Warning Over Power Line Leukaemia Link Britons Live in 'Cash-Rich, Time-Rich' Environment, Says Report

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Government advisers yesterday urged Ministers to take seriously the possibility of a link between radiation from electricity power lines and childhood leukaemia.

A review of evidence from around the world suggests a doubling of risk for families exposed to long-term electromagnetic radiation levels above 0.4 microtesla.

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Warning Over Power Line Leukaemia Link Britons Live in 'Cash-Rich, Time-Rich' Environment, Says Report

In real terms this amounts to an extra two cases of cancer a year among half a per cent of the population.

There is no evidence of a causative link and experts have not ruled out the possibility of it being due to a statistical anomaly.

But the National RadiologicalProtection Board, which advises Mi...

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