That paper posits a correlation between EM fields and childhood cancers in that spseific trial. It says absolutely nothing about causality (my highlighting):heinbloed said:EAnd electric magnetic fields can cause health demages,the stronger-the more likely, but even low powers can have a damaging potential. See http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/330/7503/1290?...
gravitygirl - I previously posted a summary of the electricity running cost for our three bed, terraced, townhouse (c. 90sqm), Goldshield home (NightSaver storage and water heating and electric cooker and kitchen appliances are the main loads - with a small amount of supplemental electric heating using an oil filled electric heater since baby arrived a few months ago) for the past 10 years or so. This is available here and I will try to update it for the last year or so when I get a chance. The spike in May 2005 may have been due to arrears on that bill - I need to go back and check and update the spreadsheet.Conclusions
There is an association between childhood leukaemia and proximity of home address at birth to high voltage power lines, and the apparent risk extends to a greater distance than would have been expected from previous studies. About 4% of children in England and Wales live within 600 m of high voltage lines at birth. If the association is causal, about 1% of childhood leukaemia in England and Wales would be attributable to these lines, though this estimate has considerable statistical uncertainty. There is no accepted biological mechanism to explain the epidemiological results; indeed, the relation may be due to chance or confounding.
Not necessarily even according to that report above. Don't dismiss the common confusion of correlation and causality so lightly. The former does not necessarily imply the latter.heinbloed said:Running electric cables ouside the house (walls are shielding to some extend) or INSIDE the house next to the bed -the storage heater runs at night time - makes a huge, even more negative difference.
What homeowners/sellers? Not me in case that's the insinuation. Please note that I have already published my home energy cost data above for objective assessment and to hopefully assist others who might be buying a similar home to get an idea of the costs. At least this is more constructive in the context of the original query than telling porkies about the supposed dangers of Electro Magnetic Fields (EMFs).And only because some homeowners/sellers are trying to protect the retail value of their assets we shouldn't ignore what's obvious.
Builders being killed by falling masonry and smokers suffering from health problems attributable to smoking have absolutely nothing to do with this matter and mentioning them is just obfuscating the issue. There is no point in asserting that there is a causal link between EMFs and health problems when even the literature alluded to does not support this argument. Simply asserting something and repeating it again and again does not make it true. If there is any objective evidence that supports a causal link then feel free to post it. Otherwise don't expect people to take it as given.heinbloed said:We heard this argument from the tabacco industry, the tobacco retailers and the smokers: It is not obvious that smoking is harmful to human beeings.
But it was tested on animals and proofen there.The costs of ignoring obvious facts are a wider issue than just the costs of the fags or the kilowatts seen on them self.
I have updated my spreadsheet/chart to bring it up to January 2006. I still want to go back and double check some data and identify which were estimated bills and which were based on meter readings. Another night's work...ClubMan said:gravitygirl - I previously posted a summary of the electricity running cost for our three bed, terraced, townhouse (c. 90sqm), Goldshield home (NightSaver storage and water heating and electric cooker and kitchen appliances are the main loads - with a small amount of supplemental electric heating using an oil filled electric heater since baby arrived a few months ago) for the past 10 years or so. This is available here and I will try to update it for the last year or so when I get a chance. The spike in May 2005 may have been due to arrears on that bill - I need to go back and check and update the spreadsheet.
You mean like a mini market?a little bazaar