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Eye danger from microwaves sparks Air Force whistle
Col Alvin Burner, head of radiobiology at the Aerospace Medical Division, warned in 1969 that microwave emissions threaten the eye and possibly heart and brain. He faced career risk as the Air Force suppressed investigations, later shifting him to Washington while his findings gained acceptance.
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Washington
Air Force
Billy Mitchell
Army Air Corps
U.S
Alvin Burner
Mitchell
Burner
Aerospace Medical Division
International Microwave Power Institute
Alberta
Canada
Navy
Aerospace Medicine
Air Force Reserve
Charles Roadman
Roadman
Environmental Protection Agency
Livingston Parmele
EPA
Robert Zener
Parmele
Capp
al Capp
Wisconsin
Lawrence Derning
Conservative Club
Young Americans For Freedom
University of Wisconsin
Barry Goldwater
Richard Nixon
William Buckley
Derning
FAA
John Laxman
Federal Aviation Administration
Virginia
Upper
North Carolina
Laxman
Saxman
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
House Commerce
Harley Staggers
D-W. Va