The Great Power-Line Cover-Up: How the Utilities and the Government Are Trying to Hide the Cancer Hazard Posed by Electromagnetic Fields [Hardcover]

Paul Brodeur (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1993

The author of Outrageous Misconduct reveals the hazards of power stations and high-current wires that emit electromagnetic fields and discusses attempts by utilities and the government to hide the danger. 35,000 first printing. $35,000 ad/promo. Tour.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

This important, riveting expose deserves an even wider audience than Brodeur's previous book on the subject, The Zapping of America . Here the New Yorker writer reports that people across the nation living near electric substations or high-current wires which emit strong magnetic fields are developing cancer at abnormally high rates. Children, especially, who are exposed to power-line electromagnetic fields are at considerable risk for brain tumors, leukemia and other deadly cancers, according to Brodeur, who summarizes a growing body of medical and scientific evidence. The author lashes electric utilities, public health officials and the Environmental Protection Agency for downplaying or denying what he sees as a major health crisis, and he details the efforts of citizens' groups to force remedial action. This urgent book should be on Al Gore's desk as he tackles environmental health problems, and on Hillary Rodham Clinton's bookshelf as she reorders national health priorities.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Brodeur, a New Yorker writer, documents several cases showing that exposure to electromagnetic fields from electric power lines causes brain cancer, leukemia, tumors, and lymphoma, among other diseases. Unfortunately, many children are affected since power lines are often located near schools. Brodeur reveals how government officials were slow to take action after an Environmental Protection Agency report implicated magnetic fields as the probable cause of illness in an epidemiological study. Utility companies challenged its conclusion by insisting that further research be done to prove the connection. Brodeur convinces readers that industry and government are trying to downplay the situation. His book's only flaw is the lack of a bibliography for those wanting to pursue the subject further. Recommended for public libraries.
- Bruce Slutsky, New Jersey Inst. of Tech. Lib., Newark
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 326 pages
• Publisher: Little Brown & Co (T); 1st edition (September 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316109096
• ISBN-13: 978-0316109093
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,841,961 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible reading, February 2, 2000

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Cindy S. Symington (Austin, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Great Power-Line Cover-Up: How the Utilities and the Government Are Trying to Hide the Cancer Hazard Posed by Electromagnetic Fields (Hardcover)

I found this book possibly the most provocative reading ever. I did extensive research to validate Mr. Brodeur's claims and am forever in his debt for bringing to light the hazards of the power line industry. Despite the pundits, the research is there to support Brodeur's exposé. I can't recommend this book enough to ANYONE who cares about their health, and that's all of us with a brain.

17 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Brodeur scared the public about a non-existent risk, November 24, 1997

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John Farley "professor" (Las Vegas, Nevada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Great Power-Line Cover-Up: How the Utilities and the Government Are Trying to Hide the Cancer Hazard Posed by Electromagnetic Fields (Paperback)

Brodeur is a powerful writer, and his book launched a series of investigations of possible effects of magnetic fields from power lines. In the last couple of years, the verdict is in: power lines do not have a detectable health effect. Brodeur was wrong. Brodeur caused authorities in several countries to waste enormous amounts of money: estimates range from hundreds of millions of dollars to the billions. He's a scaremonger. John W. Farley Professor of Physics University of Nevada, Las Vegas

2 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MUST READING!!!!!!, October 7, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Great Power-Line Cover-Up: How the Utilities and the Government Are Trying to Hide the Cancer Hazard Posed by Electromagnetic Fields (Paperback)

The verdit is far from "in" on Brodeur's subject. Indeed, recent (1998) studies reveal that he is quite right on numerous counts. Anyone that remotely cares about this subject should read Brodeur's books.