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It's not ionizing radiation. Xray and Gamma can both knock loose electrons and causing dna damage. That's what results in cancer. We would have seen cancer in people that live near radio or tv towers with cancer if nonionizing radiation caused cancer a long time ago if this were the case.
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@♠ Final ♠: "We would have seen cancer in people that live near radio or tv towers with cancer if nonionizing radiation caused cancer a long time ago if this were the case."
I thought there was some anecdotal evidence that living near these transmission towers can cause increased incidence of cancer. Reply
I thought there was some anecdotal evidence that living near these transmission towers can cause increased incidence of cancer. Reply
@twophrasebark: If you mean urban ledgends about them causing cancer, yes. If you mean if any of the many studies conducted to try and prove that link, then no.
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@♠ Final ♠: So when Bruce Banner get's angry he's not turning into a massive meta-human, just enlarging the tumors?
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@Franknbeans:
I would rate it somewhere higher than urban legend but lower than causal link. I do believe that people's anecdotal reports of headaches and nausea from living near such equipment cannot be dismissed out of hand.
As for cancer, well, I wouldn't live too close to one of these things. Would you? Just sincerely wondering. Reply
I would rate it somewhere higher than urban legend but lower than causal link. I do believe that people's anecdotal reports of headaches and nausea from living near such equipment cannot be dismissed out of hand.
As for cancer, well, I wouldn't live too close to one of these things. Would you? Just sincerely wondering. Reply
@twophrasebark: You know, I will give you the headaches and nausea, there is an actual recordable force at work here, but do I believe that non-ionizing radiation from radio or tv towers can ever cause cancer? no.
That is why I will continue to use my cell phone with impunity. Reply
That is why I will continue to use my cell phone with impunity. Reply
@twophrasebark:
I did for several years, with no ill effects noted (except my rapidly failing memory, but that's more likey because I turned 60)...what was I saying...oh, yeah...
If there's any effect at all it's more likely because of the defoliants around the HV lines.
Of course, people do get cancer from many causes, some of them unknown, so the only way to trace probable causes is statistically not anecdotally, and even then corelation does not prove causation. Reply
I did for several years, with no ill effects noted (except my rapidly failing memory, but that's more likey because I turned 60)...what was I saying...oh, yeah...
If there's any effect at all it's more likely because of the defoliants around the HV lines.
Of course, people do get cancer from many causes, some of them unknown, so the only way to trace probable causes is statistically not anecdotally, and even then corelation does not prove causation. Reply
@twophrasebark: Well I sometimes get a very peculiar feeling when I walk under power lines when it's wet - you can hear the corona discharge. I don't have any reason to suspect it does me any harm, though. Puts out a bit of nox and ozone, sounds disturbing, feels like a storm.
Many people who profess to be terrified of living under power lines probably sleep with an ionizer next to their bed. Reply
Many people who profess to be terrified of living under power lines probably sleep with an ionizer next to their bed. Reply
@twophrasebark: In my defense you used the word twice: "anecdotal evidence" which is practically an oxymoron and "anecdotal reports."
Maybe you didn't really mean to use it to truly mean "evidence" but it gave me an opportunity to use one of my favorite truisms. Reply
Maybe you didn't really mean to use it to truly mean "evidence" but it gave me an opportunity to use one of my favorite truisms. Reply