[ RadSafe ] Proximity to Power Lines at Birth May Increase Leukemia Risk

[Otto G. Raabe]

At 09:37 AM 6/3/2005, Susan Gawarecki wrote:
>OXFORD, England, June 2-Children's risk for leukemia is slightly higher 
>for those who lived in homes near high-voltage overhead electrical lines 
>at birth, according to a large case-control study published in BMJ.
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A mathematical association is not proof of risk. In this case, they looked 
at all forms of cancer with significance assumed at P=0.05. Finding one 
that is significantly high (leukemia) and one that is signifcantly low (not 
mentioned) can reasonably occur by pure chance when multiple comparisons 
are made.

Otto


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