afternoon
SESSION V PUBLIC ISSUES OF NONIONiZING RADIATION
Chairwoman: H Janet Healer
National Telecommunication &
Information Administration
1 :45- 2:00 Introductory Comments:
Public Concern About Microwaves
H JANET HEALER
2 :00- 2 :40 Establishing Safety Standards
JOHN C VILLFORTH, M.S
Bureau of Radiological Health, FDA
2:40- 2:55 The Microwave Syndrome
HERBERT POLLACK, M.D., Ph.D
• 2 :55- 3 :15 Public Education and Interest in
Environmental Factors
DANIEL S GREENBERG, Editor
Science and Government Report
3:15- 3:30 Recess
LEONARD R SOLON, Ph.D
Bureau for Radiation Control
NYC Department of Health
3:45- 4:00 COMAR and the Public Interest
DON R JUSTESEN, Ph.D
4:00- 4:15 An Overview
MERRIL EISENBUD, Sc.D
4:15- 5 :30 Discussion
5 :30 Adjournment
THE NEW YORK ACADEMY
OF MEDICINE
Joseph Post, M.D., President James E McCormack, M.D., Director
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH
· Vincent dePaul Lar~in, M.D., Chairman
SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH
ASPECTS OF ENERGY
Norman Simon, M.D., Chairman
Merril Eisenbud, Sc.D
Harold T Fuerst, M.D
Leonard J Goldwater, M.D
John Harley, Ph.D
David Harris, M.D
Vaun A Newill, M.D
William Shore, M.A
Ex Officio:
Maurice E Shils, M.D., Executive Secretary Judith Skolnik, Administrative Assistant Elizabeth Fallon, Secretary
Grateful acknowledgment is made for major support by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency and for additional support from:
General Electric Company RCA Corporation Raytheon Company U.S Air Force Office of Scientific Research U.S Office of Naval Research
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W ROSS ADEY, M.B.B.S., M.D., Associate Chief of Staff for
Research, V.A Medical Center, Loma Linda, California
RUSSELL L CARPENTER, Ph.D., Research Biologist, Bureau of
Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, HEW,
Winchester, Mass.; Professor of Zoology, Emeritus, Tufts
University
STEPHEN F CLEARY, Ph.D., Professor of Biophysics, Virginia
Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
JOSEPH B DAVIS, M.D., Director, /v\edical and Scientific
Review Staff, Bureau of Medical Devices, Food and Drug
Administration, HEW, Silver Spring, Maryland
MERRIL EISENBUD, Sc.D., Professor, Environmental Medicine,
Institute of Environmental Medicine, New York University
Medical Center, Sterling Forest, Tuxedo, New York
JAMES W FRAZER, Ph.D., Specialist in Roentgenology and
Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmacology, University of
Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas
OM P GANDHI, Sc.D., Professor of Electrical Engineering
and Research Professor of Bioengineering, University of
Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
DANIEi S GREENBERG, Editor and Publisher, Science and
Government Report; Columnist, Washington Post,
Wash-ington, D.C
A WILLIAM GUY, Ph.D., Professor and Director,
Bioelectro-magnetics Research Laboratory, Department of
Rehabilita-tion Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle,
Wash-ington
H JANET HEALER, Program Manager, National
Telecommuni-cation and Information Administration, U.S Department of
Commerce, Washington, D.C
DAVID E JANES, Jr., Chief, Electromagnetic Radiation
Anal-ysis Branch, Environmental Protection Agency, Silver
Spring, Maryland
RICHARD JOHNSON, M.B.B.S., Director of Radiation
On-cology, Roswell Park /v\emorial Institute, Buffalo, New
York
DON R JUSTESEN, Ph.D., Director, Neuropsychology and
Behavioral Radiology Laboratories, \I.A ,'v\edical Center,
Kansas Cit)', Missouri; Professor of Psychiatry
(Neuropsy-chology), University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas
City, Kansas
WILLIAM M LEACH, Ph.D., Chief, Experimental Studies
Branch, Division of Biological Effects, Bureau of
Radiologi-cal Health, Food and Drug Administration, HEW,
Rock-ville Maryland
0ONALD I McREE, Ph.D., ReseMch Physicist, National
Insti-tute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle
Park, North Carolina; Adjunct Professor, North Carolina
State University ·
JOHN M OSEPCHUK, Ph.D., Consulting Scientist, Raytheon Research Division, Waltham, Mass
HERBERT POLLACK, M.D., Ph.D., Medical Consultant, U.S
· Departcrient of State; Professor Emeritus, George Washing-ton University, WashingWashing-ton, D.C
RICHARD PHILIP REIS, ,\.1.S., Scientific Reviewer/Biomedical Engineer, Food and Drug Administration, Bureau of Med-ical Devices, Silver Spring, Maryland
CHARLOTTE SILVERMAN, M.D., Dr P.H., Deputy Director, Division of Biological Effects, Bureau of Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, HEW, Rockville, Maryland
NORMAN SIMON, M.D., Clinical Professor of Radiotherapy for Environmental Medicine, ,\\t Sinai Medical School, New York, New York
RALPH J SMIALOWICZ, Ph.D., Research ,v\icrobiologist,
Ex-perimental Biology Division, Health Effects Research Lab-oratory, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Tri-angle Park, North Carolina
L[ONARD R SOLON, Ph.D., Director, Bureau for Radiation Control, Department of Health, New York, N.Y
CHARLES SUSSKIND, Ph.D., Professor of Engineering Science, University of California, Berkeley, California
JOHN C \/ILi.FORTH, ,v\.S., Director, Bureau of Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, HEW, Rockville, Mar)'land
GEORGE M WILKENING, /v\.S., Head, Environmental Health and Safety Department, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey