Re: [GBlist] underground lines vs. overhead

[GrenSheltr@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/22/2002 6:11:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, itchpeople@islc.net writes:


>  There was a program on discovery a few years ago about a community where several families lost many of the members to cancer and it was attributed to the presence of a transformer on their street.  I also remember reading something about a dairy farmer whose cattle were having problems that seemed unexplainable until they were removed from the area of the power pole.  Did anyone else ever hear this?


as a real estate appraiser on every appraisal in close proximity to the high big lines, I write a disclaimer that the proximity of those lines COULD cause lowered values -- it seems that studies by power companies have shown no correlation of those lines to illness and studies funded by other groups have generally shown there IS a correlation ---------  just like my doctors diagnosing my knee problem along their particular line if expertise ----
sooo if you buy land or build close to the lines your value will be adversely affected whether or not there really is a health concern, but I surely wouldn't want to take the chance <g>      Linda Lloyd - The Quarries ecoVillage