Hi,

I have just an interesting project: I should investigate the EMF pollution
of a workplace (actually 4 rooms) where the workers have not very
definited but significant health problems. Interesting is that, the rooms
are on the 2nd floor of a building. In the 1st floor, there is a power
switching station (10/0,4 kV). I measured the magnetic field strength, and
it exceeds that prescribed in standards. I will make a mesh map to create
a clear image of the EMF distribution.

Regards,
Imre

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On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Russell McMahon wrote:

> re Fw: IEE position statement  ~ "The Possible Biological Effects of Low
> Level Electromagnetic Fields"
>
> > > Summary - results inconclusive but no real indications of harm so far.
>
> > There would still be those who'd argue about cell phone towers
> > next to schools and HV power lines across residential areas,
>
> Yes. I'm one of them - more particularly the latter. I'd read the report as
> saying "the Jury is still out (and we think we know what the verdict will
> be, but ... ". The final verdict may seem certain to some, but that's always
> the case in all contentious issues. I will still advocate prudent avoidance
> to any who ask, while also pointing out the range of probabilities. There
> are still POSSIBLE issues from HV lines lensing hard cosmic radiation
> (proved and dis-proved by various people on an ongoing basis). Claims of
> cyclotron resonance at 50 Hz doesn't make too much sense but ...  etc
>
> An example from another area to add, perhaps, some perspective.
> This MAY be rubbish - I dredge it from my often extensive but invariably
> variably accurate recall system :-)
> In one of the British Nuclear-arts towns (Sellafield?) I understand that
> there have been significant cancer-clusters well above the expected average
> in members of the populace including children. Careful investigation showed
> that radiation levels were absolutely normal. So it can't have anything to
> do with the nuclear facilities. Can it ? :-(
> I wouldn't knowingly raise a family in such a town. Would you?
>
> - I wouldn't live immediately under HT power lines (would you?) (quite apart
> from aesthetics and possible affects on RF signals) although I live a small
> distance from some (no discernible affect on field sensor - there certainly
> is as you get closer). I would complain about proposals to build schools
> directly under HT lines. Would you?
>
> - I purposefully don't carry my cellphone in a pocket near my heart (and I
> haven't even tried to look for research on the affect of 500 mW of RF on
> heart signals). (I think low power cellphone cellsites are most unlikely to
> have any affect at all on people at anything except the most extremely short
> range.)
>
> - I keep the transformer equipped electric bedside clock a "reasonable"
> distance from my head when in bed.
>
> No other major precautions. Occasional sweep of house with field meter (as
> much for interest as for precaution) has so far failed to produce any
> unexpected results. (Strong fields near magnetic cores in equipment, and in
> immediate vicinity of wiring.)
>
> Driving with a field meter in the car produces some interesting peaks - a
> few have no apparent causes (buried major power cables with split returns?)
> Driving under HT lines at right angles is unmissable.
>
> Is anyone here so confident of the stupidity of the claims of potential for
> damage that they disregard them completely and take no specific action to
> "protect" themselves or their family from possible consequences?
>
>
>
>         Russell McMahon
>
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