The Nation - News from July 9, 1987

Children who live near ordinary overhead power lines are twice as likely to get leukemia as children raised away from the magnetic fields the lines generate, a New York scientific panel reported. It also estimated that 10% to 15% of all childhood cancers may be caused by the fields. The project director called the finding disturbing and urged further study, but the report’s author, Dr. David Savitz, said: “There is nothing in this study that should cause anyone to do anything dramatic, like selling their home.”