The evidence is NOT weak re adults and leukaemia and ELF magnetic fields.
That
is only a government and industry spun myth.
Adult leukaemia association evidence is actually stronger than that for
children:
Risk Analysis, Vol. 27, No. 2, 2007 DOI:
10.1111/j.1539-6924.2007.00889.x
Letter to the Editor
Michael J. O'Carroll and Denis L. Henshaw, 2007. Comment on "Developing
Policy in the
Face of Scientific Uncertainty: Interpreting 0.3 µT or 0.4 µT Cutpoints from
EMF
Epidemiologic Studies" by Kheifets et al. in Risk Analysis, 25(4), 927–935
Table II. Epidemiological Studies Reviewed by CDHS (2002) and the
Corresponding Number
of Odds Ratios >1.0, Number that Were Statistically Significant, and p Value
for Each Set
Positive Studies
Significant Positives
Number of
Disease Studies Number p Value
Number p Value
1. Childhood leukemia 19 16 0.0014
3 0.01
2. Adult leukemia 43 32 0.0007
11.5 <<0.00001
3. Adult brain cancer 32 25 0.0007
6 0.0001
4. Miscarriage 37 27.5 0.0015
9 <<0.00001
5. ALS 7 6 0.06
3 0.0004
6. Childhood brain cancer 12 6 >0.5
2 0.04
7. Female breast cancer 24 17.5 0.012
5.5 0.0001
8. Male breast cancer 16 11.5
–
9. Alzheimer's disease ** 6 4 0.34
2.5 0.001
10. Suicide 8 6.5 0.02
3 0.0007
11. Heart disease 8 6.5 0.02
5.5 <<0.00001
** The evidence for Alzheimers has become significantly stronger since this
was published.
Best wishes
Alasdair
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From: "Denis Henshaw" <D.L.Henshaw@bristol.ac.uk>
Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 5:03 AM
Subject: RE: Power Line Pollutants Pose Health Risks...Childhood Leukemia
risk NOT WEAK....
See fuller peer-reviewed analysis in the attached paper in Risk Analysis
Yes, indeed, if anything the MF association with adult leukaemia is stronger
than for childhood leukaemia.
Denis
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