Questions power-line safety, cites childhood leukemia and other health concerns, and requests independent…

Data doesn’t exist in the United States to tell whether high voltage power lines are going to harm our children or our livestock when exposed to them long term, but in that lies the problem. There is, however, data from the UK. Over 29,000 children within 200 meters, roughly 650 feet, of a high powered line had a 67% increase in childhood leukemia compared to those living more than 600 meters away. (2005. Oxford University. British Medical Journal). What was the common denominator? Exposure to electromagnetic EMF. More data is needed to get a definitive answer. That data has not been obtained because no study has been completed to a measurable end. Other countries have implemented safety guidelines regarding power lines and long term exposure as a safety measure. Belguim has even bought homes from citizens too close to a high voltage power line out of precaution. The United States has not implemented such guidelines in fact on the contrary, we just keep building them. Dr. David Carpenter, of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University at Albany and WHO Collaborating Centre has researched non-ionizing EMF for decades. He concludes there are increased health risks including leukemia, brain cancer, and Alzheimer’s disease that have been replicated in other countries. My problem is we are asked to approve solid infrastructure that we don’t understand the effects it will have on the health of the people who live around it. Thirty years ago we had safe levels of lead in paint. We thought that was fine. Now there’s no approved safe limit of lead. It doesn’t exist. Why? Research. We assume that something isn’t dangerous and we find out later that we were wrong. Going back and changing things after the fact isn’t possible. Living with the decision to approve something you aren’t sure is safe is irresponsible to the people who have to live with the consequences. Transparency is a problem. Since there are no guidelines, federal or state, on power lines, there is no reason for the utility companies to disclose any information. This includes positive or negative. It’s probably why Grid Growth Ventures is not responding to any of the questions my neighbors and I have been submitting. We received your submission, is the only reply. We need regulations and transparency.. We need reform to ensure safety. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or the International Commission on Non-ionizing Radiation Protection guidelines are outdated and inadequate and are only set up for short term exposure in an industry setting. These guidelines date back to 2010 with an addition in 2015 to exclude subjects whose job requires them to be in constant contact with radiation like an x-ray tech, radiation tech or other like professions. My response is to prove that the lines are safe. Nothing can be 100% safe, but do work. Do the real research. Take engineering time. Third party testing and researching. Research and testing should be done by third party investigators not by the electrical utilities or the data center facilities paying to get a certain result. Where is our reassurance now? That my family or my neighbor’s family won’t get sick. That our livestock won’t be killed or infertile. That the beautiful wildlife I enjoy watching at sunrise and sunset won’t leave or be harmed. We will have all these high voltage lines and a substation that we will be responsible for. It seems like money over people. Why have other ways to transmit power not been investigated? Burying power lines are more suitable and resilent for a source to power the growing needs of communities. It can withstand severe weather conditions, fire and other elements better than high voltage power lines that are 17 stories tall. Would you buy a toy for your grandchild if the label said it might be safe? Would you buy a car if the sticker said it followed no federal guidelines in the making of this vehicle? Probably not, but we are being asked to trust a system with no guidelines who have not done any research and can’t even be transparent enough to answer our questions to keep us safe. My question is simply, can you prove it’s safe? The answer should not be that it hasn't been proven to be harmful. Take the time to really prove it. https://ehsciences.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/EMF-Power-Line-Health-and-Safety- Briefing.pdfhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0957178725002267#:~:text=In%20this%20paper%2C%20we%20investigate,built%20or%20upgraded%20transmission%20lines. https://www.scenic.org/take-action/resources/undergrounding-resources/undergrounding-resources-and-white-papers/undergrounding-case-study-undergrounding-to-support-data-center-demand-growth/