title: A method for evaluating transmission line magnetic field mitigation strategies that incorporates biological uncertainty.
abstract: A method to determine how much reduction in public exposure to power frequency magnetic fields can be obtained for different levels of investment is presented. Which if any "effects function" best describes the relationship between field exposure and biological effect is uncertain at this time. Also, in a particular context such as construction of new transmission lines there are a variety of different technologies which might be used to reduce exposure. We describe and demonstrate a method by which exposure reduction supply curves (i.e., the cost of purchasing different amounts of exposure reduction given various mitigation options) can be estimated parametrically for different exposure conditions and effects functions, and we display illustrative results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nair
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007449:Investments; D008280:Magnetics; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011210:Power Plants / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation; D011830:Radiation Effects; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012423:Rural Health; D014504:Urban Health