Further to the items regarding Luekaemia and power lines the following press release was given today.
Friday December 3, 8:37 AM Child Cancer And Pylons 'Not Linked' A Department of Health-supported study says there are no links between child cancers and electricity pylons. The independent UK Childhood Cancer Study found no evidence to link childhood cancer with exposure to magnetic fields from electricity supply after examining more than 2,200 cases. The report says: "This study provides no evidence that exposure to magnetic fields associated with the electricity supply in the UK increases risks for childhood leukaemia, cancers of the central nervous system or any other childhood cancer." The independent study was supported by the Department of Health and the UK's main cancer charities. Its management committee chairman and leading epidemiologist is Sir Richard Doll, who is credited with discovering the link between smoking and lung cancer. He concluded after the study: "I believe there is now no justification for further epidemiological studies on exposure to magnetic fields and childhood cancer in Britain." The new report follows the publication of research by Bristol University scientists who said that people living and working near high voltage lines were up to three times more at risk from airborne cancer-causing pollutants being deposited on the skin. The researchers, who made some 2,000 measurements in fields near the city, said ionisation of the air around the cables spread the increased-risk effect up to several hundred metres from the lines. Presenting two papers published in the International Journal of Radiation Biology, the scientists suggested that this might explain the well-chronicled association between power lines and childhood leukaemia. But electricity industry chiefs welcomed the findings of the UK Childhood Cancer team and said other surveys should now be carried out to establish what is linked to childhood cancers. RCIC - http://www.rcic.com Regulatory Compliance Information Center --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators).
