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Power Dines: Not Guilty <br />Electromagnetic Fields Unlikely Culprits in Childhood <br />Leukemia, Says New Medical Study Magnetic fields <br />generated by electric power lines near houses don't <br />appear to cause childhood leukemia, an authoritative <br />new m dicai study has concluded. <br />The research by the National Cancer Institute is <br />expected to ease fears about the hazards of exposure <br />to electromagnetic fields (EMFs). It also provides <br />credible new information that real estate practitioners <br />can usc to protect themselves from liability in <br />transactions involving properties near high - voltage <br />power lines. <br />Practitioners have long- standing concerns about being <br />named in lawsuits by buyers claiming they hadn't been <br />adequately warned about the potential health hazards <br />of electric lines near their house. Also, practitioners <br />someti es have difficulty marketing houses near power <br />Ii nes b cause of public anxiety about possible dangers. <br />The ne study, which was published recently in The <br />New& Oandjournal of Medicine, was conducted over <br />an eig -year period and involved more than 1,200 <br />childre 1, 638 of whom were diagnosed as having acute <br />lymph blastic leukemia, the most common childhood <br />cancer. The other children, used for comparison, didn't <br />have the disease. Earlier studies depended on estimates <br />of EMF exposure, whereas National Cancer Institute <br />researchers used instruments to take one -day EMF <br />measu es in kitchens, family rooms, and bedrooms. <br />Children with cancer were not exposed to EMFs that <br />were stronger or more long - lasting than those <br />experienced by the other participants, the study <br />"Based on our results, is [EMF] likely to be an important <br />cause of childhood leukemia? The answer is no," says <br />Dr. Ma ha Linet, the lead researcher, in an article in the <br />