Intended for healthcare professionals

Rapid response to:

Papers

Childhood cancer in relation to distance from high voltage power lines in England and Wales: a case-control study

BMJ 2005; 330 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.330.7503.1290 (Published 02 June 2005) Cite this as: BMJ 2005;330:1290

Rapid Response:

Levels of Exposure

I have been eagerly waiting for current information with respect to
EMF's and any relation to health issues. I am not in the health field,
and have been subjected to pouring over inconclusive research linking
distances, wire codes, etc., now corona ion emissions. I am a consumer,
looking to purchase a home which borders on a Transportation Utility
Corridor. After reading all these reports, I have not been able to
ascertain exposure at constant levels of X mG may or may not producing
cause. I have received readings of 60 mG at the back of the lot, 30 mG
mid-back yard, 15 mG at the back of the house, 10 mG mid-house, 8 mG front
of house, and 3.7 mG at the sidewalk. Are these levels consistent with
research which has not proven cause, or are the levels higher or lower?

Competing interests:
None declared

Competing interests: No competing interests

11 June 2005
Bonnie M McKinnon
Consultant
Calgary, AB T3L 1L2