Children Leukemia Specialist Mattoon IL
Internal Medicine, Hematology / Oncology
Oncologist
Associated Hospitals
Carle Clinic Bloomington
Radiation Oncology
Associated Hospitals
Cancer Care Specialist
Oncology (Cancer)
Gender
Male
Education
Medical School: Univ Of Il Coll Of Med, Chicago Il 60680
Graduation Year: 1978
Oncology (Cancer)
Gender
Male
Education
Graduation Year: 2007
Oncology (Cancer)
Gender
Male
Education
Medical School: St Louis Univ Sch Of Med, St Louis Mo 63104
Graduation Year: 1971
Internist, Oncologist
Associated Hospitals
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Ctr
University of Chicago Hospital Hematology Onc
Specialties
Oncology
Oncology (Cancer), Radiation Oncology
Gender
Male
Education
Medical School: Andhra Med Coll, Univ Hlth Sci, Visakhapatnam, Ap, India
Graduation Year: 1969
Oncology (Cancer)
Gender
Female
Education
Medical School: St Louis Univ Sch Of Med, St Louis Mo 63104
Graduation Year: 1980
Hospital
Hospital: St Johns Hosp, Springfield, Il; Memorial Med Ctr, Springfield, Il
Group Practice: Springfield Clinic
The Hidden Danger of Electrical Power Lines
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Electricity keeps our lives humming, but since the late 1970s, scientists have been concerned that magnetic fields generated by electrical power lines may cause cancer—particularly childhood leukemia.
The latest electromagnetic study reveals a shocking possibility: Children who live within 200 meters (about 220 yards) of high-voltage power lines at birth have a 69 percent higher risk of leukemia than those who live farther than 600 meters (656 yards) from the lines. Infants who lived between 200 and 600 meters had a 23 percent higher risk of leukemia.
The study’s authors, from the University of Oxford’s Childhood Cancer Research Group, readily admit that their results, while important, could be due to chance since they did not factor in any socioeconomic or environmental factors other than magnetic fields. Still, it’s the largest power-line study to date. Between 1962 and 1995, the researchers statistically analyzed the health records of more than 29,000 English and Welsh children with cancer (9,700 of whom had leukemia) and cross-referenced that information with Britain’s National Grid records.
Little is understood about how or why magnetic fields pose health risks, yet there appears to be a correlation between childhood cancer and high-voltage power lines.
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