Re: Electric Corridors and Health

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cdru
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EMF strength for point sources (e.g. an appliance) is 1/r^2, and for linear sources (power lines) it's 1/r.

As far as health concerns, you aren't going to get any definitive answer one way or another, especially here. You will have people that insist that it causes every malady from ingrown toenails to cancer, and you'll have people that insist it is 100% safe. And unfortunately, there's medical and scientific evidence that supports but does not prove any and all of the above.

Personally, I wouldn't live under HV power lines, but more for aesthetic reasons, not health concerns. Plus, the higher the voltage/current, the larger the setback from the lines. I don't think I've ever seen very high voltage lines that run through residential neighborhoods.

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Actually for a true "point source" it is 1/r^3 , for a linear source it is 1/r^2 and for a planar source it is 1/r, if I recall my (least) most favorite class of 45 years ago.
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said by pende_tim:

Actually for a true "point source" it is 1/r^3 , for a linear source it is 1/r^2 and for a planar source it is 1/r, if I recall my (least) most favorite class of 45 years ago.

1/r^2 for point, 1/r for line, constant for infinite plane.

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said by cdru:

This pretty much sums it up. There were studies done, the earlier ones were in Northern Europe/Scandinavia, I believe, which you might be able to find.

Having been raised in a house with a backyard that ended in a high-tension right-of-way, with 125 foot-plus (probably) pylons, I can confirm the aural component especially when the humidity was high (cracking, buzzing), the olfactory and "feeling" (probably ionization), as well as the climbing (low level) temptation for the craziest amongst us.

From a physical health standpoint, there are/were definitely folks that developed differing forms of cancer later in life that also lived proximate, but, of course, there would unfortunately be such cases no matter where they lived. I doubt there was any study on just these neighborhood bisecting lines (or that included them), which were probably of less voltage/current than what you are referring to.

If you can hear it, smell it, and even at times feel it, it certainly have _some_ effect.

With background radiation increasing, it becomes more and more difficult to show causation, which the industries involved don't mind at all.

They are hideous looming structures, and unless there is a niche market for pylon fetishists, and/or are latter proven/thought to somehow be beneficial (a twist on Wilhelm Reich, perhaps...) it would seem that their proximity would only deflate resale value.

Yes, there is always risk in the world, but, especially since you mention young children, why take even any minimal chance, it what is essentially and on-going uncontrolled, unmonitored experiment?

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said by Bobby_Peru:

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As far as health concerns, you aren't going to get any definitive answer one way or another, especially here. You will have people that insist that it causes every malady from ingrown toenails to cancer, and you'll have people that insist it is 100% safe. And unfortunately, there's medical and scientific evidence that supports but does not prove any and all of the above.

Personally, I wouldn't live under HV power lines, but more for aesthetic reasons, not health concerns. ...

If you can hear it, smell it, and even at times feel it, it certainly have _some_ effect.
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Yes, there is always risk in the world, but, especially since you mention young children, why take even any minimal chance, it what is essentially and on-going uncontrolled, unmonitored experiment?

Yeah, I recall reading some study on an increase in leukemia cases related to families living near HT lines. Then there is EMF radiation and effects. I guess one could shield their house...but forget about cellphone signal!