Cancer — electrical links?
NZPA-Reuter Copenhagen Danish researchers were investigating possible links between exposure to electricity and cancer, a Danish cancer specialist has said. Preliminary studies in the United States and Sweden suggested that children living near hightension electric cables were prone to leukaemia and electric power workers had a higher incidence of . brain cancer, Dr Joergen Olsen, of the Danish Cancer Register, said. "There is possibly a link between exposure to force fields and leukaemia and brain cancer, but there is a long way yet before we get a clear picture,” Dr Olsen said. His researchers had monitored 30,000 people over a 15-year period in a study of links between brain cancer and occupation. Power workers and employees exposed to chemicals and heavy metals are some of the groups included in the survey. The results are due to be published next year.
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