Glow In at STMS Campus - EMF

This is a science experiment of sorts. Its November 14, 2006 and we're underneath the high power transmission lines next to to the Sonoran Trails Middle School in Cave Creek, Arizona. A friend is holding two 8' fluorescent tubes in his hand. You can see that they are actually glowing. What we're demonstrating is that the electrical magnetic fields, or EMF generated by the transmission lines is strong enough to light up fluorescent tubes. The EMF field measures 30 milligauss where we are standing. It's approximately 5 milligauss inside the closest school building.. Our group, "Students First....Safety Always" is a community-based organization. Our goal is to see the administration of the Cave Creek Unified School District reduce the high EMF levels generated by the transmission lines that traverse the campus of Sonoran Trails Middle School.
Studies indicate that high EMF fields like these at STMS may substantially increase the risk of childhood leukemia. We don't want to expose our children to this unnecessary risk. For more information please visit our web site at: http://sfsa.onmycity.com/

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[MichiganHockey95]

i went to this school for 3 years now .......i dont have luchemia

[SidewaysCowboy]

Glad you are fine! I was drawing attention to the fact that 90% of the studies done report an increased rate of leukemia associated with exposure to EMF (Sage, 2004) In a normal world one kid in 10,000 gets leukemia from "whatever" if the same 10,000 kids are exposed to levels present at that site there appears to be a 2- fold to 4-fold increase -- two, to four kids per ten thousand. I advocate prudent avoidance and not building schools under lines! Read more at: microwavenews.

[Penguins34]

This is funny i go to this school and i did a science project on and they somehow lost my form and diddnt exept it into the science fair.

[SidewaysCowboy]

Smart of you to study the issue. What was your science project?

[ReesesPeices4L]

@MichiganHockey95 dear michiganhockey

ARE u sure u went sick casue last year u missed the whole school year with cancer so i think this guy is right

[htomerif]

@ender06026 I think the point here is that we have someone telling us that the "milligauss" is killing us... its hard to take someone seriously when they\re trying to convince you with nonsense. the "milligauss", or whatever, is a function of current, which is roughly the same as normal low voltage distribution.

[ender06026]

Mmm... I believe it ranges from between .3g to .6g depending on where you are standing, but for argument purposes 1g is fine. The major difference is that the magnetic field of the earth is not being emitted as a rapidly expanding and collapsing field. It's sort of just... there. Brief exposure to HF/VHF/UHF/MW fields of sufficient strength is certainly damaging to cells. The book is still out on damage caused by long term exposure to fields of much lower strength. I suppose time will tell!

[eggman9713]

The magnetic field generated by the earth is 1 gauss, way more than 30 milligauss, and no one is worried about that.

[djandreym]

So...if the lamps are being lit up, then isn't some power lost from the power lines? so its kinda easy to steal power i guess....isn't that right?

[ender06026]

An EMF field of 30 milligauss may seem insignificant to many casual observers, however, the sustained duration of exposure over long periods of time for those who live and work in areas saturated by EMF is disturbing. There is no excuse for the construction of overhead transmission lines though a school campus. Nice demonstration of the ever-present field at this location. For those with access to an EMF meter, try holding one near a compact fluroescent bulb when it is lit. Pretty scary, eh?

[bloomaster96]

omg guys well dams might be moveing into the extra 40 class room and thats where u can get lucemia u cant get it where the classes are right now and its not ur blood that gets infected