A shocking new study claims that people who live close to pylons and high-voltage cables double their risk of dying from Alzheimer's disease and senile dementia. According to boffins, a direct link between the electromagnetic fields created by power lines and all types of dementia has been found.
The study has been conducted by doctors at Bern University's Institute of Social and Preventative Medicine in Switzerland.
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"Anyone who lives within the immediate vicinity of high-voltage power lines for more than 10 years has a significantly higher risk of developing dementia or Alzheimer's," the Daily Express quoted the expert, as saying.
The study has been published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
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He said: "This paper is like the final piece of a jigsaw. The link between childhood leukemia and power lines is already accepted by everybody. And there is strong evidence of a link to other diseases as well."
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He said: "Anything that is plugged in and that is on all the time and that is near to your body is a source of this type of radiation."
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