I forgot to mention one very important study. The American Physical Society (202-662-8700) published a statement in April 1995 concerning "Power Line Fields and Public Health." You may be able to find this one on the web.
> ---------- > From: WOODS, RICHARD > Sent: Friday, June 12, 1998 9:25 AM > To: [email protected]; '[email protected]' > Subject: RE: 60Hz EM fields > > Chuck, the effects can be broken down into two areas: acute or short term > effects and chronic or long term effects. Acute effects are fairly well > known, understood, and documented. The major effect is nerve stimulation > with the threshold of current density being about 1.2 A/sq m, and the > threshold of the internal electric field being 6.2 V/m. Current density is > related to the electric field by the conductivity of the tissue. The best > book on the technical aspect of nerve stimulation is "Electrical > Stimulation and Electropathology" by J. Patrick Reilly, Cambridge > University Press, ISBN 0-521-41791-0. > > Chronic effects are not well understood at all and there is a lot of "junk > science" and conflicting studies out there. Be careful. After you digest > the reliable reports, you will discover that if there are chronic effects, > such as cancer, the fields that cause them are reported to be magnitudes > lower than those that cause acute effects. > > Richard Woods > Sensormatic Electronics > [email protected] > Views expressed by the author do not necessarily represent those of > Sensormatic. > > ---------- > From: [email protected][SMTP:[email protected]] > Reply To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, June 11, 1998 3:26 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: 60Hz EM fields > > > > > > Hi Folks > > Might someone have some information as to the harmful affects of 60 > Hz > magnetic fields of overhead power lines, or where I might look for > some > information. > > Thank you and have a great day > > Chuck > > >
