Evidence that electromagnetic fields from high voltage powerlines and in buildings, are hazardous to human health, especially to young children.
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2001-08-29
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Dr Neil Cherry was asked by a school in Florida, United States, to review of biological and
epidemiological health effects of electromagnetic fields, especially for children with the
proposed to have a substation constructed next to the school with high-voltage powerlines
coming in. this review shows are many sally showing an extremely low-frequency
electromagnetic fields reduced melatonin, enhance chromosome aberrations, damaged
DNA strains and increase rates of cancer electrical and electronic workers, and children
and adults in residential situations both from powerlines and from the fields in their own
homes. Because we almost all live in homes with electric energy that means for the
electronic fields which enhance the background cancer rate so that there is no not
exposed group to be used as a reference group for epidemiological studies. Therefore the
published studies significantly underestimate the relative risks levels. Very few people
realize how many health effects of hourly rates from this background fields we live in. By
taking all this information together it has concluded that the applied guideline/standard
should be 1mG. Because many people live in fields above the 1mG guideline and the
state level is zero, it is recommended to take the New Zealand Ministry of Environment
approach to reduce exposures below the guideline. When actual exposures are less than
the guideline they should be maintained and reduced to be “good”, below 33% (0.33mG)
or “Excellent”, below 10% (0.1mG). This approach would significantly improve the public
health effects, not only from cancer, but also for cardiac, neurological and reproductive
health effects, all of which had been associated with exposure to these fields with doseresponse
relationships pointing down to zero exposure.
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