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- <text id=93TT1288>
- <title>
- Mar. 29, 1993: Powerlines Revisited
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
- Mar. 29, 1993 Yeltsin's Last Stand
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- THE WEEK, Page 19
- SOCIETY
- Power Lines Revisited
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p>New research says electromagnetic fields may not cause cancer
- after all
- </p>
- <p> When deciding which medical studies to believe, it's usually
- wise to consider who's paying the bill. Not always, though.
- While some research suggests that electromagnetic fields--the
- kind given off by power lines and household appliances--may
- increase the incidence of cancer, the latest in-depth study of
- the question shows no evidence of danger. Even though the
- research was financed by Southern California Edison, a major
- electric utility with an obvious financial stake in exonerating
- its product, the findings, published in the journal
- Epidemiology, appear to be legitimate.
- </p>
- <p> Even scientists who are concerned about power lines
- acknowledge that the Edison study was a good one. Researchers
- from the company and from UCLA looked at more than 36,000 Edison
- employees who had on-the-job exposure to EMFs. Those with the
- highest exposure did not have especially high cancer rates. Does
- this prove that EMFs don't cause cancer? No--just that we
- still don't know.
- </p>
-
- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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