A big topic of discussion here in NZ right now is ELF emmissions in the immediate vicinity of overhead HV transmission lines and the effects on the human nervous system.

A recent T.V. documentary here showed a meter which measured 0.1 micro- teslas in a typical home with the fridge and the T.V. on. Then measuring 1.5 micro teslas in the back-yard of a house directly under a 220kV transmission tower.

The World Health Organization recommends that 0.1 micro-teslas are O.K. but 1.0 micro-teslas are not O.K.

Italy and one other European country have now legislated to segregrate HV transmission lines from residential land.

Does anyone else have any ideas on the elf emission debate ?

Would an earthed shield around the HV lines running over houses solve this problem ?