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In the ”Magnetic fields draw attention” article on June 9 it states

”(O)ne theory holds that split-second pulses of radioactivity damage the body`s immune system rather than constant exposure. . . . A reading is unlikely to capture a random spike because it only measures a moment in time . . .”

First, transmission lines do not emit radioactivity. They emit non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation. Radioactivity is a process.

And second, the last sentence is contradictory. A reading with a ”Gauss meter” is unlikely to capture a random spike because it is an averaging meter with a long response time.