EMF-cancer links: Yes, no, and maybe

Journal Article · Fri Oct 29 04:00:00 EDT 1993 · Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/science.8235582· OSTI ID:5292595

Taubes, G

The controversy over whether or not low-level electromagnetic fields (EMF) can cause cancer has been smoldering for 15 years. This month it got a little hotter -- but there's still more smoke than fire. At the beginning of October, writer and EMF gadfly Paul Brodeur brought out his latest book exposing a purported EMF-cancer connection, entitled The Great Power-line Cover-up. Right on his heels, however, on 9 October, the British Medical Journal weighed in with two serious scientific assessments of the cancer risk. Unfortunately for those who long for a conclusive answer, one study found only a slight positive association between EMF and cancer, and the other found no link at all. Together the studies [open quotes]artfully provide middle-of-the-road type of evidence,[close quotes] says Dimitrios Trichopoulos, chairman of the epidemiology department at the Harvard School of Public Health.

• OSTI ID: 5292595
• Journal Information: Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States), Journal Name: Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States) Vol. 262:5134; ISSN SCIEAS; ISSN 0036-8075
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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