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800 Megawatt Ocean Wind Cables To Cross Cape Cod
NIMBY- Used To Mean Not In My Back Yard Today Next It May Be You. Falmouth Is Ground Zero For Poorly Placed Wind Turbines In USA
Landing site needed for an 800-megawatt submarine cable that would connect turbines southwest of Martha’s Vineyard with an electrical substation in Barnstable.
How far away from high voltage power lines is safe? A safety distance of 700 feet may be needed.
How far should you stay away from overhead power lines? Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires that equipment be kept at least 10 feet away from power lines from 0-50 kV.
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Can you get cancer from power lines? Magnetic fields are the component of electromagnetic fields (EMF) that is normally studied as a possible cause of cancer.
Do power lines give off radiation? Power lines and electrical appliances that emit non-ionizing EMFs are present everywhere in homes and workplaces.
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Hundreds of studies worldwide have shown that living next to high voltage power lines and other parts of the power transmission network increases your riskof cancer and other health problems. The closer you are the more you are bombarded with dangerous EMFs.
Major concerns have been raised over the two types of noise produced by the rotor blades infra-sound and human annoyance, visual impacts, and deaths of birds and bats that fly into the rotors.
