High Tension Power Lines - are they hazardous to your health or not?
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
United States
September 9, 2015 9:11am CST
In all of our dealings with real estate and many house hunts over the last 14 years, there is one type of home/property that we totally steer clear of - a property that has high tension power lines running through it, next to it or in it.
Of course there are two sides to every story, and when it comes to medical issues there are probably three points of view or more. But, with that said, why take the risk. You are careful what you feed your kids and yourself. You've gone vegan. You've given up anything that you deem dangerous to your health and the health of those you love. You don't take risks, you drive a safe vehicle in a safe manner. You don't run with a knife in your hand nor do you start your grill with gasoline....
Yet your new home, or home you are about to buy, is in close proximity to those necessary but potentially dangerous high tension power lines. If you already own a home that is in the shadows of such lines what do you do? What can you do?
But if you are in the market for a new home you are in a better position to avoid the dangers and risks. Friends are house hunting and came across a reasonably priced home with the necessary square footage the family needs. It also has a decent size lot, it's nice looking and has an in-ground swimming pool. Why didn't they buy that house? Why did they pass it up? The high tension power lines run about 200 feet from the house.
What you would do in a similar situation? Would high tension power lines in your backyard give you cause to worry?
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
9 Sep 15
I have wondered about this, I don't know if it is a thing or not. I wonder what all research has been done into it.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
9 Sep 15
There is all kinds of articles online - some of them are way over my head...no pun intended.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
9 Sep 15
@Jessicalynnt I err on the side of my best judgement - besides the fact I don't want to look at them. I don't even like any kind of overhead wires. Our lines are all underground.
PS: I lie i the south and we have lots of overweight people - including myself - I've been to different docs in the 4 diff. counties we've lived in and most have overweight staff, doc. are overweight and the patients. Not one doc has every mentioned to me dropping a few pounds. A few years ago I asked a doc for a diet - he gave me a pie chart...dah...
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
9 Sep 15
@AbbyGreenhill Oh I am sure there is (and lol on the pun) but much of what you read isn't true, or is slanted or misinterpreted. I'd have to do some serious digging to find sources I would trust, and then some serious digging into the studies to see what parameters they used. By tweaking who is allowed to participate and the structure of the study, you can make a study come up with any results you want really. For example you want your results to prove the idea that people who eat fast food are overweight. So you go to the office of a dr who specializes in weight loss surgery and get your survey sample there, slanting it towards people who are already overweight. if that makes sense. I had to take masters level statistics once upon a time, I learned so much on studies, and how easy it is to manipulate the results to get ones you wanted.
@LadyDuck (502979)
• Italy
9 Sep 15
We surely would have a problem because my husband is highly sensitive to electromagnetic pollution. They have made an experiment here, in a small village up in the mountains where there are power lines. They have put on the roofs of the houses neon tubes, NOT plugged in. During the nights the tubes lighted up... scary!
@LadyDuck (502979)
• Italy
10 Sep 15
@AbbyGreenhill Yes, this is scary, I have seen the photos in the local newspaper. People living in the mountains are collecting signatures to ask to move the high tension power lines in areas where people do not live.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
9 Sep 15
What....they lighted up w/o power...oh my goodness. That sure is scary.
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