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 > >
