The CCRG or "Draper" study is investigating childhood cancer rates in relation to high-voltage power lines in the UK. The first paper in 2005 looked just at distance to power lines. A new paper now looks at calculated magnetic fields from the power lines. It finds a raised relative risk for childhood leukaemia which, whilst based on very small numbers and not statistically significant, is consistent with previous results. But it also demonstrates that magnetic fields do not extend far enough from the power lines to explain the elevation with distance found previously.
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