power lines, magnetic field and your health

[key west chick]

DH and I are looking for some land. We came across 11 acres, in our price range and location. Problem is, some big power lines run through the property. Not huge, just big. DH and I will have no more kids and DS is almost 16. Ive been reading on the net about power lines and childhood cancers and seems like nobody really knows. Whats your opinion?

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

I dont think there is any danger unless you spend lots of tine directly under them. Houses are not to be built to close to them both for health reasons an so you cant rob power from them using magnetic means.

 

[Junkmanme]

I certainly wouldn't know.
Maybe it depends on how "rusty" you are?

-Junkmanme-

 

[FarmGirl01]

We have lines running right down our property. I have lived under them for 30 + years. There are no cancers in our family. I have never even heard of this. Now, I have to research this.

 

[chickened]

Not sure but I think you are OK if you don't touch them I have heard both sides of the argument and neither has all the answers.

 

[Swiffer Duster Frizzle]

My friend lives near some and often we can hear a buzzing sound. I wonder if it's harmful? Has anyone experienced this?

 

[booker81]

Well, DH has worked 10 feet from powerlines (he trims the trees by them) for...ummm...(too early for math), somewhere in the vicinity of 20 years. Can't get much closer, and he spends a LOT of hours a LOT closer to them than most people. He's only been seriously electrocuted once, but he's gets "poked" occasionally when it arcs into a tree he's in.

I hate his job

He has no issues that I can pin on powerlines

No issues with *cough reproduction cough* - DD is perfectly normal and healthy. That was a concern when we decided to try for children. He has no cancers or irregularities - he has to have a physical for work every year, and other than a bum knee and back injury, he's quite healthy.

 

[feather and mountain man]

We live near a power line right of way. It runs over our large front yard and not of us have cancer. DH and his family have lived here his entire life. So I think it would be safe.

 

[key west chick]

All this is very comforting. This is forclosed on property and the plat looks pretty nice. They are not so big as to hear them hum when standing near them. There is a nice creek that runs the back of the property line and its only about 4 minutes from DS's school. Im thinking we need to take a better look at this!

 

[FarmGirl01]

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I can hear the buzzing sound, but not all the time.