Claim: Exposure to the electromagnetic fields from power lines "has been associated with childhood leukemia and other diseases."
Fact-check: Former R.I. Atty. Gen. Patrick Lynch says power lines have been linked to leukemia, other diseases
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: C. Eugene Emery Jr.
Date published: 2015-01-02T00:00:00