anyone living within 100 yards of electricity cables risks getting cancer,so when you've binned your mobile turn off all your electricity aswell........:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:


just heard on the radio btw........:rolleyes:

anyone living 50 million miles of anything risks getting cancer.

Originally posted by kirky
anyone living within 100 yards of electricity cables risks getting cancer,so when you've binned your mobile turn off all your electricity aswell........:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:


just heard on the radio btw........:rolleyes:

Meh, more scaremongering by the Government's health Dept :loopy:

Blair is retarded.

I am past bothering about mobile phones, over head cables, what to eat and what not to, etc

life is too short.

Originally posted by Rich
Meh, more scaremongering by the Government's health Dept :loopy:

Blair is retarded.

Don't think so mate. It's an Oxford Uni report. The Health Dept. have actually kept it secret for 3 years apparently.

If we all stop doing everything the government wants to stop us doing and live forever,where are they going to put us all? They can`t cope now.

sunlight is carcinogenic - and that is official.

Originally posted by Phanerothyme
sunlight is carcinogenic - and that is official.

Oh thanks Phan, am off to Tenerife next friday, I really needed that reminder. Oh well it looks as I will have to live dangerously ;)

It seems to be more of a risk to familys with children under 15 ,
Apparently the electromagnetic field assosiated with the high voltage can cause childhood lukemea. I remember four or five years ago it was in the news, there was a thing about substations too a young girl who's bedroom was next to the local substation developed lukemea (sorry can't spell today). They made the link when they started to look at the instances of children who lived near to powerlines and substations developing lukemea it accounted for somthing like30% of cases . Still bit of a bummer for people with houses near to the lines it can knock thousands off the asking price if you were to sell (so the news says today)

I think there have been a couple of possible mechanisms for the effect -

a. The low frequency EM fields themselves may cause disruption to cell membrane behaviour or the cell's control systems.

b. The high voltage electric field attracts dust and other particlulate matter in to the vicinity that might be carrying carcinogens.

c. The electric field and the magnetic field acts to 'focus' any charged particles, alpha particles or beta particles that might be emitted by local radiation sources - radon, for example - or even cosmic rays.

I'm no expert but the first one sounds the best bet, but it should be possible to conduct experiments to look at the mechanism and possible do soemthing to reduce the effects. For example, screening and burying the cables would probably remove ALL the effects, though getting total screening of even a buried HT cable might be hard work.

But cheaper than a truckload of damages, and also less hassle for the electricity supply companies in the winter, with ice damage to overhead cables.

Joe

i did actually post this tongue in cheek.....:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

It's a genuine issue - there were articles about the posisbility of this in the technical press 10 or 20 years ago!

Originally posted by JoePritchard
It's a genuine issue - there were articles about the posisbility of this in the technical press 10 or 20 years ago!

and we are still here to talk about it:)

Originally posted by kirky
and we are still here to talk about it:)

Except for the poor ******** who've died in the meantime.

Originally posted by Phanerothyme
sunlight is carcinogenic - and that is official.

lol took me a min to figure out that that is actually true... skin cancer!

Originally posted by Ginner
Don't think so mate. It's an Oxford Uni report. The Health Dept. have actually kept it secret for 3 years apparently.

Hardly a secret, the "hidden dangers" of powerlines have been well documented for a while.

Another cause, adding to what JoePritchard said, is that it ionises particles around the cables causing them to drop to the ground as they are denser.

Originally posted by JoePritchard
Except for the poor ******** who've died in the meantime.

like??????????:loopy: :loopy: :loopy:

Originally posted by kirky
like??????????:loopy: :loopy: :loopy:

Come on kirky, surely you can't expect joe to come up with their names as well.
Phanerothyme will do that for him... just joking Phan ;)