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This fog may finally start to clear because of two studies done in Sweden. The first, led by epidemiologists Maria Feychting and Anders Ahlbom of Stockholm's Karolinska Institute, looked at everyone who lived within 300 m (328 yd.) of a high-tension line in Sweden from 1960 to '85. Although the investigators could find no evidence of an increased cancer threat for adults, they did detect a higher risk of leukemia in children. The second study, led by Birgitta Floderus of Sweden's National Institute of Occupational Health, linked on-the-job exposure to electromagnetic fields and leukemia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Danger Overhead | 10/26/1992 | See Source »

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