Re: High tension line

[Tim Bray <tbray@mcn.org>]

Has anybody seen results for urban environments?  I would like to see some
comparisons.  

When we were property-hunting, we found something like Trkstr's
description.  We were put off initially, until we looked around where we
live in the city and realized how many power lines surrounded our house.
And where you work - most of the lines in office buildings are hidden, you
can't see them but the EMFs are still produced.

So we realized that our EMF exposure from the lines running about 200 feet
away from the house site, is likely to be less than we are already getting
in our suburban home.  We bought the place.

Tim Bray
Albion, CA

At 11:57 PM 7/12/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi,
>I once found some land in a great location.  Unfortunately it also had the
>large  power lines running across it diagonally.  A search on the web for
>EMFs gave many informative sites, and the government 1-800 number for
>further information.
>
>You can call the power company for the area and they will come out and take
>readings on the lines, and tell you what reading they get per how many feet
>away from the line they stand (this includes the height also).
>
>The results will show how far away you MUST be from the power lines for
>safety.  In many countries they have set safety standards for emf'
>distances.  I don't remember what they are now, but, they are very low, like
>2.5 or something (sorry, outa sight outa mind).
>
>With high transmission lines the EMFs change, going higher with peak times.
>In my location that was at 7-10am, and again at 4-530 pm.  At those times
>the safety distance was 175 ft, and at other times only 150ft.
>
>The gentleman that came out was very polite, but didn't believe in EMF's
>being harmful, and explained how his house was build right under high power
>lines.  Too bad I said.  ;)
>
>Some people believe using micro-waves and hair dryers, electric tooth
>brushes, monitors, etc, items that have high emfs and are close to your
>body, head are more dangerous than the high power lines.
>
>Each person must decide for themselves and there is a lot of research and
>data available on the net.  I didn't buy the land.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Girard, Olivier <Olivier.Girard@netpro.ch>
>To: <strawbale@crest.org>
>Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 6:14 AM
>Subject: High tension line
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>> Hi,
>> I'm searching information about living near a high voltage line. Do you
>have
>> any clue ?
>> tahnks & rgds,
>> Olivier Girard
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