[Lf] More on E field vs. H field

[Andre' Kesteloot]

>From the UK Newspaper "The Guardian" 

New cancer link to power lines

Paul Brown. environment correspondent   Thursday September
21, 2000

New evidence that high voltage power lines cause cancer by
making particles of pollution stick to people's lungs has 
been uncovered by a team from Bristol University.

The team's research shows that car exhaust particles get an
electrical charge from overhead power lines that makes them
 "sticky" - giving people living close to the
lines two or three times the average daily dose of
potentially damaging pollutants in their lungs.

David Henshaw of Bristol University said the discovery is
the missing link that shows how power lines can cause 
cancer clusters - something the global electricity 
industry has spent millions of pounds researching 
without finding a conclusive answer.

His work is supported by Dr Alan Preece at the Bristol
Medical School, whose independent research in the 
west country showed that people living up to 500 metres
downwind of power lines have a 29% greater chance of
contracting lung cancer. This finding matches the 
area where "sticky" particles from car exhausts drift 
downwind of power cables.

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the whole article can be read at
http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/Distribution/Redirect_Artifact/0,4678,0-371089,00.html