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"Skywise" <into@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Wally AngleseaT <wanglese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> news:vjbkv150glee0p4k8r1ck8qe8jncd0i0hn@xxxxxxx:
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>> On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 07:16:20 GMT, "George"
>> <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> <Snipola>
>>>I don't want to argue the pros and cons of whether high tension
>>>powerlines cause cancer, but I will tell you that my mother and
> <Snipola of cancer stories>
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>> I'm sorry to hear it. It would be an "interesting" study to see the
>> incidence of cancers amongst power workers (those who maintain the
>> transmission lines).
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> I would be more concerned that there is a long forgotten dump
> site or some other history to the area involving some sort of
> chemicals.
>
> I recall seeing on one of those history channel shows (or some
> other channel) about the history of gasoline. Back in the early
> early days of refining oil, gasoline was a waste by product in
> the productin of kerosene. The gasoline was routinely dumped
> into local rivers and streams.
>
> Brian
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> Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes?
Brian, you just gave me an idea. Those large transformers at the
substation near my parent's home used to blow up on a semi-annual basis
(either due to surge, lightning storm, or some wanker throwing 100,000
volts onto a transformer and line designed for 50,000 during routine
servicing of another line - I remember that happening on at least one
ocassion). When these events occurred, heavy black smoke would often
billow out and blanket the neighborhood. The particulates included
included heavy oil residue from the cooling systems. I remember my
brother-in-law being there one day when a transformer exploded, and his
vintage 1965 Chevelle was covered with residue. Needless to say, he was
not a happy camper.
These explosions occurred back in a time when electrical transformers used
to be cooled with PBCs. Of course, at the time, few people knew this, or
even knew what the effects were of PCBs. Now, I'm not saying that these
particular transformers were actually cooled with PCBs at that time, but it
is very likely that they were. I know that they are now cooled with
kerosene (I have a friend whorks for the power company). There are coolant
storage tanks beneath them. That was something I had not considered until
now. Hmmm. The plot thickens.
George
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