Environmental Health News covers the 18-year Swiss nationwide cohort study by Sandoval-Diez et al. linking residential ELF magnetic field exposure from power lines to increased Alzheimer's disease mortality, a study highlighted by Microwave News in February.
"An 18-year nationwide cohort study of over 3.5 million adults in Switzerland published in Environment International by Nekane Sandoval-Diez et al. found an association between long-term residential exposure to the magnetic field EMF emitted by power lines and an increased risk of death from Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia."
"EMF exposure is rising, from increasing electronics in homes, workplaces, and schools to data center expansions requiring the construction of new power lines through communities. Despite this, the U.S. has no federal safety limits for magnetic field EMF exposure after EPA research was defunded in the 1990s."
"In this large-scale, nationwide cohort study with nearly two decades of follow-up, we observed a positive association between long-term residential ELF-MF exposure from high voltage power lines and mortality from Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia."
Long-term residential magnetic field exposure and neurodegenerative disease mortality: An 18-year nationwide cohort study in Switzerland
Sandoval-Diez et al. (2026) Environment International Journal Level 1ⓘ
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