Early Research on the Biological Effects of Microwave Radiation: 1940-1960
8 November 1979 | Authors: HAROLD J. COOK, NICHOLAS H. STENECK, ARTHUR J. VANDER and GORDON L. KANE | ANNALS OF SCIENCE, 37 (1980), 323-351 |
“Reports in the late 1940s and early 1950s of hazards resulting from microwave exposure led to the near abandonment of medical research related to microwave diathermy at the same time that military and industrial concern over hazards grew, culminating in the massive research effort known as ‘the Tri-Service program’ (1957-1960).”