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Is it safe to build a house near high tension wires?
Q: Is it safe to build a house near high tension wires?
A:There is no proven link between high tension wires and illness. The only proven risk is the obvious one of electrocution if they are touched or fall onto a house. Concerns about cancer including leukaemia or other illnesses have been investigated but no proven link has yet been revealed.