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In article <1992Aug13.193446.2717@cbfsb.cb.att.com> mbb@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (martin.brilliant) writes:
> 
>    ...Objectively, the field strength falls off rapidly with distance.
>    But the article I read in Science said that even if the health
>    effects are confirmed, the available evidence suggests that the
>    health effects do not always decrease with decreasing field
>    strength.
> 

Health effects may also be from herbicides sprayed along the power line,
not just from the electric field strength.  The exposure to herbicides will not
correlate with distance the same way that exposure to field strength does.
For example, in a rural area they might use *lots* of herbicide and/or
spray with a helicopter (no one around to bother) and in a more populated
area they might use little in a precise fashion (or use other means to keep
the weeds down).  Someone 1000' downwind of a power line in a rural area might
get more exposure than someone 100' away in a more populated area. 

	Scott