Sent: Friday, December 7, 2018 12:27 PM
To: Kostoff, Ronald N
Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: Re: The Insect Inspector Report ... a must see video!!!!!!
From: Ron Kostoff
To: BCC Distribution/CC Distribution
Subj: Thermal Effects of Pulsed RFR on Biological Systems
On 18 October 2018, I distributed the appended email(s). They addressed thermal effects of RFR on biological systems. The emails were in response to a video I had received on disappearance of insects, especially in the vicinity of cell towers.
The basis of my comments was a study I had published in 1983 on thermal stresses in fusion reactor 'blankets' resulting from pulsed fusion systems [1]. Among other effects, these 'blankets' convert the energy of the neutrons resulting from the fusion reactions into heat, which is then used as a heat cycle boiler for power generation purposes. While the specific subject matter of my fusion study was far different from thermal effects on insects, nevertheless, there was much similarity in the basic thermal phenomena.
For the pulsed systems discussed, there are three time scales of interest: the width of the energy pulse, the time between pulses, and the time constant of the material impacted by the energy. For the fusion system, while the time constant of the material was relatively fixed, the time scales of the pulse width and time between pulses could vary all over the map. Normalized quantities of interest for the myriad fusion concepts examined varied over twelve orders of magnitude! The same three time scales of interest are applicable to RFR interactions with biological systems.
This morning, I was made aware of a December 2018 publication in Health Physics [2] describing potential thermal impacts on skin resulting from 5G RFR. I would recommend anyone interested in the details of this problem examine the article.
The focus of Ref [2] is on temperature increases resulting from the short RFR pulses, and the possibility for potential damage. However, I didn't see thermal stresses from these ultra-short pulses addressed.
My belief is that both temperature increases and thermal stresses might be important in causing damage. In engineering systems, chronic stress fluctuations eventually cause thermal fatigue, resulting in premature system failure. I would expect something conceptually similar in biological systems. In such a case, temperature fluctuations might not have to be too high in order to result in serious system breakdown/damage.
Thus, even pre-5G RFR, with deeper body penetration and larger volume for energy deposition relative to 5G RFR, might be adequate to result in serious damage. If we add in the demonstrated adverse effects of athermal RFR on biological systems, we have a potential synergy of thermal and athermal effects from the RFR far greater than the effects of each component in isolation. Further addition of the myriad toxic stimuli to which we are exposed in daily life will exacerbate the adverse health effects of these toxic combinations [3].
RNK
References
[1] Kostoff RN. Neutron Multiplier Thermal Stresses in Pure Fusion and Fusion-Fission Reactor Blankets. Res Mechanica. 9. 1-34. 1983.
[2] Neufeld E, Kuster N. Systematic Derivation of Safety Limits for Time-Varying 5G Radiofrequency Exposure Based on Analytical Models and Thermal Dose. HEALTH PHYSICS. 115:6. 705-711. 2018.
[3] Kostoff RN. Effects of Toxic Stimuli Combinations on Determination of Exposure Limits. Georgia Institute of Technology. 2018. PDF. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59719