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Electricity - a Shock in Store (1988x12)

: 21, 1988

Disturbing new evidence of a connection between electricity and small but significant increases in childhood and adult cancers are mystifying scientists and causing international concern. In the USA property values under power lines have already begun to tumble. Tom Mangold investigates the latest developments in this scientific detective story, reporting from Britain, in the USA and Sweden on the race to find out whether the ubiquitous source of energy for life may also have a shock in store.