James Varley, Is The Managing Editor Of Modern Power Systems.
Major study finds no link between overhead power cables and childhood cancer.
The debate on powerline health effects continues. The Bristol team, led by Professor Denis Henshaw, is nevertheless firmly convinced there is an association and has set itself the task of looking for the causal mechanism. The team has made over 2000 experimental observations at a number of sites and found increased deposition rates on plastic surfaces near powerlines. They suggest that similarly increased deposition rates of pollutants might apply to people near powerlines, leading to health effects. They also propose that the effects are not confined to the area immediately under powerlines.