Powerlines
<div class="IPBDescription">do they cause brain damage?</div> I live near tall powerlines, the type that are held by huge metal brackets, or whatever you call them.
Just wondering, do they really affect the brain? I' am incessantly hearing a whole bunch of jumbo mumbo from people that they do. And then I hear from other sources that they don't. Your opinion?
Just wondering, do they really affect the brain? I' am incessantly hearing a whole bunch of jumbo mumbo from people that they do. And then I hear from other sources that they don't. Your opinion?
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Although thier is no proof either way that they do or dont. Kind of like mobile phones in that respect and the brain damage thing.
Gimme a few mins and ill see if i can dig up an article about it.
<a href='http://www.globaltechnoscan.com/14thMar-20thMar01/power.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.globaltechnoscan.com/14thMar-20thMar01/power.htm</a>
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Pioneering work by scientists at Bristol University suggesting a link between overhead power lines and ill health, including cancer, appears to be echoed in a new report commissioned by the National Radiological Protection Board.
Studies by Professor Denis Henshaw and Dr Peter Fews carried out in 1999 indicated that power lines produce electrically charged particles called "corona ions". These attach themselves to airborne pollutants such as exhaust fumes and give them an electrical charge that makes them more likely to be deposited in the lung when inhaled.
These studies proved controversial and were hotly contested, but a new report from a team led by Sir Richard Doll seems to lend weight to their conclusions.
Professor Henshaw has himself produced a new assessment of the risks to health of living close to overhead power lines, and has presented the results to the Government. It suggests that several thousand cases of illness per year may be associated with living near high-voltage power lines.
Based on the evidence from a large, international body of research papers, Professor Henshaw's work indicates an increased risk of childhood leukaemia, skin cancer, lung cancer, other illnesses associated with air pollution, and suicide and depression.
Professor Henshaw cites current research indicating that magnetic field exposures above 0.3/0.4 micro-Tesla (µT) may double the risk of childhood leukaemia, noting that magnetic field exposures under power lines can exceed 4 µT.
Several types of illness may be linked with electric field effects associated with power lines. Fourteen extra cases of skin cancer per year may be occurring in those living directly under power lines. Up to 400 metres from power lines, between 250 and 400 cases of lung cancer and three or four thousand cases annually of respiratory, cardiovascular and other illnesses associated with air pollution may result from increased lung deposition of inhaled particles of air pollution that have become electrically charged by corona ions.
Some 60 cases of suicide annually and up to 9,000 cases of mild depression may be associated with the reduced production of melatonin due to the effect of magnetic fields or of the magnetic field induction of electric currents in the body.
Professor Henshaw said: "I'm not saying there's a proven link and I certainly don't want to cause unnecessary alarm. At the same time, I do think a full risk assessment of the possible health effects of living near high-voltage power lines, taking account of all possible factors, should be carried out.
"The possible impact on public health is very significant, and I am concerned that up until now bodies such as the National Radiological Protection Board have not considered the full implications of existing research linking power lines to ill-health. I welcome the fact that this report appears to acknowledge such a link.
"I have given advice based on the risk assessment to the Government and hope there will be a full and open discussion of all the evidence."
Professor Henshaw paid tribute to the Spandex Foundation (now the Starfish Trust), and Children with Leukaemia, who have given substantial financial support to his research over many years.
Ms Joanne Fryer
University of Bristol
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However, magnetic fields <i>can</i> affect your brain. New brain-treatment therapies are in development where people with psychological disorders have strong magnetic fields applied to certain areas of the brain.
[EDIT] I would also add that, unless your house is less than a few (ie: 10) feet away from these lines (which is against federal regualtions, I believe), they would not have the strength to affect you in the least. All energy fields (gravitational, magnetic, etc.) loose power at a rate of 1/X. In english, the further you get from the energy source, the strength of the field drop at an exponential rate.
He worked around that stuff for over 20 years....I think it can cause damage although I've never looked into it, lol <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Nonsence.
It depends on how much voltage the lines are carrying and how close you are to the actuall powerlines. A telephone pole hardly carries any current when compared to a main routing line (I think that's the right term). Also, if you climb up that pole (<i><b><u>NOT</u></b></i> a good idea) the compass will show the effect of the field more.
Not only that, the cables themselves are arranged such that they cancel each others magnetic fields out. So its really really weak.
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Actually, they can heal if used right. Some people with severe depression have been cured by the application of a high-strength magnetic field to certain parts of their brain.
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Actually, they can heal if used right. Some people with severe depression have been cured by the application of a high-strength magnetic field to certain parts of their brain. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yeah of course, ruin the offending part of the brain <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
--Scythe--
But that's all fiction anyway. Pay no heed to it. Nor to the powerlines. Still better than sitting in the dark with (gasp!) no internet.
Don't just take that tidbit as evidence, check out the <a href='http://www.mcw.edu/gcrc/cop/powerlines-cancer-FAQ/toc.html#23' target='_blank'>list of reasons why its unlikely power lines have anything to do with an elevated risk of cancer.</a>
And just to be balanced, you can also see the list of the evicence <i>for</i> cancer causing powerlines <a href='http://www.mcw.edu/gcrc/cop/powerlines-cancer-FAQ/toc.html#22' target='_blank'>at the same site</a>.
Of course, I have no solid figures, and no proof but for what I remember. And if you don't have breasts, you might be allright. But it has been shown that powerlines can negatively affect health - and has been proven so.
I'm not dead yet(i think), so i think it's safe to say, power lines do not affect health
Of course, I have no solid figures, and no proof but for what I remember. And if you don't have breasts, you might be allright. But it has been shown that powerlines can negatively affect health - and has been proven so. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
people can make up statistics to prove anything, 26% of all people know that <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I don't want to overgeneralize, but I was under the impression that land with those big powerlines running over it was vastly cheaper than other land.
You have to realize that you have electric fields running through your body every second of every day. Just because you turn off the radio doesn't mean that you're still not *getting* all 50 stations plus all cellphone transmissions plus gobs of other signals running through your body.
But quite honestly - if you don't believe my breast cancer allusion, I shall search madly for proof that I may post here.
Although to quote from a friend of mine when i read the topic description to him:
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