22-08-2016, 03:17 PM
The govt has gradually been acknowledging the link with low frequency and low level magnetic fields, in particular the outcome of the aggregation of numerous studies across the decades – that an exposure 0.4 microtesla (not untypical near pylons) is associated with a doubling of the child leukemia rate. Acknowledging in private that is, not so much in public, as it’s a bit loth to start paying for expensive solutions, like running the pylons underground.
Zhao Meta analysis on leukemia link <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24388073">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24388073</a><!-- m -->
Ahlbom <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10944614">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10944614</a><!-- m -->
Kheifets <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20877339">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20877339</a><!-- m -->
Child leukemia is still a rare occurrence so I wouldn’t panic and you are right to first consider this alongside other sources of exposure. The mobile is something you can more easily do something about (though the child might keep falling out with you until they turn 16 and then they can get one themselves if they want) – not just the industry the government has maintained the approach of kicking the issue into the ‘long grass’, studiously avoiding investigating the effects that are all but established. As I said in the first post, the evidence that EMF (at mobile-type levels) causes biological effects is overwhelming. Eg, see <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.who.int/peh-emf/meetings/archive/en/paper03nageswari.pdf">http://www.who.int/peh-emf/meetings/arc ... eswari.pdf</a><!-- m -->
There is no one article just the weight of evidence. It’s a complex area spanning numerous disciplines. Even the pylons risk may depend on the polarity of the magnetic field, according to some eminently respectable researchers. If you look at official pronouncements you will mostly see spin, which is not easy to debunk without some knowledge. I think the best thing to remember is that (so-called) safety guidelines were only designed to prevent sudden shocks, etc, due to heating effects from lower exposures - these guidelines expressly excluded cancer and other long term illnesses that could arise from low-level exposures . So when you read someone saying that some exposure level is well below safety guidelines you know there is fobbing off going on.
Cheers
Zhao Meta analysis on leukemia link <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24388073">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24388073</a><!-- m -->
Ahlbom <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10944614">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10944614</a><!-- m -->
Kheifets <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20877339">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20877339</a><!-- m -->
Child leukemia is still a rare occurrence so I wouldn’t panic and you are right to first consider this alongside other sources of exposure. The mobile is something you can more easily do something about (though the child might keep falling out with you until they turn 16 and then they can get one themselves if they want) – not just the industry the government has maintained the approach of kicking the issue into the ‘long grass’, studiously avoiding investigating the effects that are all but established. As I said in the first post, the evidence that EMF (at mobile-type levels) causes biological effects is overwhelming. Eg, see <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.who.int/peh-emf/meetings/archive/en/paper03nageswari.pdf">http://www.who.int/peh-emf/meetings/arc ... eswari.pdf</a><!-- m -->
There is no one article just the weight of evidence. It’s a complex area spanning numerous disciplines. Even the pylons risk may depend on the polarity of the magnetic field, according to some eminently respectable researchers. If you look at official pronouncements you will mostly see spin, which is not easy to debunk without some knowledge. I think the best thing to remember is that (so-called) safety guidelines were only designed to prevent sudden shocks, etc, due to heating effects from lower exposures - these guidelines expressly excluded cancer and other long term illnesses that could arise from low-level exposures . So when you read someone saying that some exposure level is well below safety guidelines you know there is fobbing off going on.
Cheers