3 February 2014
The UK electricity industry maintains a cohort of 86,000 staff from the 1970s. Previous studies have found no excess of mortality from leukaemia or brain tumours in staff exposed to magnetic fields. Two new studies have just been published, ne on leukaemia and one on brain tumours, including incidence from these cancers as well as mortality, and reporting
“This study found no evidence to support the hypothesis that exposure to magnetic fields is a risk factor for gliomas… “
and
“This study found no convincing evidence to support the hypothesis that exposure to magnetic fields is a risk factor for leukaemia…”