Transmission towers, or those big power line things as you may know them, are necessary, and they are all around Brier. But some people have concerns about their safety. In this article I will go over whether or not they cause cancer, the risk of them falling over, and also how loud they are.
Do They Cause Cancer?
Some people avoid living near transmission towers because they think it will give them cancer. Though a study from 1979 made a connection between living near transmission towers and childhood Leukemia, studies conducted more recently found no such correlation. Obviously living near a transmission tower isn’t going to cure cancer or prevent someone from getting it, but it probably won’t make your chances of getting cancer worse.
Is a Transmission Tower Going to Fall on You?
The fear of having a transmission tower fall on you makes sense. they are tall and metal and dangerous, so it’s hard not to imagine it becoming unstable all of a sudden and falling on you. However there have only been about 140 transmission towers to collapse in the US since 1959, so it’s not like they are falling over everyday, So you can safely walk past transmission towers and not worry about them falling on you.
Are Transmission Towers Loud?
The audibility of transmission towers is a common reason that people choose to not live near them. The truth is that transmission towers rarely ever make any noise. In most cases transmission lines only make noise during heavy rain, and even then the noise is not that loud and you likely won’t be able to hear it when you’re indoors even if you’re listening for it. Even if you are outside and relatively near the transmission tower, you probably still won’t be able to hear it.
Conclusion
Thanks for reading my article! I hope you learned something from this article, because I definitely learned some things while researching for this. Anyway, that’s all and thank you for checking out the Bulldog Brief!
