Microwave News reports on the health and environmental impacts ofelectromagnetic fields (EMFs) and other types ofnon-ionizing radiation, with special emphasis on cell phones and power lines. It also covers radar, radio and TV broadcast towers and many related topics. Its headquarters is inNew York City.
The first print issue was published in January 1981. In June 2003, the publication converted to a Web-based format.Microwave News is independent and is not aligned with any industry or government agency.[1]
A complete archive of the print issues is available in PDF format at no charge from theMicrowave News Web site.[2] PDFs of the Web editions may also be downloaded.[3]
A 1990Time magazine profile ofMicrowave News and its editor,Louis Slesin, said that the newsletter is "meticulously researched and thoroughly documented."[4][verify]
In his 2000 bookVoodoo Science,Robert L. Park describedMicrowave News as "an influential newsletter devoted entirely to theEMF-health issue" (Page 141) but cited theAmerican Physical Society, stating "Paul Brodeur andMicrowave News in particular, had given the public a seriously distorted view of the scientific facts." (Page 158)[5]
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