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 Posted: Fri, 22nd Feb 2008 22:13 Post subject: high power lines |
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2 days ago I was walking my dog under the high voltage power lines. Hydro has built a nice walkway under them and they are really close to my house so it is easy to get to. I am trying to drive less. My carbon foot print type of thing.
I had my dog on a lease and all of a sudden he started wimpering and crying. I thought maybe he was cut under his chain so I stuck my hands into his fur trying to feel something. Holy shit I got electrcuted and it fucking hurt. It felt like I had fire ants crawling over my hands. We were also standing in a puddle of water. I had running shoes on which is why I didn't feel it until I touched his metal collar. I had to turn around cutting my walk short.
Power lines are scary shit.
Is this normal or do you think there is something wrong with them?
I went to an open house that had a back yard that opened up onto the powerlines. Same powerlines that I was walking under. The house was priced about $40,000. below market value but I decided not to go for it because of the power lines. Good move on my part. A couple of months later I was talking to a childhood neighbor and they had friends that owned a house 4 down from the open house. They had put up their house for sale too because their child developed leukemia. High voltage powerline is often assoc. with leukemia.
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X_Dror
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| Posted: Fri, 22nd Feb 2008 22:24 Post subject: |
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I always try to avoid power lines at all, I dunno they freak me out.
Anyways, it's a known fact that high voltage power lines increase the chance to get cancer because of high electromagnetic radiation or something like that.
And about that electrifying thing - Why won't you call the power company and report about this problem? Who knows it might be something serious - better safe than sorry.
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nouseforaname
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| Posted: Fri, 22nd Feb 2008 22:34 Post subject: |
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"known fact" is a little strong.
| Quote: | Researchers have long been concerned about the potential relationship between exposure to EMF and an increased risk of cancer. To date, following more than 25 years of research, scientific evidence has not found a consistent relationship between exposure to EMF and cancer risk in adults. However, some research studies have found a relationship between EMF exposure and childhood leukemia.
In 2002, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) found that exposure to electric and magnetic fields (EMF) can possibly cause cancer. Due to the unexplainable increased risk of childhood leukemia in some studies, IARC could not conclude that EMF did not pose a cancer risk.
The scientific evidence looking at the risk of childhood leukemia and exposure to EMF is inconsistent. Some studies show an increase in risk – particularly when the EMF level is high – while others show no increase in risk. Until this link is proven or ruled out, if you are concerned about the potential risk of childhood leukemia you may want to consider limiting the amount of time children spend playing directly beneath or beside power lines.
Over the past 25 years, there have been more than 100 studies published looking at the relationship between exposure to electric and magnetic fields (EMF) and cancer risk. Many of the studies have looked specifically at magnetic fields because they are more likely to penetrate the human body than electric fields. Studies have looked at EMF exposure at work, at home and in the community.
Researchers have not found a consistent relationship between exposure to EMF, at levels normally found at home or in the community, and an increased risk of cancer in either adults or children – with the exception of childhood leukemia. However, the risk of childhood leukemia appears to be greater and the scientific association stronger when EMF exposure is higher than what is normally found at home or in the community. Although experts agree that exposure to such high levels is uncommon, they have not been able to rule out a potential relationship from exposure to EMF at levels that might typically be found.
Due to the lack of consistent scientific evidence, the association between EMF and childhood leukemia is uncertain. In 2002, the World Health Organization’s cancer research agency concluded that magnetic fields possibly cause cancer. Experts agree that there may be other explanations for the potential association between exposure to EMF and childhood leukemia.
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http://www.cancer.ca/ccs/internet/standard/0,3182,3172_372086__langId-en,00.html
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| Posted: Fri, 22nd Feb 2008 22:38 Post subject: |
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I have the phone book out at the moment and I am calling them. I am thinking that maybe the insulation around the wire is bad or something.
Is is a known fact that they cause cancer? I know it is a theory but hydro is such a big company and they certainly wouldn't pay for a study to find out. That leaves consumer groups and I don't think they have the money to fund such a study or to fight hydro.
I am also going to post a letter at the dog park I go to so that other know about it.
(nouse just posted above while I was writting this)
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| Posted: Fri, 22nd Feb 2008 23:02 Post subject: |
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I wouldn't live anywhere near the high voltage area, the things about the cancer are probably true... I would move far far away if I were you...
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| Posted: Fri, 22nd Feb 2008 23:17 Post subject: |
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I live about 3 blocks away so I think I am safe.
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| Posted: Fri, 22nd Feb 2008 23:41 Post subject: |
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It is unlikely that high voltage line's would be responsible for cancer, much like it is unlikely that cell phones cause cancer. I don't remember the exact reason, but it has something to do with the way the current's work, and that the frequencies are too large (poor language I know) to have that effect.
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nouseforaname
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Feb 2008 00:07 Post subject: |
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I read a theory that high voltage lines can attract Radon gas which is what causes the cancer, although this sounds kinda suspect to me.
some more background here if your interested... such as this ...
| Quote: | | The only practical way that ELF fields interact with living tissues is by inducing electric fields and currents in them. However, the magnitude of these induced currents from exposure to ELF fields at levels normally found in our environment, is less than the currents occurring naturally in the body. |
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs205/en/
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Bigperm
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Feb 2008 00:14 Post subject: |
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You and electricity Pistol; LMAO. I think the first post i ever read and responded to was about you getting zapped by your fish tank.
It has to be some kind of short or something where the wire goes underground. I cant the the power line inducting enough electricity to give you a shock.
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| Posted: Tue, 26th Feb 2008 20:26 Post subject: |
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I never ever heared something like this. Maybe it was a day with very high absolute humidity?! Or the metal collar + leash acted like an antenna - is there any metal in the leash?!
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| Posted: Tue, 26th Feb 2008 22:54 Post subject: |
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i think it was the metal choke chain around his neck and he was standing in puddle of water.
@bigperm
I had to buy a new tank set up because of that. There was a short along the line. I still have problems with the fresh water tank.
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