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Electrical & Magnetic Fields
- Thread starter bmwguy
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I...I...II.....have...N...n..No ......pr...pro....problems....afte l..ll.ll....livink....un..under................p..p..pow..power.........l..l..lines......
besdies...I love freaking friends out when I walk by a tv monitor and make it chage colors.....
besdies...I love freaking friends out when I walk by a tv monitor and make it chage colors.....
There was a study out of Florida a couple of years ago where they looked at schools kids' cancer rates - they found extremely high rates for a school that was located beneath a set of power lines...
Timbit
Timbit
One GOOD thing about buying a house backing onto hydro right of ways is that you only have 2 neighbours to deal with, not three. Plus if you have a dog you can put a gate in your back fench and basically have a nice little park for him to play in.
Yeah, there have been studies showing some effect of power lines but there are SO many millions of people living near them that if it was significant, there would be a huge outcry by now.
For that matter, if you're so worried about the magnetic fields, I bet you don't hesitate to put an even larger one right next to your brain do you? If you don't know what I'm talking about, it's a cell phone. There have been studies on those that notice an increase in brain cancer for long time cell users.
I bet if you could get your hands on a meter that showed magnetic fields, and you went through any house or condo, you'd find just as much, or more, magnetic fields than those produced by hi tension wires.
Personally I wouldn't worry about it unless you're planning to spend the rest of your life there (say 50 yrs). If you're thinking that this will be your starter place, and plan on buying another, or a house within the next 10 yrs, I'd say go for it....
Yeah, there have been studies showing some effect of power lines but there are SO many millions of people living near them that if it was significant, there would be a huge outcry by now.
For that matter, if you're so worried about the magnetic fields, I bet you don't hesitate to put an even larger one right next to your brain do you? If you don't know what I'm talking about, it's a cell phone. There have been studies on those that notice an increase in brain cancer for long time cell users.
I bet if you could get your hands on a meter that showed magnetic fields, and you went through any house or condo, you'd find just as much, or more, magnetic fields than those produced by hi tension wires.
Personally I wouldn't worry about it unless you're planning to spend the rest of your life there (say 50 yrs). If you're thinking that this will be your starter place, and plan on buying another, or a house within the next 10 yrs, I'd say go for it....
whether the science supports the actual dangers or not, buying a place close to power lines will affect your ability to re-sell down the line so it should be a consideration before you buy.
JUst like buying a house with the number 13 or such. Just watch out for things that might lower your value.
JUst like buying a house with the number 13 or such. Just watch out for things that might lower your value.
There is no direct corrolation.............
..........but long term anecdotal evidence seems to indicate over many years that the people who live near high levels of EM ( electo magnetic ) sources suffer a high rate of cancer.
..........but long term anecdotal evidence seems to indicate over many years that the people who live near high levels of EM ( electo magnetic ) sources suffer a high rate of cancer.
Absolutely not....
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bmwguy said:Hi everyone, i am trying to buy a new condo built by Tridel NW corner of YONG&FINCH.
I noticed there are a lot of hydro towers and transmission lines north of the building.
Is it safe to live in that area?
What an awesome first post! Having said that, I am not so sure I would want to dredge up my first post.
We lived backing onto a Hydro field when I was a kid. One of the guys down the street my age developed a brain tumor. For what that's worth.
I think it's fair to say that there is no conclusive evidence either way of the correlation of magnetic fields (induced or otherwise) and diseases such as cancer.
Given that we've had electrical power in place for about a hundred years, and massive transmission lines for about the past 50 years, it's reasonable to say that the risk of living near a line is minimal. if something was going to happen, we (as a population) would probably have noticed something by now.
That's not to say that nothing will ever happen, but I'd say you might reasonably be more worried about the alpha radiation being emitted from granite countertops in kitchens than by induced magnetic fields from a power line. And even that worry is nothing - alpha radiation is stopped by clothes or even a piece of paper.
Given that we've had electrical power in place for about a hundred years, and massive transmission lines for about the past 50 years, it's reasonable to say that the risk of living near a line is minimal. if something was going to happen, we (as a population) would probably have noticed something by now.
That's not to say that nothing will ever happen, but I'd say you might reasonably be more worried about the alpha radiation being emitted from granite countertops in kitchens than by induced magnetic fields from a power line. And even that worry is nothing - alpha radiation is stopped by clothes or even a piece of paper.
The german federal agency for electromagnetic radiation (Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz.) recommend that all electromagnetic sources be removed, cordless phones for example.
http://ing.dk/artikel/81649?highlight=telefoner
http://ing.dk/artikel/81649?highlight=telefoner
Uh....wasn't there an X-Files episode based on this theory? There was a massive electromagnetic field nearby a few houses and the guy's dog ended up having his skull explode while Mulder had no choice but to drive the poor guy, that lived near the masive electromagnetic surge, in the direction west, not south, not north, not east, but west....or else he'd bang his head violently against the car's passenger side window as a vein bulged on his forehead with increasing buildingpressure.....well.....Mulder and Scully schemed over the cellphone, as Mulder was driving at high speed down the long highway, to have a needle shafted into the side of the guy's ear to relieve the pressure building up inside his skull, but the guy's head ending up exploding before they could manage to do that.
The End.
The End.
danmand said:The german federal agency for electromagnetic radiation (Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz.) recommend that all electromagnetic sources be removed, cordless phones for example.
http://ing.dk/artikel/81649?highlight=telefoner
That would mean removing every single item in your home powered by electricity.
Moraff said:That would mean removing every single item in your home powered by electricity.
Well, not exactly. They recommend that devices that transmit all the time, cordless phone bases for example, be removed or located away from living areas.
Damn it guys. Do I have to be the one to know ALL the answers.
Just call Mulder and Scully and have them investigate the area around your house surrounded by a large number of electrical power lines...
Just call Mulder and Scully and have them investigate the area around your house surrounded by a large number of electrical power lines...
the price of those condos are cheaper than comparative ones down the street.
Odds are also very low that you get HIV from banging a female sex worker up the ass without a condom.....but that low percentage is still too high for me.
Dont buy at the building.
Odds are also very low that you get HIV from banging a female sex worker up the ass without a condom.....but that low percentage is still too high for me.
Dont buy at the building.
