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*****   SPECIAL ISSUE in response to the SAGE report   *****


The long awaited SAGE report is published at 2.00 p.m. today.

It is called the First Interim Findings. I won't be saying it's
inflammatory if I refer to it as FIA. 

A simple question-and-answer response to the FIA is attached. It will
also be available at
<http://www.revolt.co.uk/sage/>.

The report (FIA) is in two parts: a main report and supporting papers.
The main report has an appendix consisting of sets of participants'
short comments, limited to 250 words each. These are especially
commended as they give a good picture of the range of disagreement.

My set of 250 words is also attached.

At various drafting stages SAGE participants have been able to submit
editing amendments for consideration. Some have been adopted. Those of
mine which remain unadopted, together with supporting comments, will be
on the revolt site.

More can be seen on the science at Professor Denis Henshaw's web site 
<http://www.electric-fields.bris.ac.uk> 
where some of our joint work in this field can be seen. In particular
our joint 3-volume joint paper of "work in progress" on CL+ (i.e.
childhood leukaemia plus other associated health impacts) can be seen
at:
<http://www.electric-fields.bris.ac.uk/ocarroll.html>.

One underlying issue is that of public confidence in official advice,
particularly scientific advice. Establishment bodies tend to be
conservative. They need a better brief to "search and challenge" rather
than to exclude and defend (which sometimes seems to be their modus
operandi). There are particular concerns about EMF authorities and
conflict of interest, even published in the peer-reviewed literature.
Any detailed mention of this was excluded from the SAGE FIA, but it is a
significant underlying issue. A summary can be seen at the revolt web
site.

The FIA itself is to be made available from the SAGE web site
<http://www.rkpartnership.co.uk/sage/>.

To assist accessibility, SAGE has agreed that it may also be placed on
members' web sites and we hope to include it on
<http://www.revolt.co.uk/sage/>.