What the research actually says about power lines and health

A researcher from Environmental Health Sciences spoke to neighbors here this fall about what the peer reviewed literature says on electromagnetic fields from high-voltage lines. She left us two factsheets, and they are now on the site.

They run to two pages. The first summarizes the findings. The second lists the 15 studies behind them, with the sentence being relied on quoted in full and a link to the paper, so you can read the source rather than take anyone’s summary of it.

Factsheet, EMF and health (PDF)
Same factsheet, black and white for printing (PDF)

Our own position has not changed, and it is on The Threat. The science here is still debated and we are not going to pretend it is settled. What we will say is that nobody has shown us a utility executive who lives under one of these lines. Read it and decide for yourself.

Both documents are the work of Environmental Health Sciences and its Wireless and EMF Program. We are sharing them as published, and the findings and wording are theirs.