I am amazed at how an alarmist in a very short time succeeded in exciting so many people about this electromagnetic field (EMF) thing. Now they are trying desperately to link the effects of EMFs to leukemia, in addition to any type of cancer. Then there is the March 3 Tribune article by Connie Lauerman about a young mother of two small children who is questioning whether they should move into another home since there is a high line about a quarter of a mile away.
There are hundreds of linemen working for utilities all over the U.S. who are in close proximity to 4,160 volts (and higher) every day and sometimes into the night. Do statistics show that this class of people are subject to cancer more than other types of work?
The company I worked for in Pittsburgh tested insulators with 300,000 volts in a room about 100 feet square. Years later when in that city I used to pay a visit to the man I worked with in this test area, and found him well and healthy.
I have been in electrical work all of my working life and am still associated with related equipment. I should have been more aware of what I was exposed to over a period of years, but too late now, since I am only 95 years old.
