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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [permaculture] Risks (alleged) from power lines
  • Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 07:32:14 -0400

Risks (alleged) from power lines
:
Research done at Bristol University

Professor Henshaw has been studying the question for years, being convinced
that there is a problem.
... TV item a few years ago, where he highlighted the possible influence of particulate pollutants, electrostatically charged in proximity to high voltage power lines……

‘These charged particles, or corona ions, act as magnets for air pollutants, including carcinogens such as aromatic hydrocarbons from car exhausts. The electrical charge gives the pollutant, when inhaled, a greater ability to stick to the lung – so rather than being exhaled, pollutants become lodged. “New York scientists have found that if there is a charge, pollutants of this size are two or three times more likely to be deposited in the lungs.” He says. “In the confined space of the lungs and airways, this charge makes a big difference.

“The upshot is that you are retaining air pollutants, some of which are known to be linked to lung cancer, in your lungs. You can then do a rigorous assessment for lung cancer, which I put at between 250 and 400 cases a year. There is actually a paper – not mine – that shows a doubling of lung cancer under power lines, but it hasn’t been talked about.”

When the other effects of air pollutants, such as allergies and respiratory disease, are factored in, Henshaw estimates that corona ions probably damage a few thousand people every year. He also points out that corona ions have been known about since the Fifties, and have been studied extensively by the industry.’

Quoted from:-
http://www.electrosensitivity.org.uk/henshaw.htm






  • [permaculture] Risks (alleged) from power lines, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 03/27/2007

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