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Old 11-05-2006, 07:44 PM
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brain tumor outbreak at RMIT

This is very scary stuff imo.

Seven, yes seven!, staff members at Melbourne's RMIT university have been diagnosed with brain tumours in the past few years. They all worked on the top floors of the city campus. The only suspect so far is the mobile phone microwave transmission towers on the roof.

Here is a link to the news story.
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Old 11-05-2006, 08:45 PM
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scarry stuff, I wouldnt like to be there
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Old 11-05-2006, 10:57 PM
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Microwaves will do that.
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scarry stuff, I wouldnt like to be there
I actually work on the top floor of an RMIT building in Melbourne I am in Building 88, which is on Vic market end of Elizabeth St...
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any Microwave tower on your roof, Toc?
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Old 11-05-2006, 11:59 PM
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As someone who works in the industry and has done RADHAZ training, it really does seem either an incredible coincidence, or that some other factor is at work here. There are enough of these installations worldwide that if such a causal relationship were true, there would be many known instances like this.

First thing to check is if the equipment is operating to spec and the antennas arent radiating in any direction that they shouldnt.
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Old 12-05-2006, 07:55 AM
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any Microwave tower on your roof, Toc?
Not that I know of, but we are not allowed to get to the roof. Thats reserved for the top management only
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Old 12-05-2006, 10:05 AM
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Considering Brain Cancer takes 10-15 years to establish and become detectable it is highly unlikely the building or surroundings had anything to do with it.....just a coincidence.
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Old 12-05-2006, 10:58 AM
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I believe those people affected have been working there for 10 years or more. Seven cases (five in just the past month or so) is one hell of a coincidence. Maybe there is a curse on the place. Maybe it's cos they put out the Aborigines' sacred fire.
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Old 12-05-2006, 11:09 AM
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I believe those people affected have been working there for 10 years or more. Seven cases (five in just the past month or so) is one hell of a coincidence. Maybe there is a curse on the place. Maybe it's cos they put out the Aborigines' sacred fire.
cue Aborinine dreamtime music and man pointing the bone..............
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Old 12-05-2006, 04:26 PM
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I believe those people affected have been working there for 10 years or more. Seven cases (five in just the past month or so) is one hell of a coincidence. Maybe there is a curse on the place. Maybe it's cos they put out the Aborigines' sacred fire.
There has been a Curse on RMIT for a long time now...It started when they switched to a new PeopleSoft Academic management System.
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When I was in the RAAF there was always urban myths surrounding reports of people exposed to Microwave radiation from Radars. There maybe some truth in the stories.
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When I was in the RAAF there was always urban myths surrounding reports of people exposed to Microwave radiation from Radars. There maybe some truth in the stories.
Whoa!

You do not stand anywhere near radar antennas ever while they are operating. Cellphone tower emissions are measured in watts, whereas radar pulse emissions are measured in KILO-watts
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Hell of a coincidence if they are not related. My guess is the cell-phone towers radiating.
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