Women who are exposed to power lines and other sources of magnetic fields are at a much higher risk of giving birth to children who develop asthma later.The results of a study which have just been published in the Archives Of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, are very disconcerting. Although personal injury lawyershave been concerned about the issue of exposure to power lines, other studies have dismissed the issue.
The researchers used 801 pregnant women from Southern California in the study.These women were required to wear a monitoring device twenty-four hours a day.The device measured their exposure to magnetic fields.The women were required to wear the devices during the first and second trimester of pregnancy.The device measured magnetic exposure from a number of appliances, including vacuum cleaners and dryers.
After the women gave birth to their children, the researchers began to monitor the children over the next thirteen years.Over this thirteen-year period, the researchers found that 130 children developed asthma, most of them being diagnosed with asthma before they turned five.What’s more, the researchers found that each one milligaus increase in exposure to magnetic fields resulted in a 15 percent increase in asthma risks in children born to these women.