Tag Archives: Magnetic fields
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Risk Perception and Communication in the Era of Social Media: Implications for EMF Issue Management
This study examines how social media may change how power companies handle public concerns about electric and magnetic fields (EMF) associated with electricity distribution and use.
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Risk Perception and Communication in the Era of Social Media: Implications for EMF Issue Management
This report examines research on social media and public perception about health risks and explores the implications for managing issues related to electric and magnetic fields.
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EPRI Comments on Study of Residential Magnetic Fields and Childhood Leukemia in California
This report discusses the strengths and limitations of a September 2017 paper in Cancer Causes & Control entitled “Residential Magnetic Fields Exposure and Childhood Leukemia: A Population-Based Case-Control Study in California.”
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EPRI Comments on a Study of Occupational ELF-MF and Central Nervous System Diseases in Danish Utility Cohort
This report discusses the results, strengths, and weaknesses of a Danish study on the risk of central nervous system diseases posed to electric utility workers by occupational exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields.
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EPRI Comments on a Study of Occupational Exposure and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in a Netherlands Cohort
In this report, EPRI comments on the results, strengths, and limitations of a Utrecht University study examining the relationship between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mortality and occupational exposure to low-frequency magnetic fields and electric shocks.
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EPRI Comments on a Study of Childhood Leukemia, Central Nervous System Cancers and Distance from Overhead Power Lines
U.S. researchers recently published a study that assesses the association between populations living near overhead power lines and childhood leukemia (“Childhood Leukemia and Distance to Power Lines in California: A Population-Based Control Study,” British Journal of Cancer). This EPRI report provides an overview of the study and discusses its strengths and limitations.
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EPRI Comments on a Study of Occupational Magnetic Fields and Male Breast Cancer
A recently published Canadian epidemiological study examined the relationship between occupational magnetic fields and breast cancer in men. This EPRI report discusses the study’s results, strengths, and limitations.
