> Hi folks and "abailey":
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> The letter below could be a bit misleading, because it could appear
> that the author (I do not know the name of the person who sent the
> post, as she/he did not sign their name) may be inferring that the
> problem which affected the cows -- and for which the judgement was
> awarded -- was due to EMF fields or E-fields or magnetic fields, and
> this is not the case. Rather, livestock "stray voltage" problems such
> as the one described in the article involve actual electrical
> currents which pass through the soil and which pass through the
> hooves of cows, causing discomfort and disrupting bodily rhythms. It
> can be likened to someone hooking up electrodes to the bottoms of
> each of your bare feet and passing a small electrical current across
> the two feet (through your body).
>
> with care,
> --Vinny
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> At 03:30 PM 10/19/2006, you wrote:
>>I thought you might find this article interesting. Apparently farmers
>>can sue for damages that emf causes dairy cows. I guess its harder for
>>us humans to quantify economic damage. Could be a legal precedent
>>though.
>>
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>>Dairy farmers win $1.1 million against utility
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>>The Baumgardners of Skagit Valley had been mystified for years about
>>what was making their cows sick and milk production drop. They traced
>>it to stray voltage infiltrating their barn, and they want more
>>farmers made aware of the issue.
>>
>>Full story:
>>http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=dairy18m&date=20061018
>>
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