10-09-2016, 08:05 AM
In a former life I was a member of the Engineers and Architects of Hawaii and attended Friday luncheons where we took turns hosting speakers on topics of interest to the group. I forget who the host was or who the speaker was this one time but the topic was the threat from electro-magnetic radiation from power lines. Somebody pointed out that as an unseen potential hazard, radon was far worse (documented and all whereas EMF not so much) and the speaker said he had often made the same point himself. The usual reaction he got was along the lines of "Yeah, we already have to worry about that, so we don't want to have the EMF thing on top of that". No attempt is made by the general public to prioritize risks based on facts, only on emotion. The speaker went on to summarize by saying "People don't want to die weird". I have to agree. We all accept the risks of driving on roads with drunk, impaired, or otherwise incompetent drivers. We smoke and eat diets that give us heart disease and diabetes. Then we turn right around and claim allergies to EMF which is something totally unsupported by science, or while living on an active volcano that has been venting H2S for centuries, claim that the geothermal plant is making us sick.