Power lines emit electromagnetic fields.
Essentially all federal funding of EMF health research ended last September 30. Meeting at a conference center outside Minneapolis, June 16 to 24, the 30-member, international panel voted 19 to 9 in favor of categorizing extremely low frequency EMFs such as those from power lines and electrical appliances as possible carcinogens. The designation was based largely on the results of epidemiological studies pointing to higher rates of leukemia among children exposed at home and workers exposed on the job. The Working Group classified EMFs as presenting a cancer risk similar to that of carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, DDT and lead. Many observers are interpreting the draft Boorman report as an indicator of what Olden will conclude in his own report to Congress.