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- TORONTO - Researchers in Toronto have found an association between childhood
leukemia and high magnetic-field levels from sources such as power lines.
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- The study compared 201 children with
leukemia with 406 children without cancer. The children exposed most to
magnetic fields in residences were two to four times more likely to have
leukemia. Children under age six were especially at risk.
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- But lead researcher Dr. Lois Green said
the five-year study doesn't mean magnetic fields cause cancer.
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- Leukemia attacks blood cells and is the
most common childhood cancer.
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- The study is among many attempting to
clarify the relationship between electromagnetic fields and cancer risk.
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- The team's findings were released this
week in the International Journal of Cancer and the journal Cancer Causes
and Control.
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- http://newsworld.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/go.pl?1999/06/15/leukemia990615
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- Websites related to this story
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- <http://newsworld.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/go.pl?1999/06/15/leukemia990615#links
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