Do cell phones cause cancer after all?
Ken M.
>
> "Ken M." <pobo...@ix.netcom.com> writes:
>
> > Some thoughts:
> >
> > 1) I see a big class-action suit coming, where the lawyers
> > take all the money and the victims say, "Did we win?"
>
> Unfortunately, this could end up like the breast-implant cases --
> lawyers introduce pseudo-science that no thinking person would believe,
> but they get a bunch of non-thinking jurors to fall for it.
>
> --
> Jim Davidson
> jdavidson @ acm.org
Everybody's suing!! Get your lawyer ready!
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Ex-NSA workers sue electronics company over brain tumors
Pair allege operating tape-erasing machine resulted in condition
By Gail Gibson
Sun Staff
Two former National Security Agency employees have sued the
manufacturer of a machine the agency used to erase audio tapes,
claiming their work with the equipment caused brain tumors.
The workers allege in separate cases that machines from
Electro-Matic Products Co. of Chicago emitted a dangerous
electromagnetic field, and the company failed to warn potential
buyers or users. Both cases were filed in Anne Arundel County
Circuit Court.
Plaintiff Nancy Ringler of Catonsville said she used the
machine from 1988 to 1994 while working for NSA. According
to her suit, Ringler developed a brain tumor and lost sight
in her right eye because of the exposure.
The second plaintiff, Albert Meier of Westminster, also
developed a brain tumor after working with the equipment at
NSA between 1969 and 1975, according to his suit.
Ringler and Meier each are seeking $5 million from the lawsuits,
filed July 13 in Annapolis. Attorneys for Electro-Matic are
seeking to have the two cases transferred to U.S. District
Court in Baltimore, but that motion is pending.
In court papers, company attorney Harold M. Walter of Baltimore
denied the charges against Electro-Matic and said the workers'
problems were not caused by the company's equipment.
Two other NSA workers raised similar complaints against
Electro-Matic in a 1998 lawsuit, also filed in Anne Arundel
Circuit Court. That case, brought by workers Thomas E. Van Meter
and Tommy Gerald Grimes, is scheduled for trial in December.
Both Van Meter and Grimes were diagnosed with brain tumors after
using the device at work during the 1980s, sometimes for as little
as three hours a week, according to court papers.
A machine similar to the ones used by NSA workers to erase
tapes had a magnetic field 20 times higher than recommended
levels, according to their
suit.
NSA officials declined yesterday to comment on the lawsuits.
The agency, which is headquartered at Fort Meade, is not
listed as a defendant.
Originally published on Aug 3 2000
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