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For those of us who have lived with cancer, who have just been diagnosed, or have lost loved ones from cancer, we know only too well the ramifications of living close to high voltage transmission lines. It is a very serious matter what Powerlink are proposing to impose in our backyards. I wonder what the moral implications will be for those who insist on quoting outdated scientific data for their own financial and personal gain?

A few months ago I received documentation from the Leukaemia Foundation of Australia acknowledging and supporting a ‘prudent avoidance’ approach in relation to high-level EMF exposure. The Leukaemia Foundation states that: ”Since 1991 the Energy Supply Association of Australia (ESAA), the peak organisation for electrical companies in Australia, has adopted a policy of prudent avoidance in regard to high-level EMF exposure. This involves taking exposure into consideration in the design and citing of new electrical facilities and avoiding where possible, and at a ‘moderate cost and minimum inconvenience’ homes, schools, playgrounds and ‘other locations frequented by children.’ It also involves sharing information with the public and involving them in decisions made regarding the citing of such facilities.

The information shared by Powerlink to our community denies any dangers of EMF’s with the high voltage transmission lines they propose to erect on our properties and neighbours properties, where children and families live, play and work. The ARPANSA guidelines referred to by Powerlink, in justifying their project, are nearly 20 years old and are “interim” guidelines that noted significant additional research into this issue was needed – that was in 1989. However, they have stated that ”transmission lines generate both strong electric fields and strong magnetic fields.”

The World Health Organization also published a report which classified these EMF as an environmental health problem in line with mercury and cadmium poisoning, which makes it a toxic problem. ‘There is also evidence that these fields are associated with other diseases…and those, for example, concerned with the less documented risks associated with particles ionized by electric fields should avoid outdoor exposure within 2000 feet (approximately 666 metres) downwind from transmission lines.’

“In the meantime until more reliable studies are made stay away from EMF sources”. (Jackie LaMuth Ohio State University Ext Fact Sheet)

Yes, I am concerned and as a resident of this area, I have every right to be.

Perhaps you might also like to read Robert Becker MD “Cross Currents” and “The Body Electric”.

Hazard+Exposure=Risk

JMM Ridgewood