New Jersey: Scientist Outlines Potential Risks of JCPL Power Lines

Dr. David Carpenter speaks at Raritan High School
in Hazlet on July 20.

Scientist Outlines Potential Risks Of JCPL Power Lines
by Carly Baldwin (Patch Staff), patch.com, 21 July 2016

"If you live near a high-voltage power line, you're going to be exposed (to radiation). There's nothing you can do unless you move."

Hazlet, NJ - For several months now, residents of Hazlet, Holmdel and Middletown who live near the proposed route of JCP&L's controversial power lines have been concerned about how radiation from the lines will affect their health. It's a concern JCP&L has downplayed, even presenting their own scientists who told residents their EMF fears are exaggerated.

But on Wednesday night, Dr. David Carpenter, an independent expert in electromagnetic field radiation, told residents they are indeed right to be worried.
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