Childhood Cancer

Cancer related to distance from high voltage power lines in England and Wales

Published in Cancer Weekly, July 26th, 2005

The incidence of childhood cancer was associated with the proximity to high voltage power lines in England and Wales.

In a recent study, researchers in England conducted a study "to determine whether there is an association between distance of home address at birth from high voltage power lines and the incidence of leukemia and other cancers in children in England and Wales."

G. Draper and colleagues from the University of Oxford based their study on "records from the Cancer registry and National Grid and included 29,081 children with cancer, including 9700 with leukemia."

"Children were aged 0-14 years and born in England and...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2005-07-26)

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