Ban new homes near power lines, say MPs - Guardian
Extract:
"New homes and schools should not be built within 60 metres of high voltage power lines until the link with childhood cancers is better understood by scientists, according to a committee of MPs. They also recommend that home buyers should be provided with information on the level of electromagnetic fields within homes before they buy.
The committee says the science is still unclear and that any health effects are weak, but in the meantime it argues that the government should adopt a precautionary approach.
The Labour MP and GP Howard Stoate, who chaired the committee, said: "The overall body of evidence shows that there is undoubtedly a link between living near very high voltage power lines and childhood leukaemia. We can't say that one causes the other but we can say that there is an association."
He added: "I've always got the view in science that if you don't know something it is generally better to err on the side of caution, rather than to look back in 20 years time and say, if only we had done more 20 years ago.""
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007
MPs call for ban on new homes near high voltage power lines
Posted by Willow at 9:46 pm
Labels: childhood leukaemia, children's health, high voltage power lines, Howard Stoate
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