More suicides by electricity staff

London - US scientists have uncovered a high rate of suicide among electric utility workers and suspect this is linked to electromagnetic…

London - US scientists have uncovered a high rate of suicide among electric utility workers and suspect this is linked to electromagnetic fields and their possible effect on the brain chemical melatonin.

Dr David Savitz and researchers at the University of North Carolina think the electromagnetic fields may decrease levels of melatonin and this may cause depression and suicide.

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