"CANCER CABLES"

STORY No. 20

29 NOVEMBER 1999

FROM SBS TV WORLD NEWS

A BRITISH STUDY DUE OUT THIS WEEK IS SET TO

REKINDLE CONCERN ABOUT THE POSSIBLE

CANCER-CAUSING EFFECTS OF HIGH VOLTAGE

POWER CABLES. RESEARCH BY A TEAM AT BRISTOL

UNIVERSITY, IS BELIEVED TO HAVE FOUND

CHILDREN UNDER POWERLINES RECEIVING UP TO 95

TIMES THE MAXIMUM RECOMMENDED DOSE OF

RADIATION. IT'S UNDERSTOOD THE TEAM HAS

PINPOINTED AEROSOLS .... MINUTE AIRBORNE

DROPLETS CONTAINING CANCER-CAUSING

AGENTS ... AS THE LINK BETWEEN POWER CABLES

AND CANCER.

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