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- From: newsq@Ampex.COM (Stan Busby)
- Newsgroups: sci.misc
- Subject: leukemia vs. EMF
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.015301.16240@ampex.com>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 01:53:01 GMT
- Sender: newsq@ampex.com (Stan Busby)
- Organization: Ampex Corporation, Redwood City CA
- Lines: 13
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- The newspapers have been full of conjecture resulting
- from studies of leukemia rate among those who live and
- work near high-voltage transmission lines in Sweden.
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- Were studies also done among those who lived near low-
- voltage lines using similar currents? Many high-voltage
- lines are direct current. Were these included in the
- studies?
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- High voltages incur some loss due to direct corona
- discharge into the air. I think this generates Ozone
- and perhaps other gaseous nasties. Could it be that
- the magnetic field alone is not the whole proble
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