Veteran EMF researcher Dr. David Carpenter pushes back against dismissals of the 49ers theory, noting industry-funded studies always find no effects while independent studies report elevated risk. Silicon Valley Power plans another major substation upgrade.
"The 'junk science' label is common around EMF issues. It's usually applied by individuals who know nothing of the scientific evidence."
"My conclusion is that there's sufficient evidence to give credibility to this hypothesis. There needs to be more research, but I take exception to people who just dispute this and ignore it and say it's nonsense."
"There are powerful sources with conflicts of interest that do not want their product (basically electricity) to have any acknowledged hazard."