Electric Fields May Not Cause Cancer
Study Shows No Increased Risk Of Leukemia, Brain Cancer, Or Breast Cancer In Utility Workers
2April 30, 2007 | by none
E-Mail Story
Print Story
Sphere
Share
(CBS)
Related
Learn about the most common cancers, who gets them and how they are treated.
Learn more about risk factors, symptoms and treatment
(WebMD) Electromagnetic fields may not increase cancer risk, a Danish study shows.
The study included more than 28,000 workers at 99 utility companies in Denmark.
The researchers included Christoffer Johansen, MD, of the Danish Cancer Society's Institute of Cancer Epidemiology in Copenhagen, Denmark.
They used Danish medical records to track new cases of leukemia, breast cancer, or brain cancer among the utility workers over nearly 23 years, on average.
Johansen's team noted whether the workers had normal, medium, or high levels of on-the-job exposure to electromagnetic fields.
The researchers found "no compelling evidence" of links between cancer and the workers' exposure to electromagnetic fields.
The vast majority of the workers didn't develop leukemia, brain cancer, or breast cancer during the study period.
On-the-job exposure to electromagnetic fields apparently didn't affect cancer risk in the 70 men who developed leukemia, the 188 women who developed breast cancer, and the 110 men and women who developed brain cancer, the study shows. Since there were so few cases of women who developed leukemia and men who developed breast cancer, the researchers did not include them in the study analysis.
"The results do not support the hypothesis of an association between occupational exposure to magnetic fields in the electric utility industry and risks for leukemia, brain cancer, and breast cancer," write the researchers.
Their findings appear in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
By Miranda Hitti
Reviewed by Louise Chang
© 2007, WebMD Inc. All rights reserved.
Back To Top
RSS
Cervical Cancer and HPV: What Women and Girls Should Know
Stem Cells May Be at Root of Cancer
Gene Therapies Show Promise in Cancer
Aspirin May Protect Against Cancer
Drug Interaction Risk in Cancer Care
Stem Cells May Be at Root of Cancer
Gene Therapies Show Promise in Cancer
Aspirin May Protect Against Cancer
Drug Interaction Risk in Cancer Care
Sarah Palin To Resign As Alaska GovernorAt Hastily Convened Press Conference Says She Will Not Run for 2nd Term, Mum On Future Plans
Gov. Sarah Palin Resigns
RSS
Day In Pictures
Tourette's Most Common In White Kids, BoysSyndrome More Than Twice As Common In White Children As Blacks Or Hispanics, Study Shows
Comments [ + Post Your Own ]
Now you're in the public comment zone. What follows is not CBS News stuff; it comes from other people and we don't vouch for it. A reminder: By using this Web site you agree to accept our Terms of Service. Click here to read the Rules of Engagement.
Accepted facts tend to be those facts a specific interest group or individual would like to be a fact, so are packaged through an appropriate PR campaign to make it appear to be a fact.
The article above would tend to debunk the unsupported 'accepted fact' that electromagnetic fields contribute or cause cancer. Though I must note, that similarly to the Cyclamate campaign, if you use gargantuan doses of anything you can get adverse effects.