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Pylons near house

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  • ACG
    ACG Posts: 24,475 Forumite
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    AnotherJoe wrote: »
    A reasonable attitude, so, since internal combustion car emissions are for sure carcinogenic, plus cause (again no dispute) additional health issues in terms of asthma and the like (especially to children) , can i ask what electric car you are using ( in line with your cautious attitude, given the health risks from an internal combustion cars exhaust must be literally thousands of times higher than the wholly theoretical unproven risk from EM ?)

    I ride a push bike made by hand from wood cut down in a local woods...

    Like I said, I avoid extra risks where possible. Me driving an electric car or even a push bike is going to make no difference to my health what so ever because everyone else around us drives cars that run on petrol/diesel.

    Me avoiding pylons might make a difference, it might not. But if I can avoid the risk easily enough, I will.

    My opinion could be massively OTT and I am open to that. But at the same time, if its a potential risk I can avoid without making any sacrifice in my life, so I will do.
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  • ACG
    ACG Posts: 24,475 Forumite
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    robatwork wrote: »

    I wonder if ACG who commented earlier that he didn't want to live near a pylon also uses a mobile phone, or lets his child(ren) play with an Ipad or similar. There are of course enormous amounts of electromagnetic radiation wafting on and through our bodies pretty much constantly.

    I do use a mobile phone - sadly it is not something I can avoid.
    I do not let my little girl use a phone/Ipad or anything along those lines.
    I am a Mortgage Adviser
    You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a mortgage adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice.
  • ReadingTim
    ReadingTim Posts: 4,073 Forumite
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    ACG wrote: »
    I do use a mobile phone - sadly it is not something I can avoid.
    I do not let my little girl use a phone/Ipad or anything along those lines.

    Do you wrap her in cotton wool before or after you put her tinfoil hat on? Or perhaps a double layer or one (or both) - you can't be too careful can you....?
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