re: #141 Teukka

They’re the modern day equivalent to the nutbars who claimed telegraphs and electrical power lines caused the flu back in the late 19^th to early 20^th centuries… Also, is it known whether you have clustering both with overhead wires and with underground cables, or didn’t the research bother to differentiate between the two?

HV Underground cables have lesser electrical fields around them, but they are a PitA to deal with engineering-wise. Magnetic fields are of similar magnitude, but the thing with magnetic fields and those “allergic” to electricity is that things do not quite add up.

I wonder if the utility companies use herbicides to stunt plant growth (and hence maintenence costs) under the HV lines? If so, that is a more likely cause of cancer clusters.

If the study didn’t evaluate other potential causes it’s worthless.