I t NOTES , SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM ' HIEALTH ASPECTS Of NONIONIZlNG RADIATION Monday, April 9, 1979 Tuesday, April 10, 1979 at THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE East 103 rd Street New York, New York r sponsored by The Subcommittee on Public Health Aspects of Energy The Committee on Public Health of THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE r i iI l I: ,/ PROGRAM* 2:10- i :40 Psychological and Behavioral Effects DON R JUSTESEN, Ph.D V.A Medical Center Kansas City, Missouri HEALTH ASPECTS OF NONION!Z!NG RADIATION THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE East 103rd Street, New York, N.Y 10029 Room 20 Monday, April 9, 1979 Morning 8:30- 9:15 Registration 9:15~ 9:20 Introduction NORMAN SIMON, M.D., Chairman Subcommittee on Public Health Aspects of Energy :40- :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 :25- :40 Recess :40- :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 SESSION I _PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF MICROWAVES IN RELATION TO MAN AND EXPERIMENT AL ANIMALS Chairman: JOHN M OSEPCHUK, Ph.D Raytheon Company :20- :50 Sources and Basic Characteristics of Microwave/RF Radiation 4:10- 4:50 Discussion 4:50- 5:10 Changing Trends in Microwave Research A WILLIAM GUY, Ph.D School of Medicine University of Washington :10- :30 Review of Soviet/Eastern European, West European and American Research on Health Aspects JOHN M OSEPCHUK, Ph.D 9:50-10:05 10:05-10:50 10:50-11 :10 Discussion DONALD I McREE, Ph.D National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Dosimetry-The Absorption Properties of Man and Experimental Animals OM P GANDHI, Sc.D University of Utah 5:30- 6:00 Discussion Discussion 6:00- 6:45 Cocktails 6:45 11:10-11 :25 Recess 11 :25-11 :55 Radiation Surveys-Measurement of Leakage Emissions and Potential Exposure Fields Tuesday, April 10, 1979 Morning DAVID E JANES, JR Environmental Protection Agency 11 :55-12:10 Discussion 12:10- :30 LUNCH Afternoon SESSION II BIO-MEDICAL EFFECTS OF MICROWAVE RADIATION SESSION Ill HUMAN EPIDEMIOLOGY Chairman: MERRIL EISENBUD, Sc.D New York University :00- :30 Introduction GEORGE M \VILKENING, M.S :40- :10 Ocular Effects RUSSELL L CARPENTER, Ph.D Bureau of Radiological Health, FDA •Acceptable for 15 hours Category credit for Physicians Recognition Award oi the AMA Epidemiologic Approach to the Study of Microwave Effects Chairman: GEORGE M WILKENING, M.S Bell Laboratories :30- :40 DINNER Speaker: CHARLES SUSSKIND, Ph.D University of California, Berkeley 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 :45-i 0:00 Discussion 10:00-10:10 Recess I SESSION IV CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF MICROWAVE RADIATION Chairman: HERBERT POLLACK, M.D., Ph.D l0:10-10:15 10:15-10:35 10:35-11 :00 11 :00-11 :25 11 :25-11 :45 Introduction HERBERT POLLACK, M.D., Ph.D Hyperthermy and Diathermy JOSEPH B DAVIS, M.D Bureau of Medical Devices, FDA Cancer Therapy and Microwave Combined Therapy RICHARD JOHNSON, M.B.B.S Roswell Park Memorial Institute Imaging and Some Other Diagnostic Applications JAMES W FRAZER, Ph.D University of Texas, San Antonio Potential Interference with Medical Electronic Devices RICHARD PHILIP REIS, M.S Bureau of Medical Devices, FDA 11':45-12:30 Discussion 12:30- :45 LUNCH Afternoon SESSION V PUBLIC ISSUES OF NONIONiZING RADIATION Chairwoman: H Janet Healer National Telecommunication & Information Administration :45- 2:00 Introductory Comments: Public Concern About Microwaves H JANET HEALER :00- :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 • :55- :15 Public Education and Interest in Environmental Factors DANIEL S GREENBERG, Editor Science and Government Report 3:15- 3:30 Recess :30- :45 Responsibility of local Health Agencies 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- :30 Discussion :30 Adjournment THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE Joseph Post, M.D., President James E McCormack, M.D., Director COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH I II I I · Vincent dePaul Lar~in, M.D., Chairman SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH ASPECTS OF ENERGY Norman Simon, M.D., Chairman Merril Eisenbud, Sc.D David Harris, M.D Harold T Fuerst, M.D Vaun A Newill, M.D Leonard J Goldwater, M.D William Shore, M.A John Harley, Ph.D 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 I I Program Participants JOHN M OSEPCHUK, Ph.D., Consulting Scientist, Raytheon Research Division, Waltham, Mass W ROSS ADEY, M.B.B.S., M.D., Associate Chief of Staff for Research, V.A Medical Center, Loma Linda, California HERBERT POLLACK, M.D., Ph.D., Medical Consultant, U.S · Departcrient of State; Professor Emeritus, George Washington University, Washington, D.C 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 RICHARD PHILIP REIS, ,\.1.S., Scientific Reviewer/Biomedical Engineer, Food and Drug Administration, Bureau of Medical 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, Experimental Biology Division, Health Effects Research Laboratory, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina OM P GANDHI, Sc.D., Professor of Electrical Engineering and Research Professor of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah L[ONARD R SOLON, Ph.D., Director, Bureau for Radiation Control, Department of Health, New York, N.Y DANIEi S GREENBERG, Editor and Publisher, Science and CHARLES SUSSKIND, Ph.D., Professor of Engineering Science, University of California, Berkeley, California Government Report; Columnist, Washington Post, Washington, D.C A WILLIAM GUY, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Bioelectromagnetics Research Laboratory, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington H JANET HEALER, Program Manager, National Telecommunication and Information Administration, U.S Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C DAVID E JANES, Jr., Chief, Electromagnetic Radiation Analysis Branch, Environmental Protection Agency, Silver Spring, Maryland RICHARD JOHNSON, M.B.B.S., Director of Radiation Oncology, 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 (Neuropsychology), University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas WILLIAM M LEACH, Ph.D., Chief, Experimental Studies Branch, Division of Biological Effects, Bureau of Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, HEW, Rockville Maryland 0ONALD I McREE, Ph.D., ReseMch Physicist, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina; Adjunct Professor, North Carolina State University · 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