ID Number		953
Study Type		Epidemiology
Model		ELF to 1 GHz UWB (CW, PW) exposure to Boeing employees and correlation with cancer
Details		Employees of Boeing in Seattle, Washington (n=304 with 3,362 total person-years) that participated in a study of the effects of pulsed electromagnetic field exposure upon military and civilian electrical/electronic equipment from 1960s to 1980s were analyzed for cancer mortality rate. Test signals including UWB sweeps from ELF to 1 GHz (both CW and PW - pulses of nanosecond pulse rise times and microsecond pulse duration). The exposed group had less than the expected number of total deaths (OR 0.56, 95% CI 0.55 – 1.6; 14 observed, 24.9 expected) and total cancer deaths (OR 0.31, 95% CI 0.13 – 3.5). However, an increased trend in total hematopoietic malignancies (OR 4.2, 95% CI 0.12 – 3.6; 3 observed, 0.7 expected), leukemia (OR 6.6, 95% CI 0.025 – 5.56; 2 observed, 0.3 expected), and lymphoma (OR 10, 95% CI 0.025 – 5.57; 1 observed, 0.1 expected) was reported. The author interpreted these results as suggestive (but not conclusive) of a possible association between employment within the EMP test program and an elevated risk of hematopoietic diseases and suggested continued monitoring the health records of these workers.
Findings		No Effects
Status		Completed With Publication
Principal Investigator		The Boeing Co., Seattle, WA, USA
Funding Agency		Private/Instit.
Country		UNITED STATES
References		Muhm, JM J. Occup. Environ. Med., (1992) 34:287-292
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