I work for the NY public utility commission and was responsible for a major
transmission siting case a number of years ago. If you read the actual
studies, you will find that the greatest fields on humans come not from
power lines, but from vacuum cleaners, electric blankets, toasters, etc.
Also, the effect on cows grazing under the lines does not turn their milk
green! Saul K2XA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mel Martin (VE2DC)" <ve2dc@rac.ca>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 7:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] Moving To New QTH
> Chris says:
> >There has been spotty evidence that even high tension transmission
> electric
> >power lines have caused weird things in the animals that graze beheath
> the
> >lines.
>
> Numerous studies have been unable to correlate any problems with
> reasonable proximity to power lines...
>
> >We had a high power RF metal zone refiner, all people with heart
> >pacemakers and possibly with weak hearts (ie had had heart attacks)
> were
> told not to go near the refiner.
>
> The part about pacemakers is correct... The part about "weak hearts" is
> conjecture...
>
> >Samuel Clements was noted as not sleeping
> >in any direction except N-S magnetically.
>
> Wouldn't that be Samuel Clemens... aka Mark Twain... He also said,
> "There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale
> returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact."
>
> >People are objecting to the cell relay stations on the top of building
> they
> >live in or work in. Mind you a different frequency.
>
> Cell phone exposure... Another area where no correlation has been
> established...
>
> I suspect his exposure at this sight wouldn't be any worse than most
> downtown locations in major cities where every high-rise is bristling
> with antennas.
>
> Mel...
> VE2DC
>
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