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From: naqvi@ucselx.sdsu.edu (Shahid Naqvi)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: High Tension Wire Hazards?
Message-ID: <1991Apr16.195552.13826@ucselx.sdsu.edu>
Date: 16 Apr 91 19:55:52 GMT
References: <17100012@inmet> <1991Apr12.213951.10825@markets.amix.com> <1991Apr16.141601.573@news.larc.nasa.gov>
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In article <1991Apr16.141601.573@news.larc.nasa.gov> kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov ( Scott Dorsey) writes:
>In article <1991Apr12.213951.10825@markets.amix.com> jeff@markets.amix.com (Jeff Crilly N6ZFX) writes:
>>I was asking a similar question among my family friends recently.  A nurse
>>friend who works with cancer patients told my wife that there is a study that
>>has *confirmed* that living next to HT lines does in fact cause some kind of
>>problems (I don't recall if it was in fact cancer, leukemia, or what).  However
>>the government (she refered to "Bush administration") is "holding up" the
>>release of the study.  I sincerly hope this is not true (both the results of
>>the study and any government action to delay its release).  But nonetheless,
>>if such a study existed I'd like to hear about it.
>
>I have seen a couple of studies pointing out a higher incidence of cancer
>among people who lived close to 3 KV distribution lines.  However, there 
>was no causation indicated anywhere.  Perhaps the higher cancer rate was
>caused by the huge number of herbicides used near the lines, or the fact
>that more power lines tend to occur in built up areas.  But I have not seen
>any studies involving the very high voltage long lines.
>--scott
>   (who works in a 1200 mv/m2 electrical field and seems to suffer no ill
>    effects other than not having any radio reception and having to keep
>    his hair short)

I have written a paper on the effect of Low frequency Electromagnetic
fields [LF/ELF] which are produced by high volatge transmission lines 
and power transformers.  There is an increasing evidence of the correlation
between the 60 Hz EM fields and various kinds of cancer.  Childhood leukemia
is one of the major ones.  The 1st extensive research was done in the the
1970's when the relationship b/w leukemia incidence and the proximity
of the victims to the nearby power transformer was determined.
The US govt, for some reason or another continues to say that the evidence
is inconclusive.  It is not hard to imagine why.  [I'll leave you some food
for thought].  The evidence is fairly alarming but little is being done about it
[I can provide the recent statistics and research if required]