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Is there any research on this?
Back in the 90s, there was a theory that living near power-lines was unhealthy, but later shown to be bunk. Also similar to "electro magnetic sensitivity" like Chuck in "Better Call Saul". Does inaudible sound effect people's health?
Dude living near large scale powerlines does cause health problems.
I've never heard of that. What sort of problems? And is there research to back it up?
Lot cancers and not talking about your average powerlines.
Talking about lines like this. Been near these? You can literally hear the power going through the lines.
Idk, seems shaky at best. Not sure what hearing the lines matters.
Where's the research though?
Which is the problem. People get scared of them, even though there's no danger, but they convince themselves there is, and they get a Nocebo Effect.
This has been widely tested. Some people claim that WiFi makes them ill, so they did tests. The tests showed no difference in people's reported symptoms when they were next to a real WiFi router that was emitting WiFi signals vs. a sham WiFi router that was designed to look real but didn't have any active radio components.
They've also done studies that show that exposure can result in symptoms. Exposure to media claiming WiFi is dangerous, that is.