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A COMPETITOR breaks the tape during a race last Tuesday at the North Vancouver Elementary school track meet at
Swangard Stadium in Burnaby. Over 600 athletes from 34 District 44 schools took part in the annual event. The finals are
heid following the North Vancouver zone meets, in which over 2,500 youngsters participate. See News Viewpoint, page 6.

Proximity to power transmission lines raises health concerns at N. Van school

POWER TRANSMISSION lines
near Boundary Community school
in Lynn Valley might be increasing
the chances that some students will
get leukemia, parents and concerned
residents were told on Wednesday
night.

By Bruce Methven
Contributing Writer

The warning came from Chire Alston.
co-ordinator for the Coalition to Reduce
Electropollution (CORE). while speaking
about-the relationship between electromag:
netic fields (EMF) and health.

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In most cases, she said, duration of expo-
sure and proximily to the EMF source ure
the determining factors.

Alston said that both industry and govern-
ment deny there is a significant health risk.

“This issue will only be resolved through
community action,” she said.

Alston established CORE in 1992 and has
been especially active in| Della and
Tsawwassen, pressuring B.C. Hydro and
industry to admit there is a correlation
between high EMF and incidences of certain
types of cancer,

CORE publishes a quarterly newsletter,
has aosmall library of information on EMF
and offers support and education to those
interested io the issue.

Speaking at the Karen Magnussen arena,
which is Jocated under the same transmission
line that passes near Boundary school,
Alston said the arena had “tremendously
high readings” according to her Gauss meter,
a device used to measure EMF,

Alston cited several studies that have pro-
vided mounting evidence that people
exposed to high levels of EMP have unusual-
ly high rates of cancer. ;

A 1992 Swedish study concluded that
children living near power lines had triple
the average rates of leukemia.

Alston said the results of the study were
so conclusive that Swedish utility compinies
subsequently accepted the findings. They
now regulate the construction of power tines.

survey and monitor existing power lines near
schools and even remove some transmission
lines that have high EMF levels.

The Swedish government admits that
power line magnetic fields are a cause of
cancer in humans, especially children and is
now looking at ways to reduce the EMF
exposure to children and adults, said Alston.

The Swedish findings were duplicated in
Denmark and Finkind. where studies found
the rate of childhood leukemia increased
between three and five times when long-term
exposure Was above two milligauss,

Alston said in California there is a bill
forbidding levels higher than that at daycares

See Hydro page 3

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